How do I build a Cordova 8.x cordova.jar to include in existing Android app?

Question

I this documentation:

Cordova documentation

I cloned the latest Cordova here: https://github.com/apache/cordova-android

But when I run "ant jar" as described in the documentation, I get this error:

cordova-android-master/framework/build.xml:124: Cannot find /Users/neigaard/Library/Android/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml imported from /Users/me/cordova-android-master/framework/build.xml

Google say that is because ant/build.xml was removed from Android SDK. I found a post saying that I should download a old Android SDK tools and replace my SDK tools folder with that, but I rely on my Android SDK to be working and up to date.

Is there no way to build the Cordova Android jar without an outdated Android SDK or is there somewhere I can download a pre-built jar or is there another way to integrate Cordova into a existing Android app?

Answer 1

You don't really need the .jar anymore, Cordova is distributed through gradle, so you can just add this in the dependencies section of your app gradle file:

implementation 'org.apache.cordova:framework:7.1.0'