Cordova fails to build on android (GCM dependency)

Question

I have already installed the latest Support Repository package for Android.

However I cannot compile my new app with ionic/cordova (first build), and I get the following error:

TR: ~/Documents/bitron/B-See tommaso$ ionic run --device android
Running command: /Users/webdev1/Documents/bitron/B-See/hooks/after_prepare/010_add_platform_class.js /Users/webdev1/Documents/bitron/B-See
add to body class: platform-android
Running command: /Users/webdev1/Documents/bitron/B-See/platforms/android/cordova/run --device
ANDROID_HOME=/usr/share/java/android-sdk-macosx
JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home
Running: /Users/webdev1/Documents/bitron/B-See/platforms/android/gradlew cdvBuildDebug -b /Users/webdev1/Documents/bitron/B-See/platforms/android/build.gradle -PcdvBuildArch=arm -Dorg.gradle.daemon=true

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring root project 'android'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':_debugCompile'.
   > Could not find any version that matches com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:+.
     Searched in the following locations:
         https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/android/gms/play-services-gcm/maven-metadata.xml
         https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/android/gms/play-services-gcm/
         file:/usr/share/java/android-sdk-macosx/extras/android/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-gcm/maven-metadata.xml
         file:/usr/share/java/android-sdk-macosx/extras/android/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-gcm/
     Required by:
         :android:unspecified

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 2.769 secs

/Users/webdev1/Documents/bitron/B-See/platforms/android/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:126
                    throw e;
                    ^
Error code 1 for command: /Users/webdev1/Documents/bitron/B-See/platforms/android/gradlew with args: cdvBuildDebug,-b,/Users/webdev1/Documents/bitron/B-See/platforms/android/build.gradle,-PcdvBuildArch=arm,-Dorg.gradle.daemon=true
ERROR running one or more of the platforms: Error: /Users/webdev1/Documents/bitron/B-See/platforms/android/cordova/run: Command failed with exit code 1
You may not have the required environment or OS to run this project
TR: ~/Documents/bitron/B-See tommaso$

This is my plugins list:

TR: ~/Documents/bitron/B-See tommaso$ ionic plugin list
cordova-plugin-console 1.0.1 "Console"
cordova-plugin-device 1.0.1 "Device"
cordova-plugin-dialogs 1.1.1 "Notification"
cordova-plugin-file 3.0.0 "File"
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser 1.0.1 "InAppBrowser"
cordova-plugin-splashscreen 2.1.0 "Splashscreen"
cordova-plugin-statusbar 1.0.1 "StatusBar"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.0.0 "Whitelist"
ionic-plugin-keyboard 1.0.7 "Keyboard"
nl.x-services.plugins.toast 2.0.4 "Toast"
TR: ~/Documents/bitron/B-See tommaso$

How can I solve the problem?

Answer 1

In my case, this message was because of missing packages in the Android SDK, so it was required to install some packages via the Android SDK Manager.

android # To open the SDK manager

Look for:

Extras -> Google play services
Extras -> Google repository

And install them.