Ionic-framework: "Current working directory is not a Cordova-based project."

[Jorenm]

Following the getting started instructions, I'm running into this error on step 3 when I try to run: ionic platform add android

My server is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

[tlancina]

Either cd into your project directory or update cordova :)

[perrygovier]

@Jorenm did that help? If not, could you provide more information about the steps necessary to reproduce?

[perrygovier]

Hey @Jorenm, since it's been a few weeks without a reply, I'm going to assume that did the trick. Let me know if that's not the case though.

[lobo-tuerto]

I'm in Ubuntu 14.04 and following the "Getting Started with Ionic" guide I'm stumbling with the same problem.

Problem is with step 3.

I cd into my app and when I try to add a platform I get the next message:

Current working directory is not a Cordova-based project.
Error from platform command.

platform [options] <PLATFORM> .................  Add platform target for building an Ionic app

It seems I might be missing something since the directory only contains this two files:

drwxrwxr-x 7 x x 4.0K ago  3 03:35 ionic-app-base-master
-rw-rw-r-- 1 x x   38 ago  3 03:35 ionic.project

[playground]

I just updated ionic and cordova and am getting the same error when attempting to "ionic platform add android"

cordova 3.4.0-0.1.3

[playground]

Oh, I just saw everything is under ionic-app-base-master, so cd into ionic-app-base-master and seems to run fine now.

[lobo-tuerto]

Ubuntu 14.04 64bit, just update to latest ionic.

I'm still getting an error after changing directory, for android:

> cd ionic-app-base-master/
> ionic platform add android
Downloading cordova library for android...
Download complete
Creating android project...
/home/x/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:126
                    throw e;
                          ^
Error: An error occurred while listing Android targets
    at /home/x/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/lib/check_reqs.js:87:29
    at _rejected (/home/x/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:808:24)
    at /home/x/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:834:30
    at Promise.when (/home/x/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:1079:31)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/home/x/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:752:41)
    at /home/x/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:574:44
    at flush (/home/x/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:108:17)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:343:11)
Error: /home/x/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/create: Command failed with exit code 1
    at ChildProcess.whenDone (/home/x/.nvm/v0.11.13/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:135:23)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:118:17)
    at maybeClose (child_process.js:992:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1059:5)

For ios:

> ionic platform add ios
Downloading cordova library for ios...
Download complete
Creating ios project...
/home/x/.cordova/lib/ios/cordova/3.5.0/bin/create: 33: /home/x/.cordova/lib/ios/cordova/3.5.0/bin/create: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
Error: /home/x/.cordova/lib/ios/cordova/3.5.0/bin/create: Command failed with exit code 2
    at ChildProcess.whenDone (/home/x/.nvm/v0.11.13/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:135:23)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:110:17)
    at maybeClose (child_process.js:992:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1059:5)

[playground]

looks like the latest ionic only works with node version 0.11.13

[lobo-tuerto]

It seems I have that version of node:

> node --version
v0.11.13

And nvm:

> nvm --version
0.11.1

[lichtner]

@lobo-tuerto I have exactly same problem with stable node v0.10.30 (on 64bit ubuntu 14.04), have you found any solution?

[lobo-tuerto]

Not yet, waiting for a reply from @playground or someone. I haven't had the time to look into this and just wanted to play a little bit with the framework on spare time.

[CawaKharkov]

Same problem, Ubuntu 14.04x64,
nodejs: v0.10.30
ant : Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.3 compiled on April 8 2014
Sencha Cmd v5.0.1.231
phonegap: 3.5.0-0.21.14

 cawa@cawa [01:43:03] [~/phonegap/SenchaMyApp/phonegap] 
-> % phonegap run android
[phonegap] detecting Android SDK environment...
[phonegap] using the local environment
[phonegap] adding the Android platform...

/home/cawa/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:126
                    throw e;
                          ^
Error: An error occurred while listing Android targets
    at /home/cawa/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/lib/check_reqs.js:87:29
    at _rejected (/home/cawa/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:808:24)
    at /home/cawa/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:834:30
    at Promise.when (/home/cawa/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:1079:31)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/home/cawa/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:752:41)
    at /home/cawa/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:574:44
    at flush (/home/cawa/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/node_modules/q/q.js:108:17)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:419:13)
{ [Error: /home/cawa/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/create: Command failed with exit code 8] code: 8 }
   [error] /home/cawa/.cordova/lib/android/cordova/3.5.1/bin/create: Command failed with exit code 8 

[CawaKharkov]

@lobo-tuerto try to do:
sudo aptitude install -y libstdc++6:i386 libgcc1:i386 zlib1g:i386 libncurses5:i386
and then add android platform to cordova:
cordova platform add android
Now i can run sencha application:
sencha app build -run native

[lobo-tuerto]

I already has those installed. I just updated the ionic CLI program from 1.1.9 to 1.1.10. Same error.

[CawaKharkov]

hmm, works fine for me.

[lichtner]

I was fighting with this yesterday more than 4 hours .... Now is working on my ubuntu 14.04 64bit. I made many thinks (may be I forgot something):

I already had installed java-8-oracle, then

$ sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev:i386
$ sudo apt-get install ant
$ npm install -g cordova ionic

then I download from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
(click on "view all downloads and sizes")

Linux 64-bit         adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140702.zip
Linux 32 & 64-bit    android-sdk_r23.0.2-linux.tgz

extract it somewhere

then I updated ~/.bashrc and add this path:

export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle"
export ANT_HOME="/usr/share/ant"
export ANDROID_HOME="/home/marek/Software/android-sdk-linux"
export ANDROID_TOOLS="/home/marek/Software/android-sdk-linux/tools"
export ANDROID_PLATFORM_TOOLS="/home/marek/Software/adt-bundle/sdk/platform-tools"
PATH="$PATH:$JAVA_HOME:$ANT_HOME:$ANDROID_HOME:$ANDROID_TOOLS:$ANDROID_PLATFORM_TOOLS:."

then I run Android SDK manager just type $ android and install all I need

finally I can run one of this without errors in project directory:

$ cordova platform add android
$ ionic platform add android

May be I forgot something because I tried follow many tips from stackoverflow some of them was wrong. I hope it help some of you.

[CawaKharkov]

:+1:

[lobo-tuerto]

Exporting those ANDROID env vars did the trick, thank you!

[cweekly]

playground wrote (~ 140816) "looks like the latest ionic only works with node version 0.11.13"
aha.

[arcseldon]

This issue (at least in my case) centred around not having the android developer tools (SDK) installed on OSX. I installed the standalone android SDK using these instructions - http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html?pkg=tools
and then ensured the correct folders were on my system path using these instructions for android (under "Requirements" section):
https://www.npmjs.org/package/cordova

Finally, rerunning "ionic platform add android" worked.

[lobo-tuerto]

Some people trying Ionic come from a webdev background (like me) not from Android.

These links should be provided in the "Getting Started with Ionic" page. Guess it could help.

[sotir-ls]

I am having the same problem and setting up the environment is a huge pain :(

Additional I tried everything explained and still have "Not in the project" msg.

[lichtner]

I haven't tried it yet but this can help:
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/09/canonical-releases-ubuntu-developer.html

[neoadventist]

These instructions need to be written in one place. Currently trying the ubuntu developer studio.

[devakone]

I've experienced the same issue after checking a project that works fine on another machine. Same set up and all, i made sure all of the environment variables were set for Android.
What solved it for me was simply
adding a www folder

I created a brand new project and compared it with the one that was troublesome and it was really the only difference. Once i created the folder cordova seemed to behave normally again.

[amolc]

Hi Guys,

I had the same issue, the missing file between my project was config.xml. Once we had it added, the issue was resolved.

[petarjs]

I had the same issue, and the problem went away after I added an empty www folder. The thing is that www is in .gitignore so when you git clone a project everything is there and set up, except www. :D

[philipbel]

mkdir www solved the problem for me, too (thanks @devakone!)
I have a different app structure than what cordova creates (and expects).