Cannot build cordova project successfully error while executing ant debug command

Question

I was having an error that is Camera not successful invoked on first try (click) so I tried this solution on stackoverflow Phonegap(3.0.0) Camera not successful on first try. I followed the steps as mentioned in the answer removed android by cordova platform remove android then I run the second command cordova platform add android ;

Now when I use netbeans to run the cordova application on cordova android decvice this error occurs:

  exec: ant debug -f "/var/www/mobile/platforms/android/build.xml"

   [ 'ant debug -f "/var/www/mobile/platforms/android/build.xml"',
 { [Error: Command failed: 
  BUILD FAILED
  /var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:720: The following error       occurred while executing this line:
  /var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:734: Compile failed;   see the compiler error output for details.

Total time: 8 seconds
] killed: false, code: 1, signal: null },
  'Buildfile: /var/www/mobile/platforms/android/build.xml\n\n-set-mode-check:\n\n-set-debug-files:\n\n-check-env:\n [checkenv] Android SDK Tools Revision 22.3.0\n [checkenv] 
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  \nBUILD FAILED\n/var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:720:   

 The following error occurred while executing this line:\n/var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64- 20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:734: 
 Compile failed; see the compiler error output for   details.\n\nTotal time: 8 seconds\n' ]

 Error executing "ant debug -f "/var/www/mobile/platforms/android/build.xml"": 
 BUILD FAILED
 /var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:720: The following   error occurred while executing this line:
 /var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:734: Compile failed;  see the compiler error output for details.

 Total time: 8 seconds


 child_process.spawn(/var/www/mobile/platforms/android/cordova/build,[]) = 2

 /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:126
                throw e;
 Error: An error occurred while building the android project.Error executing "ant debug -f "/var/www/mobile/platforms/android/build.xml"": 
 BUILD FAILED
/var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:720: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:734: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Total time: 8 seconds


at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/src/compile.js:65:22)
at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:735:16)
at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:948:11)
at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
at Pipe.close (net.js:466:12)
/var/www/mobile/nbproject/build.xml:256: exec returned: 8
BUILD FAILED (total time: 4 minutes 36 seconds)

any idea about this problem?

Answer 1

I was having a similar issue. I ran ant debug -f "/path/to/project/build.xml" from a separate terminal. It displayed a more specific description of the error (which for me wast that there was a space in the project name). This answer also notes:

config.xml can't have a widget id with number as a first character after a dot. For example: com.42myapp.test or com.myapp.42test won't work as well as 42com.myapp.test. It will trigger an error from the compiler.