[CB-4286] Added known windows issue to README.md
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/commit/fae96275 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/tree/fae96275 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/diff/fae96275 Branch: refs/heads/plugman-registry Commit: fae9627557dac3a84720e15fc8a51b417ae35452 Parents: b494b37 Author: ldeluca <[email protected]> Authored: Wed Jul 17 14:55:48 2013 -0400 Committer: Fil Maj <[email protected]> Committed: Thu Jul 18 13:25:41 2013 -0700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- README.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/blob/fae96275/README.md ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bafebe7..3d0bc5e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -175,6 +175,31 @@ Please check [Cordova issues with the CLI Component](http://issues.cordova.io). - Which mobile SDKs you have installed, and which version. Related to this: which Xcode version if you are submitting issues related to iOS - Any error stack traces you received +## Known Issues and Troubleshooting + +#Windows +When trying to add a platform on a Windows machine if you run into the following error message: + cordova library for "android" already exists. No need to download. Continuing. + Checking if platform "android" passes minimum requirements... + Checking Android requirements... + Running "android list target" (output to follow) + + Error: The command `android` failed. Make sure you have the latest Android SDK installed, and the `android` command (inside the tools/ folder) added t + o your path. Output: + at C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\src\platform.js:185:42 + at C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\src\metadata\android_parser.js:50:13 + at C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\shelljs\shell.js:1707:7 + at exithandler (child_process.js:633:7) + at ChildProcess.errorhandler (child_process.js:649:5) + at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17) + at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:787:12) + +run the command "android list target". If you see: + 'xcopy' is not recognized as an internal or external command, + operable program or batch file. + +at the beginning of the command output, it means you will need to update your Windows Path variable to include xcopy. This location is typically under C:\Windows\System32. + ## Contributors Thanks to everyone for contributing! For a list of people involved, please see the `package.json` file.
