A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:generateJsonModelDebug'

[newmips]

Hi,
Getting the error in title when trying to create cordova android app. Executed following instructions:

cordova plugin add nodejs-mobile-cordova ----> OK
cordova build android -----> KO

Message says:
A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:generateJsonModelDebug'.

File '/home/denis/AndroidStudioProjects/TestApp/platforms/android/app/src/com/janeasystems/cdvnodejsmobile/jni/CMakeLists.txt' specified for property 'externalNativeJsonGenerator.makefile' does not exist.

Using tools:
node 8.10.0
cordova 8.0.0
gradle 3.4.1

I have currently no folder "com/janeasystems/cdvnodejsmobile/" in subdirectory "platforms/android/app/src/".
Can you help to clarify what has to be done to build those files or solve this issue? Thanks for your help.
Note. Maybe this issue is related to #90

[jaimecbernardo]

Hi @newmips ,

As stated in the Requirements, Cordova 8.x is not supported.
That's probably where the error is coming from.

[newmips]

Ah! Thanks. I was misleading by this page https://code.janeasystems.com/nodejs-mobile/getting-started-cordova which indicates Cordova 7.0.0 or higher.
Will downgrade version and test again.

[jaimecbernardo]

@newmips , Thank you for pointing that out. Corrected the requirements in that page.

[newmips]

Tested again. It actually works with cordova 7.0.0. Thx @jaimecbernardo !

[home-grown-engineer]

Hi!
Got same error on cordova 7.0.0

BUILD FAILED in 4s
28 actionable tasks: 8 executed, 20 up-to-date
Error: /Users/username/Documents/Work/project/platforms/android/gradlew: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output:
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:generateJsonModelDebug'.
> File '/Users/username/Documents/Work/project/platforms/android/app/src/com/janeasystems/cdvnodejsmobile/jni/CMakeLists.txt' specified for property 'externalNativeJsonGenerator.makefile' does not exist.

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 4s
➜ git:(develop) ✗ ./node_modules/.bin/cordova --version  
7.0.0
➜ git:(develop) ✗ cordova --version
7.0.0
➜  git:(develop) ✗ 

[jaimecbernardo]

Hi @britishd ,
The path that's being looked for by cordova platforms/android/app/ was introduced by "cordova-android 7.X". Cordova 7.X would come with "cordova-android 6.X", which shouldn't have this issue, to the best of my knowledge.
Was the project created with Cordova 8.X ?

One way to verify the "android" platform version is to run cordova platforms inside the project. The android platform version should be 6.X

[andreddosantos]

Hello guys,

I'm experiencing the same error.
ionic info

Ionic:

ionic (Ionic CLI) : 4.2.1 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic)
Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 4.0.0-beta.7
@angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.7.5
@angular-devkit/schematics : 0.7.5
@angular/cli : 6.1.5
@ionic/angular-toolkit : not installed

Cordova:

cordova (Cordova CLI) : 7.1.0
Cordova Platforms : android 6.3.0, ios 4.5.5
Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.1.3, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 2.1.4, (and 5 other plugins)

System:

ios-deploy : 2.0.0
NodeJS : v10.10.0 (/usr/local/Cellar/node/10.10.0/bin/node)
npm : 6.4.1
OS : macOS High Sierra
Xcode : Xcode 9.4.1 Build version 9F2000

cordova platforms

Installed platforms:
android 6.3.0
ios 4.5.5
Available platforms:
blackberry10 ~3.8.0 (deprecated)
browser ~5.0.0
osx ~4.0.1
ubuntu ~4.3.4 (deprecated)
webos ~3.7.0
windows ~5.0.0
www ^3.12.0

error_stack.txt

Well for ios all smooth, regarding android a lot of issues.

Regards

[jaimecbernardo]

Hi @andreddosantos ,
Something in the build system is introducing a flag that is not recognized by CMake. It's in the logs you've shared:

  clang: error: unknown argument: '-nostdlib++'

Is this happening on the sample you've shared in JaneaSystems/nodejs-mobile-samples#10, as well?

[andreddosantos]

Hello @jaimecbernardo

Is this happening on the sample you've shared in JaneaSystems/nodejs-mobile-samples#10, as well?

it should be, since the configurations for that PR are the same for the app i'm working on, but the thing is, i believe that this is not ionic related, since it is cordova that generates the FS for the platform applications, all ionic files ends up in the www folder as js parsed by webpack ...

I'm going to do my debug regarding the information you just gave me, and I'll try to let you know the origin of that flag. '-nostdlib++'

BTW if you want to replicate, after having the environment set up with the versions i've already posted here, you just need to run the following commands

iOS working:
ionic cordova platform add ios --save
ionic cordova build ios

Android:
ionic cordova platform add android --save
ionic cordova build android //not working

regards
André

[andreddosantos]

It was local wrong local Android environment settings! Thanks

[jaimecbernardo]

Hi @andreddosantos ,
Good to know it's been solved.
Which setting was causing this behavior?