[CB-7299] Hard to diagnose message when ANDROID_HOME env variable missing

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: cordova-android, cordova-cli
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andrey Kurdyumov
• Created: 13/Aug/14 15:19
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:16
• Resolved: 15/Aug/14 18:04

Description

When ANDROID_HOME env variable not set then then following output is produced:

Running command: C:\<projectdir>\platforms\android\cordova\run.bat
Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program Files\Java\jre8\lib\tools.jar
Buildfile: C:\<projectdir>\platforms\android\build.xml
BUILD FAILED

C:\<projectdir>\platforms\android\build.xml:90: Cannot find C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\
tools\ant\build.xml imported from C:\<projectdir>\platforms\android\build.xml
Total time: 2 seconds
C:\<projectdir>\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:126
                    throw e;
                          ^
Error code 1 for command: cmd with args: /s,/c,ant,debug,-f,C:\<projectdir>\platforms\android\build.xml,-Dou
t.dir=ant-build,-Dgen.absolute.dir=ant-gen
Error: C:\<projectdir>\platforms\android\cordova\run.bat: Command failed with exit code 8
    at ChildProcess.whenDone (C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\cordova-lib\src\cordov
a\superspawn.js:135:23)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at maybeClose (child_process.js:756:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:823:5)

Expected to be more user friendly error message:

Error: ANDROID_HOME variable should set before running `cordova run android`