How to build apache cordova project from command line?

Question

• I\'ve setup apache cordova on my Windows/Cygwin platform.
• I can create project using the command - cordova create .
• I have

Answer 1

For Android the default location for the APKs is the bin directory

The location is defined by ant properties in the Android SDK buil.xml

<import file="${sdk.dir}/tools/ant/build.xml" />

The output apk will be in two formats debug or release

<property name="out.final.file" location="${out.absolute.dir}/${ant.project.name}-debug.apk" />
<property name="out.final.file" location="${out.absolute.dir}/${ant.project.name}-release.apk" />

The location of your apk will be something like this:

• myAndroidApp/bin/myAndroidApp-debug.apk
• myAndroidApp/bin/myAndroidApp-release.apk

Answer 2

I was using ant 1.7 which was causing the problem. There was no error message mentioning the version. After changing to Ant 1.8.xx, phonegap was able to install and build the android project.

Answer 3

You should get a more verbose output by running cordova -d build android.

Alternatively, to use the underlying cordova-android scripts to build, you can:

cd platforms/android
./cordova/build

OR, to peel away even more layers, you can use the Android ANT script to run the build (which is what the cordova scripts shell out to anyways):

cd platforms/android
ant debug

Answer 4

Use cordova compile android

This will output a debug .apk file into platforms/android/bin

This works with Cordova 3.3.1