cordova build android : Could not find intellij-core.jar about cordova-android

[arnoldsi-tr]

Hi,
The issue happened due the removal of jar file from the repository:
https://bintray.com/bintray/jcenter/com.android.tools.external.com-intellij:intellij-core/26.0.1#files/com%2Fandroid%2Ftools%2Fexternal%2Fcom-intellij%2Fintellij-core%2F26.0.1

There is a fix for it that should be implemented in cordovalib:
open:
platforms\android\CordovaLib\build.gradle

Replace the order of repositories from:
repositories { jcenter() maven { url "https://maven.google.com" } }

to:
repositories { maven { url "https://maven.google.com" } jcenter() }

I think this fix should be also implemented in cordova

[arnoldsi-tr]

@dpogue can't it be a hotfix for current major version? I think it's very important to fix this issue

[vicenteaige]

I got the same error but with the support-v4-27.1.1.jar. I was able to build a few days ago.

[arnoldsi-tr]

@mccob this is temporary solution. Usually you shouldn't save the platform as part of you project and add it according to environment you running on.
Cordova guys should fix the issue :)

[KristoferGoransson]

I also got the same issue today :/

[mccob]

working after an platform remove and add

[arnoldsi-tr]

@mccob nope, not for me. The url of package is still broken.
Which cordova CLI and android target you are running?

[mccob]

android target : cordova default

cordova -v
8.1.2 ([email protected])

cordova platform list
Installed platforms:
android 7.1.1

[arnoldsi-tr]

@mccob there is nothing changed in version 7.1.1 regarding this issue. You currently have cached gradle, therfore it working for you. On clean server or environment it won't work because the file doesn't exist (it was removed today, probably by mistake)

[mccob]

it's working because I have updated build.gradle as you explain (after platform rm / add)

[dpogue]

Part of the proposed change to move the Google Maven repo ahead of jcentre has already been made and released in cordova-android 7.1.1. However, the build.gradle file in the CordovaLib project did not get updated.

We'll be doing further gradle updates in the next major version for compatibility with updated Android SDKs, so I'll make sure it gets fixed there.

[dpogue]

It sounds like the root issue here is that stuff got published to bintray with broken dependencies. Changing the Cordova dependencies is working around the problem, but not actually fixing it (because it's entirely outside the scope of anything we can control).

We can make the gradle file change and try to do a 7.1.2 release, but it's going to take at least a few days before that can be published. Speaking for myself, I won't be able to even start the release process and submit it to the list for voting until mid-next week at the earliest.