Visual Studio 2015 Cordova error: Could not locate a deployable apk

Question

I use Visual Studio 2015 to create Cordova project, but when I debug the solution, the VS told me:

Error DEP10402: Could not locate a deployable apk. You may need to build your project.

and I couldn't get any project apk.

Answer 1

Use Cordova CLI version 5.4.1 in config.xml platform tab.

Answer 2

This Error may occurred because of the incompatibility of cordova version, check your installed cordova version bye entrig following

cordova -v

and make sure same version added to visual studio project, in config.xml -> platform -> cordova cli

Answer 3

I had the same issue with Visual Studio 2017 and Ionic 3. The cordova-cli 8 (if you use a global cordova-cli) copies the apk into another folder and hence VS doesn't find it. I added a copyapk script which is run after the build is completed.

https://github.com/hamburml/ionic3-vs2017-blank-template