[V1] [Solved] Cordova Set-up Ubuntu / Linux

[mKomo]

Hello all!

So I’ve recently started playing around with cordova, and I’m sharing a few technical issues I encountered along the way

1. Missing emulator engine

PANIC: Missing emulator engine program for 'x86' CPU.

Explanation

The latest version of android studio stores emulator bins under ~/Android/Sdk/emulator

Hence on my system the wrong binaries were running when cordova loads

Solution

First check where the emulator binary lives via:

$ which emulator

If you get home/<user_name>/Android/tools/emulator then update the .bashrc PATH

1. vim ~/.bashrc or user an editor of you’re choice
2. export PATH=" ........ :$ANDROID_HOME/emulator

note This needs to come before any reference to $ANDROID_HOME/tools

2. /dev/kvm permission denied

note virtualization technology needs to be enabled. This is done within your BIOS settings

Solution

1. $ sudo apt install qemu-kvm
2. $ sudo adduser <USERNAME> kvm
3. $ sudo chown <USERNAME> /dev/kvm
4. Restart your computer

3. CLEARTEXT_NOT_PERMITTED

The emulator is running but the cordova app fails to load resulting in the following error:

application error CLEARTEXT_NOT_PERMITTED

Explanation

Recent version of android (API 28 and above) don’t allow connections to http servers as they are considered insecure. However during development are server is http

see android-docs for more

Solution

Make an avd that uses an android image with API version less than 28
ex. running android 8.0

I encountered a couple more issues but these are the main ones.
Please note I’m new to cordova so these may not be the best solutions but they worked in my case.

[king_of_leon]

I am having the same issue in mac

[nulele]

@mKomo you helped me, thanks!