Error: Source path does not exist: resources\android\icon\drawable-hdpi-icon.png

Question

I\'m trying to get an APK file from a Ionic project with the \"cordova build --release android\" command on a Mac and it doesn\'t work as I get

Answer 1

I had the same error, After running

ionic resources

Or

ionic cordova resources

(Based on the ionic version of your application)

it went away.

The problem was that I had Windows-style slashes (backslashes) in the path of the icon, i.e. the error I had was this:

Error: Source path does not exist: resources\android\icon\drawable-hdpi-icon.png

So, converting backslashes into slashes resolved it for me.

Hope this help to you and the others looking for same problem. It all happens because using different machines[mac & windows] for development of project like mac and windows.

Answer 2

You can add your resources again by running:

ionic integrations enable cordova --add

Answer 3

Just remove <preference name="Orientation" value="portrait" /> in config.xml file and run ionic cordova resources.

Problem is when you run ionic cordova resources it is only generates the resources for portrait orientation.

Answer 4

I resolved the error using the way similar to Fakan. You just need to change the icon tag with src="resources\android\icon\drawable-hdpi.png" outside the platform tags to "resources\icon.png" to resolve this error

Answer 5

In config.xml, I changed the resources\android\icon\drawable-hdpi.png to resources resources\android\icon\drawable-hdpi.png

Answer 6

The problem is because you have:

<preference name="Orientation" value="portrait" />

in your config.xml, and when you run ionic cordova resources it is only generating the resources for portrait orientation.