在VMware上使用Visual Studio 2015 Cordova调试Android应用，并发现debug.keystore错误

Question

The build is OK until it's asking for a debug key. Here is part of the output log:

[apkbuilder] Creating MainActivity-debug-unaligned.apk and signing it with a debug key...
1>MDAVSCLI : [apkbuilder] keytool error : java.io.FileNotFoundException: \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\.android\debug.keystore (The system cannot find the path specified)
1>  [apkbuilder] Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx512M
1>  Command finished with error code 1: C:\FirstApp\FirstApp\platforms\android\cordova\build.bat --debug
1>ERROR building one of the platforms : error : C:\FirstApp\FirstApp\platforms\android\cordova\build.bat: Command failed with exit code 1
1>  You may not have the required environment or OS to build this project
1>MDAVSCLI : error : C:\FirstApp\FirstApp\platforms\android\cordova\build.bat: Command failed with exit code 1
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Deploy: 0 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========

I'm running a Windows 8.1 on mac Yosemite using VMware. Seems like it's trying to look for the debug key in share folder and couldn't find it. I'm clueless how I can fix this problem.

I've checked the environment variables, ADT_HOME, ANT_HOME, GIT_HOME, JAVA_HOME and they all point to the correct locations.

%JAVA_HOME%\\bin is also added to the system environment PATH.

Answer 1

I figured it out. The problem is that I can't create folder under \\vmware-host\\Shared Folders. This also gave me hard time when running Android SDK Manager to fetch Android repository because the Manifest Cache directory points to \\vmware-host\\Shared Folders too.

The solution is to add a new environment variable. Variable name: ANDROID_SDK_HOME Variable value: C:\\Users>User Name<

This is the post that helps a lot. Possible to change where Android Virtual Devices are saved?

Don't forget to restart the computer after the change.