ionic build error - cordova-file plugin issue

Question

I am having trouble - creating an android build using ionic. It was initially working fine. I tried changing the android target platform to 19 - thats 4.4.2 kitkat.

this is the error message- apparently there is an issue with the cordova file plugin. When I change the platform sdk target to 19 .

Any help will be appreciated here.

/myapp/platforms/android/src/org/apache/cordova/file/LocalFilesystem.java:414: error: cannot find symbol if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) { ^ symbol: variable LOLLIPOP location: class VERSION_CODES /myapp/platforms/android/src/org/apache/cordova/file/LocalFilesystem.java:416: error: cannot find symbol for (File f : context.getExternalMediaDirs()) { ^ symbol: method getExternalMediaDirs() location: variable context of type Context 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. 2 errors FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':compileReleaseJava'.

  Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

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

Answer 1

Figured it out, just remove and add the android platform back. And then its smooth sailing.