Android build error 'could not start ant version'

Question

I am trying to use ionic cordova to run a demo, but when I try to create an error, I get:

Famtop myApp $ ionic build android Running command: "c:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" c:\Users\Famtop\myApp\hooks\ after_prepare\010_add_platform_class.js c:/Users/Famtop/myApp add to body class: platform-android Running command: "c:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" c:\Users\Famtop\myApp\hooks\ after_prepare\020_remove_sass_from_platforms.js c:/Users/Famtop/myApp Running command: c:\Users\Famtop\myApp\platforms\android\cordova\build.bat c:\Users\Famtop\myApp\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:126 throw e; ^ Error: Failed to run "ant -version", make sure you have ant installed and added to your PATH. at c:\Users\Famtop\myApp\platforms\android\cordova\lib\check_reqs.js:43:27 at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:751:5) at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17) at maybeClose (child_process.js:1008:16) at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1080:5) ERROR building one of the platforms: Error: c:\Users\Famtop\myApp\platforms\andr oid\cordova\build.bat: Command failed with exit code 1 You may not have the required environment or OS to build this project Error: c:\Users\Famtop\myApp\platforms\android\cordova\build.bat: Command failed with exit code 1 at ChildProcess.whenDone (c:\Users\Famtop\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\c ordova\node_modules\cordova-lib\src\cordova\superspawn.js:131:23) at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17) at maybeClose (child_process.js:1008:16) at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1080:5) 

I looked at similar questions that suggest checking the way, but I'm not sure how to do it: I have the latest JDK and Android package.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

R

Answer 1

you need to download ANT from this link

then extract it, save in some folder. Then add the variable to the system variable named ANT_HOME

for instance

 Variable= `ANT_HOME` value= `H:\apache-ant-1.9.3` 

Then add this to the path variable

 %ANT_HOME%\bin; 

Answer 2

For Ubuntu users, it's simple enough do

sudo apt-get install ant

and you're done.

Answer 3

In window 8 .. after you set these PATHs, you may need to reboot before telephone / cordova / ion can see the variables. OR If you installed them on the command line, you can use them immediately. I found this with difficulty, since it does not work, as in Windows 7. Just installing it on the control panel is not enough.