Error: could not find gradle shell in Android SDK (cordova + ionic)

Question

When running android ion build

ANDROID_HOME=/Library/Android/sdk JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_92.jdk/Contents/Home Error: Could not find gradle wrapper within Android SDK. Might need to update your Android SDK. Looked here: /Library/Android/sdk/tools/templates/gradle/wrapper 

I tried updating sdk using android update sdk -u

Answer 1

update Android project to Cordova Android 6.2.1

 ionic platform update android@6.2.1 

for more details check the following links https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2017/04/05/android-release.html

Answer 2

Manually updating Android studio using the SDK Manager

refer to this link.

https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/error-could-not-find-gradle-wrapper-within-android-sdk-might-need-to-update-yo-ur-android-sdk/22056

Answer 3

This worked for me for an existing ion project:

 npm install -g cordova cd <project_dir> cordova platform update android 

Answer 4

Just install Gradle with the PATH declaration working for me.