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bug: Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED

See original GitHub issue

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

$ npx cap doctor

💊   Capacitor Doctor  💊 

Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 3.5.1
  @capacitor/core: 3.5.1
  @capacitor/android: 3.5.1
  @capacitor/ios: 3.5.1

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/ios: not installed
  @capacitor/cli: 3.5.1
  @capacitor/core: 3.5.1
  @capacitor/android: 3.5.1

[success] Android looking great! 👌

Platform(s)

  • Android

Current Behavior

Does not run on Android after installing the File plugin.

> Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
/tmp/myApp/android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/java/org/apache/cordova/file/FileUtils.java:39: error: cannot find symbol
import org.apache.cordova.CordovaPluginPathHandler;
^
symbol:   class CordovaPluginPathHandler
location: package org.apache.cordova

/tmp/myApp/android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/java/org/apache/cordova/file/FileUtils.java:1267: error: cannot find symbol
public CordovaPluginPathHandler getPathHandler() {
^
symbol:   class CordovaPluginPathHandler
location: class FileUtils

/tmp/myApp/android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/java/org/apache/cordova/file/FileUtils.java:1339: error: cannot find symbol
return new CordovaPluginPathHandler(pathHandler);
^
symbol:   class CordovaPluginPathHandler
location: class FileUtils

$ ionic cap run android -l --external

? Which device would you like to target? Pixel 4 API 30 (emulator) (Pixel_4_API_30)
> capacitor sync android
[capacitor] ✔ Copying web assets from dist to android/app/src/main/assets/public in 18.93ms
[capacitor] ✔ Creating capacitor.config.json in android/app/src/main/assets in 1.11ms
[capacitor] [info] Found 1 Cordova plugin for android:
[capacitor]        cordova-plugin-file@7.0.0
[capacitor] ✔ copy android in 128.64ms
[capacitor] ✔ Updating Android plugins in 23.54ms
[capacitor] [info] Found 4 Capacitor plugins for android:
[capacitor]        @capacitor/app@1.1.1
[capacitor]        @capacitor/haptics@1.1.4
[capacitor]        @capacitor/keyboard@1.2.2
[capacitor]        @capacitor/status-bar@1.0.8
[capacitor] [info] Found 1 Cordova plugin for android:
[capacitor]        cordova-plugin-file@7.0.0
[capacitor] ✔ update android in 97.61ms
[capacitor] [info] Sync finished in 0.233s
[WARN] Multiple network interfaces detected!
       
       You will be prompted to select an external-facing IP for the dev server that your device or emulator can access.
       Make sure your device is on the same Wi-Fi network as your computer. Learn more about Live Reload in the docs[1].
       
       To bypass this prompt, use the --public-host option (e.g. --public-host=192.168.1.10). You can alternatively bind
       the dev server to a specific IP (e.g. --host=192.168.1.10).
       
       [1]: https://ion.link/livereload-docs
       
? Please select which IP to use: 192.168.1.10 (wlp1s0)
> vue-cli-service serve
[vue-cli-service]  INFO  Starting development server...
Build finished at 08:40:39 by 0.000s

[vue-cli-service]   App running at:
[vue-cli-service]   - Local:   http://localhost:8100/ 
[vue-cli-service]   - Network: http://192.168.1.10:8100/
[vue-cli-service]   Note that the development build is not optimized.
[vue-cli-service]   To create a production build, run npm run build.
[vue-cli-service] Build finished at 08:40:39 by 0.000s

[INFO] Development server running!
       
       Local: http://localhost:8100
       External: http://192.168.1.10:8100, http://172.20.0.1:8100, http://172.18.0.1:8100, http://172.21.0.1:8100,
       http://172.19.0.1:8100
       
       Use Ctrl+C to quit this process
Build finished at 08:40:39 by 0.000s
No issues found.
[capacitor] ✖ Running Gradle build - failed!
[capacitor] [error] WARNING:: Using flatDirs should be avoided because it doesn't support any meta-data formats.
[capacitor]         Currently detected usages:
[capacitor]         - repository flatDir used in: project ':app', project ':capacitor-cordova-android-plugins'
[capacitor]         WARNING:: Please remove usages of `jcenter()` Maven repository from your build scripts and migrate your build to other Maven repositories.
[capacitor]         This repository is deprecated and it will be shut down in the future.
[capacitor]         See http://developer.android.com/r/tools/jcenter-end-of-service for more information.
[capacitor]         Currently detected usages in: root project 'android', project ':app', project ':capacitor-android', ...
[capacitor]         Warning: Mapping new ns http://schemas.android.com/repository/android/common/02 to old ns http://schemas.android.com/repository/android/common/01
[capacitor]         Warning: Mapping new ns http://schemas.android.com/repository/android/generic/02 to old ns http://schemas.android.com/repository/android/generic/01
[capacitor]         Warning: Mapping new ns http://schemas.android.com/sdk/android/repo/addon2/02 to old ns http://schemas.android.com/sdk/android/repo/addon2/01
[capacitor]         Warning: Mapping new ns http://schemas.android.com/sdk/android/repo/repository2/02 to old ns http://schemas.android.com/sdk/android/repo/repository2/01
[capacitor]         Warning: Mapping new ns http://schemas.android.com/sdk/android/repo/sys-img2/02 to old ns http://schemas.android.com/sdk/android/repo/sys-img2/01
[capacitor]         > Task :app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:packageDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:packageDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:packageDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:packageDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:packageDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:packageDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:javaPreCompileDebug UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:writeDebugAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:writeDebugAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:writeDebugAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:writeDebugAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:writeDebugAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:writeDebugAarMetadata
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:packageDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:packageDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugResValues
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:packageDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:packageDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:packageDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:checkDebugAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:packageDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:mergeDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:createDebugCompatibleScreenManifests UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:extractDeepLinksDebug UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:extractDeepLinksDebug UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:extractDeepLinksDebug UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:extractDeepLinksDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:extractDeepLinksDebug UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:extractDeepLinksDebug UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:extractDeepLinksDebug UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugLibraryResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:parseDebugLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:processDebugManifest
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugRFile UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:compileDebugLibraryResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:parseDebugLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugRFile UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:processDebugMainManifest UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:processDebugManifestForPackage UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugLibraryResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:compileDebugLibraryResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:parseDebugLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:parseDebugLocalResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:generateDebugRFile UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:compileDebugLibraryResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:parseDebugLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:generateDebugRFile UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:compileDebugLibraryResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugRFile
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:parseDebugLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:generateDebugRFile UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:javaPreCompileDebug UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugJavaWithJavac UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:bundleLibCompileToJarDebug UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:javaPreCompileDebug UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:bundleLibCompileToJarDebug UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugBuildConfig
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:javaPreCompileDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
[capacitor]         /tmp/myApp/android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/java/org/apache/cordova/file/FileUtils.java:39: error: cannot find symbol
[capacitor]         import org.apache.cordova.CordovaPluginPathHandler;
[capacitor]         ^
[capacitor]         symbol:   class CordovaPluginPathHandler
[capacitor]         location: package org.apache.cordova
[capacitor]         /tmp/myApp/android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/java/org/apache/cordova/file/FileUtils.java:1267: error: cannot find symbol
[capacitor]         public CordovaPluginPathHandler getPathHandler() {
[capacitor]         ^
[capacitor]         symbol:   class CordovaPluginPathHandler
[capacitor]         location: class FileUtils
[capacitor]         /tmp/myApp/android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/java/org/apache/cordova/file/FileUtils.java:1339: error: cannot find symbol
[capacitor]         return new CordovaPluginPathHandler(pathHandler);
[capacitor]         ^
[capacitor]         symbol:   class CordovaPluginPathHandler
[capacitor]         location: class FileUtils
[capacitor]         Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
[capacitor]         Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
[capacitor]         Note: /tmp/myApp/android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/java/org/apache/cordova/file/AssetFilesystem.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
[capacitor]         Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
[capacitor]         3 errors
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         * What went wrong:
[capacitor]         Execution failed for task ':capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
[capacitor]         > Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         * Try:
[capacitor]         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.
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         BUILD FAILED in 2s
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 8.0.
[capacitor]         Use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings.
[capacitor]         See https://docs.gradle.org/7.0/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings
[capacitor]         71 actionable tasks: 11 executed, 60 up-to-date
[capacitor]         
[ERROR] An error occurred while running subprocess capacitor.
        
        capacitor run android --no-sync --target Pixel_4_API_30 exited with exit code 1.
        
        Re-running this command with the --verbose flag may provide more information.

Code Reproduction

ionic start myApp blank --type vue
cd myApp
npm install cordova-plugin-file
npm install @awesome-cordova-plugins/file
ionic cap sync
ionic cap run android -l --external

Other Technical Details

$ ionic info

Ionic:

   Ionic CLI       : 6.19.0 (/home/$USER/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.3/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli)
   Ionic Framework : @ionic/vue 6.1.4

Capacitor:

   Capacitor CLI      : 3.5.1
   @capacitor/android : 3.5.1
   @capacitor/core    : 3.5.1
   @capacitor/ios     : not installed

Utility:

   cordova-res : not installed globally
   native-run  : 1.5.0

System:

   NodeJS : v14.18.3 (/home/$USER/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.3/bin/node)
   npm    : 8.5.4
   OS     : Linux 5.15

$ java --version

java 11.0.14 2022-01-18 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.14+8-LTS-263)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.14+8-LTS-263, mixed mode)

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created a year ago
  • Reactions:1
  • Comments:10 (3 by maintainers)

github_iconTop GitHub Comments

9reactions
vmartinscommented, May 9, 2022

I downgraded cordova-plugin-file from version 7 to 6 and it solved the problem!

npm install cordova-plugin-file@6
3reactions
jcesarmobilecommented, Jul 7, 2022

Capacitor uses cordova-android 7.0.0 by default, as I mentioned, you can change the version used by editing the variables.gradle file that your projects should already have, and change the cordovaAndroidVersion = '7.0.0' to cordovaAndroidVersion = '10.1.1'

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