Cannot build cordova project successfully error while executing ant debug command
android, cordova, netbeans-7
Solution
I was having a similar issue. I ran `ant debug -f "/path/to/project/build.xml"` from a separate terminal. It displayed a more specific description of the error (which for me wast that there was a space in the project name). This answer also notes:
config.xml can't have a widget id with number as a first character after a dot. For example: com.42myapp.test or com.myapp.42test won't work as well as 42com.myapp.test. It will trigger an error from the compiler.
Problem
I was having an error that is Camera not successful invoked on first try (click) so I tried this solution on stackoverflow Phonegap(3.0.0) Camera not successful on first try. I followed the steps as mentioned in the answer removed android by cordova platform remove android then I run the second command cordova platform add android ; Now when I use netbeans to run the cordova application on cordova android decvice this error occurs: ``` exec: ant debug -f "/var/www/mobile/platforms/android/build.xml" [ 'ant debug -f "/var/www/mobile/platforms/android/build.xml"', { [Error: Command failed: BUILD FAILED /var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:720: The following error occurred while executing this line: /var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:734: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details. Total time: 8 seconds ] killed: false, code: 1, signal: null }, 'Buildfile: /var/www/mobile/platforms/android/build.xml\n\n-set-mode-check:\n\n-set-debug-files:\n\n-check-env:\n [checkenv] Android SDK Tools Revision 22.3.0\n [checkenv] . . .**LONG TEXT which I removed from the post ** . \nBUILD FAILED\n/var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:720: The following error occurred while executing this line:\n/var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64- 20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:734: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.\n\nTotal time: 8 seconds\n' ] Error executing "ant debug -f "/var/www/mobile/platforms/android/build.xml"": BUILD FAILED /var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:720: The following error occurred while executing this line: /var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:734: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details. Total time: 8 seconds child_process.spawn(/var/www/mobile/platforms/android/cordova/build,[]) = 2 /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:126 throw e; Error: An error occurred while building the android project.Error executing "ant debug -f "/var/www/mobile/platforms/android/build.xml"": BUILD FAILED /var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:720: The following error occurred while executing this line: /var/www/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130917/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:734: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details. Total time: 8 seconds at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/src/compile.js:65:22) at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17) at maybeClose (child_process.js:735:16) at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:948:11) at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17) at Pipe.close (net.js:466:12) /var/www/mobile/nbproject/build.xml:256: exec returned: 8 BUILD FAILED (total time: 4 minutes 36 seconds) ``` any idea about this problem?