Unable to build an android gradle project - for a cordova project

Question

I am unable to build a gradle project, even if I edit the gradle property, I get the following error:

Error:(22, 1) 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\salangar\angular-cordova-tickrv0.1\platforms\android\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties to gradle-2.10-all.zip

How do I resolve this?

Answer 1

I was also getting the same error and modifying the
$(your app path)/platform/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties to

distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.10-all.zip

didn't help as it was getting overridden every time i ran cordova build android to 2.2.1

I finally changed the gradleBuilder.js file under $(your app path)/platforms/android/cordova/lib/builders folder.

Search for distributionUrl and change it 2.10.

This triggered download of gradle-2.10 and compilation went through. At least it worked for me.

Answer 2

Instead of manipulating build.js file, the easiet approach would be as follows:

1) Download required gradle version and save it local folder.

2) In command prompt execute the following command:
export CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL=file:///local/path/to/folder/where/gradle/zip/is/saved/gradle-2.2.1-all.zip

3) Execute the following command: cordova run android