[Bug]: Can't build android app

[billypon]

Capacitor Version

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Latest Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 8.0.0
@capacitor/core: 8.0.0
@capacitor/android: 8.0.0
@capacitor/ios: 8.0.0

Installed Dependencies:

@capacitor/ios: not installed
@capacitor/cli: 8.0.0
@capacitor/android: 8.0.0
@capacitor/core: 8.0.0

Other API Details

Platforms Affected

• iOS
• Android
• Web

Current Behavior

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where:
  Settings file 'android/settings.gradle' line: 5

• What went wrong:
  A problem occurred evaluating settings 'android'.

Could not read script 'android/capacitor.settings.gradle' as it does not exist.

Expected Behavior

Build android app successfully

Project Reproduction

https://github.com/billypon/my-app

Additional Information

Here is my procedure:

npm init @capacitor/app
cd my-app
pnpm i @capacitor/android
node_modules/.bin/cap add android
node_modules/.bin/cap build android

[OS-pedrogustavobilro]

Hey @billypon, when running node_modules/.bin/cap add android, you should get a "[warn] sync could not run--missing dist directory."

This is what causes node_modules/.bin/cap build android to fail. Run pnpm run build which will generate the dist folder, and then run node_modules/.bin/cap sync android.

After which node_modules/.bin/cap build android should no longer fail with that error (you may still get an error about missing keystore to sign the apk / app bundle; if you want to run it in an emulator or physical device you can use cap run android instead).

So the correct order of commands would be

npm init @capacitor/app
cd my-app
pnpm i @capacitor/android
pnpm run build
node_modules/.bin/cap add android
node_modules/.bin/cap build android

Hope this helps!

[billypon]

@OS-pedrogustavobilro
Wow, now it works! Thanks for you help.