Phonegap/Cordova build android node_modules/q/q.js throw e;

Question

cordova build android gives me the following err

node_modules/q/q.js:126 throw e; (*error details)

This question has been asked before, but

Answer 1

Before changing anything, make an empty cordova project and try to build it and you can figure out the problem is project specific or not.

After a lot of change i made, i figured out we shouldn't have two folders with same names : jquery and jQuery!

Answer 2

I ran into this same problem while running 'phonegap serve', but the solution was very different. I noticed that operation would work when I restarted my computer. In case anyone else runs into this problem. Here is the solution on Ubuntu 15

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p

which was taken from the stackoverflow thread Grunt watch error - Waiting...Fatal error: watch ENOSPC

In addition to the posters error, I had the error

at exports._errnoException (util.js:856:11)
at FSWatcher.start (fs.js:1313:19)
at Object.fs.watch (fs.js:1341:11)

further down.

Answer 3

I meet same error message, but my ANDROID_HOME setting is correct. I find the error is caused by I opening a .apk file in the \platforms\android\ant-build folder. After I close 7zip that occupy the .apk file, ant build passed.

Answer 4

@mylord I had similar error and it was due to invalid debug certificate. On Linux Delete ~/.android debug.keystore file.

The next time you build, the build tools will regenerate a new keystore and debug key.

This solved for me. I hope this helps.

Answer 5

I noticed that your ANDROID_HOME variable might be incorrectly setup - as far as I can tell, it should be set to the root of your SDK folder (what you have ANDROID_SDK set to), try that (and make sure that you still have both $ANDROID_HOME/tools and $ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools on your path).

Answer 6

I banged my head against the wall for hours and hours and ultimately came up with a simple solution. I went into the project directory and issued two commands:

cordova platform remove android
cordova platform add android

Recompiled with "cordova build android" and it worked like a charm.

I think cordova wanted to possibly update some files.

===== Update for Ionic ========

In case you are using ionic framework then these are the commands for your rescue:

ionic platform remove android
ionic platform add android

I have noticed that this normally happens when you break (Ctrl-C) the compilation process.