Cordova build changes distributionUrl in gradle-wrapper.properties file

Question

I keep getting the following build exception when I run

 cordova run android --verbose 

• What went wrong: A problem occurred evaluating root project 'android'.

  Failed to apply plugin [id 'android'] Gradle version 2.10 is required. Current version is 2.2.1. If using the gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in C:\Users\Project\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties to gradle-2.10-all.zip

The reason for this is the line being changed when I run the cordova build command from;

distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.1.0-all.zip 

to

distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.2.1-all.zip 

Any way to prevent this ?

Answer 1

As could be guessed, there is a script that is being run behind the scene when you issue the "Cordova build android" command. This script needs to be found in order to see the config specified for Gradle version.

You must go and check the following js file:

$PROJECT_ROOT/platforms/android/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js

Then find the line including the following variable in the file:

GradleBuilder.prototype.prepEnv 

And check the distributionUrl variable:

var distributionUrl = process.env['CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL'] || 'http\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.2.1-all.zip'; 

That's what you are looking for and what you need to change to gradle-2.10-all.zip URL;

Now you can run the build command, and there you go!

inspired from the following SO; install gradle for using in cordova build android

Answer 2

I think is better to export the variable CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL

Example:

export CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL=http\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip 

If you are using a Mac, for example, add the export command in to the .bash_profile

nano ~/.bash_profile