Add cordova-android locally

[GitToTheHub]

Hi,

I wanted to add cordova-android locally on macOS, but it do not work. I added my cordova-android fork with cordova platform add --link ../github/cordova-android-fork but get the following error:

Error: Command failed with exit code 127: npm install /Users/manuelbeck/Projekte/app_entwicklung/github/cordova-android-fork --save-dev
npm error code 127
npm error path /Users/manuelbeck/Projekte/app_entwicklung/github/cordova-android-fork
npm error command failed
npm error command sh -c cordova-js build > templates/project/assets/www/cordova.js
npm error sh: cordova-js: command not found
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/manuelbeck/.npm/_logs/2025-07-06T16_27_09_436Z-debug-0.log
    at makeError (/Users/manuelbeck/.nvm/versions/node/v22.14.0/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/execa/lib/error.js:60:11)
    at handlePromise (/Users/manuelbeck/.nvm/versions/node/v22.14.0/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/execa/index.js:118:26)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
    at async module.exports (/Users/manuelbeck/.nvm/versions/node/v22.14.0/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-fetch/index.js:73:9) {
  shortMessage: 'Command failed with exit code 127: npm install /Users/manuelbeck/Projekte/app_entwicklung/github/cordova-android-fork --save-dev',
  command: 'npm install /Users/manuelbeck/Projekte/app_entwicklung/github/cordova-android-fork --save-dev',
  escapedCommand: 'npm install "/Users/manuelbeck/Projekte/app_entwicklung/github/cordova-android-fork" --save-dev',
  exitCode: 127,
  signal: undefined,
  signalDescription: undefined,
  stdout: '',
  stderr: 'npm error code 127\n' +
    'npm error path /Users/manuelbeck/Projekte/app_entwicklung/github/cordova-android-fork\n' +
    'npm error command failed\n' +
    'npm error command sh -c cordova-js build > templates/project/assets/www/cordova.js\n' +
    'npm error sh: cordova-js: command not found\n' +
    'npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/manuelbeck/.npm/_logs/2025-07-06T16_27_09_436Z-debug-0.log',
  failed: true,
  timedOut: false,
  isCanceled: false,
  killed: false
}

The root cause sems to be npm error sh: cordova-js: command not found. The cordova-cli is up-to-date. When I add the fork with cordova platform add https://github.com/GitToTheHub/cordova-android it works.

Regards,

Manuel

[erisu]

You will need to run npm install in the checked out platform before adding.

[GitToTheHub]

Cool thanks, I think this should be noted in the readme of cordova-android :)