Cordova CLI Android/gradle in Windows 10

Question

While trying to publish my cordova app for android after an Android SDK update I am getting the error below.

I have set my environment variables as per below and I have the latest java sdk. I have tried downloading the latest gradle and set the environment variables to point to the extracted files and I tried the zipped files, and I have pointed it to an online service. Neither made a change.

Can someone explain the errors and point me in the right direction

ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=C:\\Users\\Johnathan\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\android-sdk (recommended setting) ANDROID_HOME=C:\\Users\\Johnathan\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\android-sdk (DEPRECATED) Subproject Path: CordovaLib Subproject Path: app Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at org.gradle.wrapper.PathAssembler.getDistName(PathAssembler.java:84) at org.gradle.wrapper.PathAssembler.getDistribution(PathAssembler.java:40) at org.gradle.wrapper.Install.createDist(Install.java:44) at org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:107) at org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain.main(GradleWrapperMain.java:62) C:\\usb_webserver\\root\\cordova\\Sunpharma\\slate\\platforms\\android\\gradlew: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at org.gradle.wrapper.PathAssembler.getDistName(PathAssembler.java:84) at org.gradle.wrapper.PathAssembler.getDistribution(PathAssembler.java:40) at org.gradle.wrapper.Install.createDist(Install.ja va:44) at org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:107) at org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain.main(GradleWrapperMain.java:62)

Answer 1

The problem was that my gradle was still referencing the old installation. I had to manually remove the old installation before the computer would recognise the newer version even though the newer installation was fine.