cordova-android 9.0 problem - Could not initialize class com.android.build.gradle.internal.VariantManager

Issue Type

• [X ] Bug Report
• Feature Request
• Support Question

Description

Build fails, even on new projects. It works with cordova-android@8.1, but not on cordova-android@9.0. This is the output:

Gabriels-MBP:test gabriel$ cordova build android Checking Java JDK and Android SDK versions ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=/Users/gabriel/Library/Android/sdk (recommended setting) ANDROID_HOME=/Users/gabriel/Library/Android/sdk (DEPRECATED) Using Android SDK: /Users/gabriel/Library/Android/sdk Subproject Path: CordovaLib Subproject Path: app

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where: Build file ‘/Users/gabriel/Documents/cordova/test/platforms/android/app/build.gradle’ line: 20

• What went wrong: A problem occurred evaluating project ‘:app’. Could not initialize class com.android.build.gradle.internal.VariantManager

• Try: Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

• Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 1s Command failed with exit code 1: /Users/gabriel/Documents/cordova/test/platforms/android/gradlew cdvBuildDebug -b >/Users/gabriel/Documents/cordova/test/platforms/android/build.gradle`

I have updated to latest Cordova CLI and latest SDK:s and build tools in Android Studio.

Command or Code

cordova create test se.fjellandermedia.test testApp cd test cordova platform add android cordova build android

Environment, Platform, Device

Macbook Pro, macOS 10.15.6

Version information

Checklist

• [ X] I searched for already existing GitHub issues about this
• [X ] I updated all Cordova tooling to their most recent version
• [ X] I included all the necessary information above

[fjellandermedia]

This is now resolved! I think it was the java version. I had (if memory serves) 1.8.0_20, so I realize now it was quite old. I downloaded the latest 1.8 and now I have 1.8.0_271 and this error is no more.

Thank you very much Norman, for your time. I very much appriciate it! I wish there was anything I could do for you.

[breautek]

I tried it. After a reinstallation of cordova-android it doesn’t show the first error anymore. It does however still show the

com.android.build.gradle.internal.VariantManager

error i mentioned in my first post.

Thank you very much for investigating this with me. I very much appriciate it!

Well now I’m going to start blaming gradle…

First I want to make sure you’re using a compatible java version though. Can you run java -version and give me the output.

Also print out the information from the following command:

/Users/gabriel/Documents/cordova/test/platforms/android/gradlew -v