Is the Java Runtime really necessary?

[ricardo-valero]

I can open the project and run it with Android Studio since I have de SDK, but is it possible for the command

cap run android 

to run without Java Runtime? or is it on the roadmap?

I get this error:

✖ Running Gradle build - failed!
[error] The operation couldn’t be completed. Unable to locate a Java Runtime.
        Please visit http://www.java.com for information on installing Java.

[jcesarmobile]

Android development requires a Java runtime, android studio bundles its own. What I do is to set my JAVA_HOME to point to the android studio Java installation so it uses the same.

[ricardo-valero]

Oh it makes sense. I was dumb hehe. Thanks 😄

Maybe they should add to Capacitor docs something like NativeScript docs:

Add the following lines to your shell profile, usually ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc, or if you are using zsh then ~/.zprofile or ~/.zshrc config file:

export JAVA_HOME=/Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/jre/Contents/Home/