I can't find any way to get it to work without having API level 19 or greater installed. It doesn't appear to be backwards compatible to 10 like the platform guide for android indicates.
I simplified things such that I only had a single API level present, that being 17. Mark -----Original Message----- From: brian.ler...@gmail.com [mailto:brian.ler...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Brian LeRoux Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 3:04 PM To: dev@cordova.apache.org Subject: Re: Confused about Android API level and Cordova, does it support anything less than 19 NEVER LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN (jk) np, Mark. also: API level should be backwards compat so having at 19 means 17 *should* work but please let us know if not! On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Mark E. Scott Jr. <msc...@scott-usa.com> wrote: > Apologies for this, I misread the mailing list text at > http://cordova.apache.org/#mailing-list, didn't realize that this was > for development of Cordova, not developing with Cordova. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark E. Scott Jr. [mailto:msc...@scott-usa.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 2:49 PM > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > Subject: Confused about Android API level and Cordova, does it support > anything less than 19 > > So, > > If I have android API 19 installed, everything works fine, I can > execute the command "cordova platform add android". However, to > support the Galaxy S 3 devices we have for test, I need API level 17. > According to the Cordova docs for 3.5.0< > http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.5.0/guide_platforms_android_index. > md.html#Android%20Platform%20Guide>, > it supports API level 10 and later. > > Things still worked when I added API level 17, but we noticed it was > still using the API level 19. Upon removing API level 19, I get the > following error executing "cordova platform add android". > > Error: Please install Android target 19 (the Android newest SDK). Make > sure you have the latest Android tools installed as well. Run "android" > from your command-line to install/update any missing SDKs or tools. > at > C:\Users\mscott\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.1\bin\lib\check_reqs.js:80:29 > at _fulfilled > (C:\Users\mscott\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.1\bin\node_modules\q\q.js:798:54) > at self.promiseDispatch.done > (C:\Users\mscott\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.1\bin\node_modules\q\q.js:827:30) > at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch > (C:\Users\mscott\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.1\bin\node_modules\q\q.js:760:13) > at > C:\Users\mscott\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.1\bin\node_modules\q\q.js:574:44 > at flush > (C:\Users\mscott\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.1\bin\node_modules\q\q.js:108:17) > at process._tickCallback (node.js:419:13) > Error: C:\Users\mscott\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.1\bin\create.bat: > Command failed with exit code 8 > at ChildProcess.whenDone > (D:\projects\mobile\EMS-Mobile\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\cordova-lib\src\cordova\superspawn.js:135:23) > at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17) > at maybeClose (child_process.js:756:16) > at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:823:5) > > Does it, or does it not actually support earlier Android API levels? > Do I have to move to an earlier version of Cordova to support API level 17? > > I am using this in conjunction with phonegap, but was starting with > the simple command of adding a platform. I'm aware there is a > preference for SDK level in the config.xml, but it didn't appear to > have any affect on the cordova add platform command. > > I'm getting ready to add API 19 back in conjunction with the > config.xml preferences in place, to see if it will compile with the > right SDK tools in that scenario. > > Thanks! > > Mark E. Scott, Jr. > msc...@scott-usa.com >
