Cocos compile -p android DEPRECATED?

cocos2d-x
#1

I’m porting my iOS app to Android and am using the Android Studio project that Cocos created for me.

I just updated Android Studio and now when I attempt to compile using:

cocos compile -p android --android-studio --app-abi armeabi --ap android-21

I get the following response:

The android command is no longer available.
For manual SDK and AVD management, please use Android Studio.
For command-line tools, use tools/bin/sdkmanager and tools/bin/avdmanager
Error running command, return code: 1.

I’m very new to Android Studio and gradle. It looks like cocos compile command is trying to use an android command that is now gone.

How do I edit my Android Studio files do the same job the cocos compile command did? I see the Android.mk and Application.mk files are already part of the project, but Android Studio doesn’t use them when I tell it to build.

Any help would be appreciated!

Robert

The "android" command is no longer available
#2

This is being worked in. It is a bug. There is an open issue for it.

#3

I have the same problem.
Because I am using Windows, I guess only about Mac.
But probably goes well.

Please download the old SDK file.
tools_r25.2.3-windows.zip
tools_r25.2.3-macosx.zip
From
https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html#downloads

Extract tools/android.bat or tools/android from this zip file,
Overwrite the current SDK folder and copy it.
In my case, “cocos compile” and “cocos run” is now successful with this work.

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#4

Is there a way for me to get around the bug so I can keep working?

Do you have a link for where the issue is being discussed?

Thanks for the help!

Robert

#5

@WinshareGames sure: https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/issues/17424

#6

@bluewind00 we have engineers working on this issue. Hang tight. @zhangbin is working on this and has mentioned rolling back SDK versions helps.

Error while setting Android studio for cpp-tests in MAC
#7

@slackmoehrle I see. Thanks your help.

#8

Hi everyone,

I managed to compile my Cocos2DX-android project in Android Studio after I stumbled with this problem. I used to do cocos compile too. I wrote a detailed document in PDF format on how I did it. Here is the download link.

https://goo.gl/IlUvSp

Let me know if it helped.

Thanks for checking it out, and thanks to the Cocos2d-X team and community!

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#9

Thanks. I added a link to your document in the GitHub issue for this. Perhaps it will help.

#10

After I updated everything in my Android Studio, I had the same problem and your solution solved my problem.

Thank you very much

#11

I’m getting the same issue today:

c:\dev\firebase\cocos2dx-cpp-sample\sample_project>cocos compile -p android --ap android-25 --android-studio --
app-abi armeabi-v7a
Building mode: debug
Using Android Studio project : c:\dev\firebase\cocos2dx-cpp-sample\sample_project\proj.android-studio
running: '"C:\AndroidSdk\tools\android" update project -t android-25 -p c:\dev\firebase\cocos2dx-cpp-
sample\sample_project\proj.android-studio\app'

**************************************************************************
The "android" command is deprecated.
For manual SDK, AVD, and project management, please use Android Studio.
For command-line tools, use tools\bin\sdkmanager.bat
and tools\bin\avdmanager.bat
**************************************************************************

Invalid or unsupported command "update project -t android-25 -p c:\dev\firebase\cocos2dx-cpp-
sample\sample_project\proj.android-studio\app"

Supported commands are:
android list target
android list avd
android list device
android create avd
android move avd
android delete avd
android list sdk
android update sdk
Error running command, return code: 1.

Is the solution still to download old stuff??

#12

Here Cocos compile -p android DEPRECATED?

#13

Anyone come up with different solution to this? SDKBOX Appodeal seems to require the newest tools to compile for android-studio but the new tools don’t work with Cocos2dx… Not sure where to go from here, except switching ad services.

#14

Would firebase work for ads? I have just managed to get the firebase sdk working for the first time under android. Admittedly all I can do so far is authentication but it might be a way to avoid sdkbox?

#15

This problem is still not fixed . Any solution to make this work?

#16

why anyone need android compile - use gradle it’s cool

#17

No thanks.
XCode for dev (Eclipse only if i have some android spec crash)
But for android build? Simple cocos console.

#18

Some commands are removed by Android SDK. You should copy tools folder from older Android SDK if you need to continue using Ant.