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I'm trying to learn and understand how to use command-line for android development and I've been following the tutorial on the developer.android.com site http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/running-app.html to try and create an Android Project from scratch in command line on mac with the following:

First I typed:

android list targets

Which displayed the following.

Available Android targets: ---------- id: 1 or "android-21" Name: Android 5.0.1 Type: Platform API level: 21 Revision: 2 Skins: HVGA, QVGA, WQVGA400, WQVGA432, WSVGA, WVGA800 (default), WVGA854, WXGA720, WXGA800, WXGA800-7in Tag/ABIs : no ABIs. ---------- id: 2 or "android-22" Name: Android 5.1.1 Type: Platform API level: 22 Revision: 2 Skins: HVGA, QVGA, WQVGA400, WQVGA432, WSVGA, WVGA800 (default), WVGA854, WXGA720, WXGA800, WXGA800-7in Tag/ABIs : no ABIs. ---------- id: 3 or "Google Inc.:Google APIs:22" Name: Google APIs Type: Add-On Vendor: Google Inc. Revision: 1 Description: Android + Google APIs Based on Android 5.1.1 (API level 22) Libraries: * com.android.future.usb.accessory (usb.jar) API for USB Accessories * com.google.android.media.effects (effects.jar) Collection of video effects * com.google.android.maps (maps.jar) API for Google Maps Skins: HVGA, QVGA, WQVGA400, WQVGA432, WSVGA, WVGA800 (default), WVGA854, WXGA720, WXGA800, WXGA800-7in Tag/ABIs : google_apis/x86

From there I had chosen target-id 2

android create project --target 2 --name MyFirstApp \ --path ~/AndroidStudioProjects/MyFirstApp --activity MyActivity \ --package com.example.myfirstapp

I've managed to create the project successfully and now I'm trying to run the 'Hello World' app on a device. According to the instructions on the developer android site the next step is to use

chmod +x gradlew

to get gradle to build the project.

I've got both Android/sdk/platform-tools and Android/sdk/tools in the path. I've tried this command line in a project that was created using Android Studio and it works with no problems. I'm wondering if I've missed a step

The error I get is

chmod: gradlew: No such file or directory
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  • What is the error you got? Commented Jul 1, 2015 at 14:43
  • Does gradlew even exist before running chmod? You need gradle to generate gradlew. Commented Jul 1, 2015 at 16:31
  • @JaredBurrows How do I get gradle from command line into the project? The cli tutorial on developer.android doesn't mention a step prior to chmod Commented Jul 1, 2015 at 21:21
  • Download gradle from gradle.org. Commented Jul 1, 2015 at 22:17
  • I've downloaded gradle, unzipped it and put it in ~/Library/gradle added the PATH to the ~/Library/gradle/bin and in terminal checked I have access to gradle by typing gradle --help which works but when I run the command chmod +x gradlew I still get the same error message as OP Commented Jul 1, 2015 at 22:59

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Creating an android project from the command line will not with the options above create the gradle wrapper (gradlew)

You need to use:

android create project --target 2 -g -v 1.0.0 --name MyFirstApp --path ~/AndroidStudioProjects/MyFirstApp --activity MyActivity --package com.example.myfirstapp

The -g specifies to create the gradle wrapper and -v which version of the gradle android plugin version. Use android --help create project for help with this command

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The chmod +x gradlew worked and then i followed this up with ./gradlew assembleDebug and I got a BUILD FAILED
This builds with gradle android plugin 1.2.3: android create project --target 2 -g -v 1.2.3 --name MyFirstApp --path ~/AndroidStudioProjects/MyFirstApp --activity MyActivity --package com.example.myfirstapp I had to change gradle distibution url in the gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.propeties file to distributionUrl=services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.2.1-all.zip The final step was to change runProguard false to minifyEnabled true - The wrapper uses the distribution url to build the app which needed to be updated in line with the config created from the gradle plugin

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