Android target: not installed

[busaeed]

I'm trying to use Cordova for the first time.

When I execute the following command : cordova requirements I get the following respone:

Requirements check results for android:
Java JDK: installed 11.0.12
Android SDK: installed true
Android target: not installed
Command failed with exit code 1: avdmanager list target
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlSchema
        at com.android.repository.api.SchemaModule$SchemaModuleVersion.<init>(SchemaModule.java:156)
        at com.android.repository.api.SchemaModule.<init>(SchemaModule.java:75)
        at com.android.sdklib.repository.AndroidSdkHandler.<clinit>(AndroidSdkHandler.java:81)
        at com.android.sdklib.tool.AvdManagerCli.run(AvdManagerCli.java:213)
        at com.android.sdklib.tool.AvdManagerCli.main(AvdManagerCli.java:200)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema
        at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:581)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178)
        at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521)
        ... 5 more
Gradle: installed C:\Gradle\gradle-8.7\bin\gradle.BAT
Some of requirements check failed

I tried a few solutions but none worked for me.

[breautek]

Command failed with exit code 1: avdmanager list target
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlSchema
at com.android.repository.api.SchemaModule$SchemaModuleVersion.(SchemaModule.java:156)
at com.android.repository.api.SchemaModule.(SchemaModule.java:75)
at com.android.sdklib.repository.AndroidSdkHandler.(AndroidSdkHandler.java:81)
at com.android.sdklib.tool.AvdManagerCli.run(AvdManagerCli.java:213)
at com.android.sdklib.tool.AvdManagerCli.main(AvdManagerCli.java:200)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:641)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:188)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:525)
... 5 more

This usually indicates that you have the legacy android tools installed.

You can uninstall them by removing the Android SDK Tools (Obsolete):

Note that Hide Obsolete Packages must be unchecked to see the obsolete packages. The obsolete package is intended to be used with JDK 8. It doesn't support higher JDK installations.

While you're there, I'd recommend going against the documentations and install Command-line tools version 11. Alternatively upgrade your JDK to 17. The latest command line tools requires JDK 17.

Lastly a "working" printout will produce something like:

Requirements check results for android:
Java JDK: installed 17.0.9
Android SDK: installed true
Android target: not installed 
Command failed with ENOENT: avdmanager list target
spawn avdmanager ENOENT
Gradle: installed /development/tools/gradle-8.7/bin/gradle
Some of requirements check failed

While android target and avdmanager doesn't appear to work in requirements, it shouldn't prevent you from building and running your cordova project.

[busaeed]

Thank you for your response. I followed your solution but still not working:

Requirements check results for android:
Android SDK: installed true
Android target: not installed
Command failed with exit code 1: avdmanager list target
'avdmanager' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Gradle: installed C:\Gradle\gradle-8.7\bin\gradle.BAT
Some of requirements check failed

Building not working either although I installed Android SDK Build Tools 35-rc3:

PS C:\Users\Lenovo\Documents\myapp> cordova build android
Checking Java JDK and Android SDK versions
ANDROID_HOME=C:\Users\Lenovo\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk (recommended setting)
ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=undefined (DEPRECATED)
Using Android SDK: C:\Users\Lenovo\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
Subproject Path: CordovaLib
Subproject Path: app

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Script 'C:\Users\Lenovo\Documents\myapp\platforms\android\CordovaLib\cordova.gradle' line: 75

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating script.
> No usable Android build tools found. Highest 33.x installed version is 32.0.0; Recommended version is 33.0.2.

* 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

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 8.0.

You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.

See https://docs.gradle.org/7.6/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings

BUILD FAILED in 933ms
Command failed with exit code 1: C:\Users\Lenovo\Documents\myapp\platforms\android\gradlew -b C:\Users\Lenovo\Documents\myapp\platforms\android\build.gradle cdvBui
ldDebug

[breautek]

No usable Android build tools found. Highest 33.x installed version is 32.0.0; Recommended version is 33.0.2

I realise this message isn't very clear, but it means that it's looking for 33.x.x, but you only have 32.0.0 installed. Inside android SDK manager, if you check Show Package Details you'll see a list of build tools by their versions and you'll need 33.0.2 or later (but not 34.x.x)