Ionic can't run ionic platform android

Question

I am starting to follow this demo for learning the ionic framework.

I made it to the point where it suggests that I type in ionic platform android. When I type that, I get this error:

C02FF724DF91:todo jcorser$ ionic platform android
Creating android project...

/Users/jcorser/.cordova/lib/npm_cache/cordova-android/3.6.3/package/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:126
                    throw e;
                          ^
Error: ANDROID_HOME is not set and "android" command not in your PATH. You must fulfill at least one of these conditions.
    at /Users/jcorser/.cordova/lib/npm_cache/cordova-android/3.6.3/package/bin/lib/check_reqs.js:158:19
    at _fulfilled (/Users/jcorser/.cordova/lib/npm_cache/cordova-android/3.6.3/package/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:798:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (/Users/jcorser/.cordova/lib/npm_cache/cordova-android/3.6.3/package/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:827:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/Users/jcorser/.cordova/lib/npm_cache/cordova-android/3.6.3/package/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:760:13)
    at /Users/jcorser/.cordova/lib/npm_cache/cordova-android/3.6.3/package/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:821:14
    at flush (/Users/jcorser/.cordova/lib/npm_cache/cordova-android/3.6.3/package/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:108:17)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:419:13)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:499:11)
    at startup (node.js:119:16)
    at node.js:906:3
Error: /Users/jcorser/.cordova/lib/npm_cache/cordova-android/3.6.3/package/bin/create: Command failed with exit code 8
    at ChildProcess.whenDone (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:135:23)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at maybeClose (child_process.js:755:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:822:5)

I am on Mac OSX. I have developed two android apps before using Android Studio. I also followed the suggestion for OSX on the manual $ export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) but this did not fix the problem.

Answer 1

If you installed Android SDK via Homebrew, then the fix is this:

export ANDROID_HOME=`brew --prefix android`

Answer 2

on macosx it will be like this

step1

open and edit the profile

    vi ~/.bash_profile

step2

the bash_profile would be like below (this is my edition)

    export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/Zam/Documents/android-sdk-macosx
    export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH

for you, it shuold use your sdk location

    export ANDROID_HOME=where your sdk location
    export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH

step3

refresh

    source ~/.bash_profile

Answer 3

On windows set the ANDROID_HOME in System Variables