Appcelerator does not detect android sdk api

Question

When I try to create an Android distribution for my application through the CLI appcelerator, I get the following error: [ERROR] Target Android SDK API 23 is not installed .

I installed android sdk api 23, but when I run appc ti info -t android it seems that Titanium does not recognize the goals set.

  Appcelerator Command-Line Interface, version 6.0.0
 Copyright (c) 2014-2017, Appcelerator, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
 Android SDK
   Android Executable = / Users / Shared / Jenkins / Library / Android / sdk / tools / android
   ADB Executable = / Users / Shared / Jenkins / Library / Android / sdk / platform-tools / adb
   SDK Path = / Users / Shared / Jenkins / Library / Android / sdk
 Android NDK
   NDK Path = / Users / Shared / Jenkins / Library / Android / sdk / ndk-bundle
   NDK Version = 14.1.3816874
 Android platforms
   None
 Android Add-Ons
   None
 Android emulators
   None
 Genymotion emulators
   None
 Connected Android Devices
   None
 Issues
   No issues detected!  Your development environment should be working perfectly!

Output sdkmanager --list

  devbuild1: bin jenkins $ ./sdkmanager --list
 Warning: File /Users/Shared/Jenkins/.android/repositories.cfg could not be loaded.
 Installed packages:
   Path |  Version |  Description |  Location
   ------- |  ------- |  ------- |  -------
   add-ons; addon-g ..._ apis-google-15 |  3 |  Google APIs |  add-ons / addon-g ... apis-google-15 /
   add-ons; addon-g ..._ apis-google-16 |  4 |  Google APIs |  add-ons / addon-g ... apis-google-16 /
   add-ons; addon-g ..._ apis-google-17 |  4 |  Google APIs |  add-ons / addon-g ... apis-google-17 /
   add-ons; addon-g ..._ apis-google-18 |  4 |  Google APIs |  add-ons / addon-g ... apis-google-18 /
   add-ons; addon-g ..._ apis-google-19 |  20 |  Google APIs |  add-ons / addon-g ... apis-google-19 /
   add-ons; addon-g ..._ apis-google-21 |  1 |  Google APIs |  add-ons / addon-g ... apis-google-21 /
   add-ons; addon-g ..._ apis-google-22 |  1 |  Google APIs |  add-ons / addon-g ... apis-google-22 /
   add-ons; addon-g ..._ apis-google-23 |  1 |  Google APIs |  add-ons / addon-g ... apis-google-23 /
   add-ons; addon-g ..._ apis-google-24 |  1 |  Google APIs |  add-ons / addon-g ... apis-google-24 /
   build-tools; 25.0.2 |  25.0.2 |  Android SDK Build-Tools 25.0.2 |  build-tools / 25.0.2 /
   emulator |  26.0.0 |  Android Emulator |  emulator /
   extras; android; m2repository |  47.0.0 |  Android Support Repository |  extras / android / m2repository /
   extras; google; m2repository |  46 |  Google Repository |  extras / google / m2repository /
   ndk-bundle |  14.1.3816874 |  NDK |  ndk-bundle /
   patcher; v4 |  1 |  SDK Patch Applier v4 |  patcher / v4 /
   platform-tools |  25.0.4 |  Android SDK Platform-Tools |  platform-tools /
   platforms; android-14 |  4 |  Android SDK Platform 14 |  platforms / android-14 /
   platforms; android-15 |  5 |  Android SDK Platform 15 |  platforms / android-15 /
   platforms; android-16 |  5 |  Android SDK Platform 16 |  platforms / android-16 /
   platforms; android-17 |  3 |  Android SDK Platform 17 |  platforms / android-17 /
   platforms; android-18 |  3 |  Android SDK Platform 18 |  platforms / android-18 /
   platforms; android-19 |  4 |  Android SDK Platform 19 |  platforms / android-19 /
   platforms; android-20 |  2 |  Android SDK Platform 20 |  platforms / android-20 /
   platforms; android-21 |  2 |  Android SDK Platform 21 |  platforms / android-21 /
   platforms; android-22 |  2 |  Android SDK Platform 22 |  platforms / android-22 /
   platforms; android-23 |  3 |  Android SDK Platform 23 |  platforms / android-23 /
   platforms; android-24 |  2 |  Android SDK Platform 24 |  platforms / android-24 /
   platforms; android-25 |  3 |  Android SDK Platform 25 |  platforms / android-25 /
   sources; android-15 |  2 |  Sources for Android 15 |  sources / android-15 /
   sources; android-16 |  2 |  Sources for Android 16 |  sources / android-16 /
   sources; android-17 |  1 |  Sources for Android 17 |  sources / android-17 /
   sources; android-18 |  1 |  Sources for Android 18 |  sources / android-18 /
   sources; android-19 |  2 |  Sources for Android 19 |  sources / android-19 /
   sources; android-20 |  1 |  Sources for Android 20 |  sources / android-20 /
   sources; android-21 |  1 |  Sources for Android 21 |  sources / android-21 /
   sources; android-22 |  1 |  Sources for Android 22 |  sources / android-22 /
   sources; android-23 |  1 |  Sources for Android 23 |  sources / android-23 /
   sources; android-24 |  1 |  Sources for Android 24 |  sources / android-24 /
   sources; android-25 |  1 |  Sources for Android 25 |  sources / android-25 /
   tools |  26.0.0 |  Android SDK Tools |  tools /

Answer 1

In you, I would not use the Android SDK for a different environment, but I would put Appcelerator to use a special Android SDK containing only API 23, downloaded from Appcelerator Studio. In my experience providing the Titanium SDK downloaded for another purpose (Android native, Ionic, Xamarin, ...) is never a good idea.

Answer 2

I struggled with this problem for about two days, and thanks to the Mauro solution (which I would call correct), the above posted solution could finally solve it. Here is what I suggested. Until March 1, 2017, I was able to successfully use appc in a team to create and run Appcelerator applications using the SDK downloaded via Android Studio. About 3 days ago, I made an overdue update for Android Studio (and probably the SDK) and could no longer work on the command line.

Apparently, on March 1, Google updated the Android SDK to “abandon” the android CLI tool, i.e. completely break it, which obviously affected a bunch of build tools that depend on it, such as Unity, Ionic, etc. and I think Appcelerator.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=235455&sort=-id&colspec=ID%20Status%20Priority%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars%20Reporter%20Opened

The only tool I have found so far is now using the Android SDK provided by Appcelerator Studio, and not the one installed either by Android Studio or brew , since the android command like the tool stops working as expected before the update.

Answer 3

I had the same problem a few days ago. The solution was to download the SDK version 24.4.1 and replace the tool folder downloaded in my path: "/ Users / nicolascantod / Library / android-sdk-macosx / tools"

SDK Link: https://android-sdk.en.uptodown.com/mac/download