Appcelerator studio android app failed to run

Question

I have installed fresh appcelerator studio and titanium CLI and also other dependancies when I am trying to run android app then it showing the following error :

[INFO] :   Packaging application: ../sw/android-sdk-macosx/build-tools/24.0.2/aapt "package" "-f" "-m" "-J" "WorkData/Appcelator Projects/test/build/android/gen" "-M" "../Appcelator Projects/test/build/android/AndroidManifest.xml" "-A" "../WorkData/Appcelator Projects/test/build/android/bin/assets" "-S" "../WorkData/Appcelator Projects/test/build/android/res" "-I" "../sw/android-sdk-macosx/platforms/android-23/android.jar" "-F" "../WorkData/Appcelator Projects/test/build/android/bin/app.ap_" "--auto-add-overlay" "--extra-packages" "ti.modules.titanium.ui:android.support.v7.appcompat:android.support.v7.cardview" "-S" "/var/folders/jf/f17wzygx4nbd6fg5wsntf4840000gn/T/116820-1742-1nuy1sx.xxrqp30udi/res" "-S" "/var/folders/jf/f17wzygx4nbd6fg5wsntf4840000gn/T/116820-1742-hop1bc.t53b359udi/res" "-S" "/var/folders/jf/f17wzygx4nbd6fg5wsntf4840000gn/T/116820-1742-6n4mu0.4svn3o9a4i/res"
2016-09-20T06:14:33.921Z | ERROR  | An uncaught exception was thrown!
Path must be a string. Received undefined
2016-09-20T06:14:33.922Z | ERROR  | Path must be a string. Received undefined

and also I am able to run same project on iPhone.

My machine Configuration is as follows :

Operating System
  Name                        = Mac OS X
  Version                     = 10.11.6
  Architecture                = 64bit
  # CPUs                      = 4
  Memory                      = 8589934592
Node.js
  Node.js Version             = 6.5.0
  npm Version                 = 3.10.3
Titanium CLI
  CLI Version                 = 5.0.9
Titanium SDK
  SDK Version                 = 5.5.0.GA
  SDK Path                    = /Users/neosoft/Library/Application Support/Titanium/mobilesdk/osx/5.5.0.GA
  Target Platform             = android
Command

can anyone help me to resolve issue ...

Answer 1

You appear to be using Build Tools SDK 24.#. This is not yet supported by Appcelerator. You should un-install this version and install 23 (the latest supported by appcelerator).

I recommend watching the Compatibility Matrix from time to time.

After that select the minSDK and targetSDK in Tiapp.xml like this:

<android xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <manifest android:versionCode="1"
        android:versionName="1.0.0" package="app.my" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="16" targetSdkVersion="23"/>
    </manifest>
</android>

Answer 2

See my Android SDK folder looks like this:

Try to look at your Android SDK folders and check if there is anything related to version 24. And also do these tasks after deleting everything related to 24 version:

• Remove the uses-sdk tag from tiapp.xml and let Titanium SDK do stuffs on its own.
• Delete build and Resources folders from your Titanium project root directory
• Clean and run the project now.

Answer 3

Check your version of node.js with this command:

node -v

If your version is higher than 4.4.2 that's the problem. You can fix it with:

sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n 4.4.2

Answer 4

I had the same issue and got resolved after changing my node version to 4.4.2. Just updating it here if that may help anyone.