How to add android target / API android-26 in android studio?

Question

I am new in android development tools and I\'m about to try cordova to develop android app using web technologies, but when i use the comand cordova requirements the result

Answer 1

Android Studio on macOS has platform settings at Preferences... > Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Android SDK > SDK Platform tab. Checking Android 8.0 (Oreo) having the API level 26 and clicking Apply installed the package and now the requirements check passes as follows:

Requirements check results for android:
Java JDK: installed 1.8.0
Android SDK: installed true
Android target: installed android-27,android-26
Gradle: installed /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-4.1/bin/gradle

Hope this works on Windows as well.

Answer 2

If using Ionic Cordova(Ionic 3), the plugin:cordova-plugin-ionic-webview now includes the Android target when installed.

in config.xml:

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-ionic-webview" spec="^2.2.0">
    <variable name="ANDROID_SUPPORT_ANNOTATIONS_VERSION" value="27.+" />
</plugin>

in package.json:

"cordova-plugin-ionic-webview": {
    "ANDROID_SUPPORT_ANNOTATIONS_VERSION": "27.+"
  }

When adding android platform:

> cordova platform add android --save
  Using cordova-fetch for cordova-android@~7.1.1
  Adding android project...
  Creating Cordova project for the Android platform:
    Path: platforms\android
    Package: com.packageName.projectName
    Name: Project Name
    Activity: MainActivity
    Android target: android-27

Answer 3

Another option from the terminal:

go to: "C:\Users\YOU-USER-NAME\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools\bin"

sdkmanager "platform-tools" "platforms;android-26"

as listed here: https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/sdkmanager