Android build failed for cordova-plugin-file-opener2 giving Error - A plugin you are using requires a preference: ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION #238

umeshShindepatil · 2018-12-13T11:53:35Z

Android build failed for cordova-plugin-file-opener2 giving Error - A plugin you are using requires a preference: ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION

Hi
Getting error for android build - Error - A plugin you are using requires a preference: ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION.

below code is in my config -
<gap:plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-opener2" source="npm">

plz help.
Thanks!

fer1994 · 2018-12-13T14:24:59Z

i have the same problem, any have a solution ?

shnist · 2018-12-13T14:28:36Z

hi @umeshShindepatil, thanks for raising this issue. Looks like you're using Phonegap Build?

My first recommendation would be to make sure you specify a particular version of the plugin so any future changes (to any of your plugins) don't cause you any problems in your project. e.g.
<gap:plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-opener2" source="npm" spec="2.1.0">

Interesting that phonegap is requiring you to specify a value for ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION. I thought this should be optional, but I don't know enough about phonegap build to understand why this is not the case. Try this fix in your config:

<gap:plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-opener2" source="npm" spec="2.1.0">
    <param name="ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION" value="27.+" />
</gap:plugin>

You might find this documentation useful. http://docs.phonegap.com/phonegap-build/configuring/plugins/#plugin-params

If that fixes your issue I'll update the README to help other users who see the same issue.

fer1994 · 2018-12-13T14:47:36Z

I have this line in config.xml and dont work.

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-opener2" spec="^2.1.0">
     <variablename="ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION" value="27.+" />
</plugin>

shnist · 2018-12-13T14:57:16Z

hi @fer1994 , how are you building your project? With phonegap build? Or just on the command line?

fer1994 · 2018-12-14T11:20:13Z

I build in command line, thats is the problem. I cant change manually the build.gradle

shnist · 2018-12-14T12:00:14Z

Hi @fer1994, if you could send me some more information about your project that would help me understand the issue you are having. Firstly can you show me the output of running this command in your project:

cordova info

and if you can also tell me what cordova command you are using when trying to build the app and the exact error that is being outputted that would be great.

fer1994 · 2018-12-14T12:27:43Z

Yes y put here the cordova info.

Node Version: 6.9.2
Cordova version 6.5.0
Android SDK: 26 - 27

CONFIG.XML (I delete the headers)

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget
    <content src="index.html" />
    <access origin="*" />
    <allow-intent href="http://*/*" />
    <allow-intent href="https://*/*" />
    <allow-intent href="tel:*" />
    <allow-intent href="sms:*" />
    <allow-intent href="mailto:*" />
    <allow-intent href="geo:*" />
    <preference name="orientation" value="portrait" />
    <preference name="AutoHideSplashScreen" value="true" />
    <preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen" />
    <preference name="SplashScreenSpinnerColor" value="white" />
    <platform name="android">
        <allow-intent href="market:*" />
        <resource-file src="google-services.json" target="app/google-services.js                                                                                                    on" />
        <icon src="res/icon/android/icon-192.png" />
        <splash src="res/splash/android/splash.png" />
        <preference name="loadUrlTimeoutValue" value="700000" />
        <preference name="disallowOverscroll" value="true" />
        <preference name="webviewbounce" value="false" />
    </platform>
    <platform name="ios">
        <allow-intent href="itms:*" />
        <allow-intent href="itms-apps:*" />
        <resource-file src="GoogleService-Info.plist" />
        <icon src="res/icon/ios/icon-180.png" />
        <splash height="480" src="res/splash/ios/splash-iphone.png" width="320"                                                                                                     />
        <splash height="960" src="res/splash/ios/splash-iphone2x.png" width="640                                                                                                    " />
        <splash height="1136" src="res/splash/ios/splash-568h2x.png" width="640"                                                                                                     />
        <splash height="1334" src="res/splash/ios/splash-667h.png" width="752" /                                                                                                    >
        <splash height="1334" src="res/splash/ios/splash-667h.png" width="750" /                                                                                                    >
        <splash height="2208" src="res/splash/ios/splash-736h.png" width="1242"                                                                                                     />
        <splash height="1920" src="res/splash/ios/splash-736h.png" width="1080"                                                                                                     />
        <splash height="2048" src="res/splash/ios/splash-ipad2x.png" width="1536                                                                                                    " />
        <splash height="1024" src="res/splash/ios/splash-ipad.png" width="768" /                                                                                                    >
        <preference name="DisallowOverscroll" value="true" />
        <preference name="WebViewBounce" value="false" />
        <preference name="StatusBarOverlaysWebView" value="false" />
        <preference name="StatusBarBackgroundColor" value="#ffffff" />
        <preference name="StatusBarStyle" value="default" />
        <preference name="KeyboardShrinksView " value="true" />
        <preference name="deployment-target" value="8.1" />
        <icon src="res/icon/ios/icon-57.png" />
    </platform>
    <engine name="ios" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" spec="^5.0.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-keyboard" spec="^1.2.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-camera-preview" spec="^0.10.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-advanced-http" spec="^2.0.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-android-support-gradle-release" spec="^2.0.1">
        <variable name="ANDROID_SUPPORT_VERSION" value="27.+" />
    </plugin>
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-firebase" spec="^2.0.5" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="^1.3.3" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-device" spec="^2.0.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-appversion" spec="^1.0.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-sqlcipher-adapter" spec="^0.1.12-rc2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-network-information" spec="^2.0.1" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file" spec="^6.0.1" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-opener2" spec="^2.1.0" />
    <engine name="android" spec="^7.0.0" />
</widget>

umeshShindepatil · 2018-12-14T13:55:32Z

Hi All,
Thanks for the reply,
It's worked for me remove and add plugin in config xml.

removed - <gap:plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-opener2" source="npm" />
add - "<plugin spec="https://github.com/neptsoft/cordova-plugin-file-opener2" source="git" />"

thanks!

shnist · 2018-12-14T14:03:23Z

@umeshShindepatil glad you solved your issue. @fer1994 can you send me a copy of the exact error you are getting.

shnist · 2018-12-14T14:20:59Z

@fer1994 i believe I have found the root cause of the issue phonegap/phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner#616 (comment).

Looks like Cordova 6 does not support the fix for the android support version build issue (#234).

If you can, try upgrading your Cordova CLI to at least version 7 npm i cordova@latest -g. That should hopefully resolve your issue. I'll also update the README

fer1994 · 2018-12-17T11:26:30Z

Hi, the exactly problem is this.

@fer1994 i believe I have found the root cause of the issue phonegap/phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner#616 (comment).

Looks like Cordova 6 does not support the fix for the android support version build issue (#234).

If you can, try upgrading your Cordova CLI to at least version 7 npm i cordova@latest -g. That should hopefully resolve your issue. I'll also update the README

I dont use this plugin and i try update the cordova cli and the problem prevails

shnist · 2018-12-17T11:53:12Z

hi @fer1994, the link to the issue was just a reference to what I believed the issue to be. Can you run cordova info again and show me the output.

fer1994 · 2018-12-17T12:20:28Z

Node version: v6.9.2

Cordova version: 8.1.1

Config.xml file: 

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget android-versionCode="24"  ios-CFBundleVersion="24" version="1.0.15" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
    <name></name>
    <description></description>
    <author></author>
    <content src="index.html" />
    <access origin="*" />
    <allow-intent href="http://*/*" />
    <allow-intent href="https://*/*" />
    <allow-intent href="tel:*" />
    <allow-intent href="sms:*" />
    <allow-intent href="mailto:*" />
    <allow-intent href="geo:*" />
    <preference name="orientation" value="portrait" />
    <preference name="AutoHideSplashScreen" value="true" />
    <preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen" />
    <preference name="SplashScreenSpinnerColor" value="white" />
    <preference name="CordovaWebViewEngine" value="CDVUIWebViewEngine" />
    <platform name="android">
        <allow-intent href="market:*" />
        <resource-file src="google-services.json" target="app/google-services.json" />
        <icon src="res/icon/android/icon-192.png" />
        <splash src="res/splash/android/splash.png" />
        <preference name="loadUrlTimeoutValue" value="700000" />
        <preference name="disallowOverscroll" value="true" />
        <preference name="webviewbounce" value="false" />
    </platform>
    <platform name="ios">
        <allow-intent href="itms:*" />
        <allow-intent href="itms-apps:*" />
        <icon src="res/icon/ios/icon-180.png" />
        <splash height="480" src="res/splash/ios/splash-iphone.png" width="320" />
        <splash height="960" src="res/splash/ios/splash-iphone2x.png" width="640" />
        <splash height="1136" src="res/splash/ios/splash-568h2x.png" width="640" />
        <splash height="1334" src="res/splash/ios/splash-667h.png" width="752" />
        <splash height="1334" src="res/splash/ios/splash-667h.png" width="750" />
        <splash height="2208" src="res/splash/ios/splash-736h.png" width="1242" />
        <splash height="1920" src="res/splash/ios/splash-736h.png" width="1080" />
        <splash height="2048" src="res/splash/ios/splash-ipad2x.png" width="1536" />
        <splash height="1024" src="res/splash/ios/splash-ipad.png" width="768" />
        <preference name="DisallowOverscroll" value="true" />
        <preference name="WebViewBounce" value="false" />
        <preference name="StatusBarOverlaysWebView" value="false" />
        <preference name="StatusBarBackgroundColor" value="#ffffff" />
        <preference name="StatusBarStyle" value="default" />
        <preference name="KeyboardShrinksView " value="true" />
        <preference name="deployment-target" value="8.1" />
        <icon src="res/icon/ios/icon-57.png" />
    </platform>
    <feature name="CDVWKWebViewEngine">
        <param name="ios-package" value="CDVWKWebViewEngine" />
    </feature>
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-firebase" spec="^2.0.5" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" spec="^5.0.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-keyboard" spec="^1.2.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-camera-preview" spec="^0.10.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-advanced-http" spec="^2.0.1" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="^1.3.3" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-device" spec="^2.0.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-appversion" spec="^1.0.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-sqlcipher-adapter" spec="^0.1.12-rc2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-network-information" spec="^2.0.1" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file" spec="^6.0.1" />
    <plugin name="cordova-android-support-gradle-release" spec="^2.0.1">
        <variable name="ANDROID_SUPPORT_VERSION" value="27.+" />
    </plugin>
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-opener2" spec="~2.1.0">
        <variable name="ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION" value="27.+" />
    </plugin>
    <engine name="android" spec="^7.1.4" />
    <engine name="ios" spec="^4.5.5" />
</widget>

shnist · 2018-12-17T12:31:40Z

@fer1994 try removing the platforms and plugins folders and try building it again.

If that doesn't work, downgrade to 2.0.19:
cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-file-opener2 and cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-file-opener2@2.0.19

fer1994 · 2018-12-17T12:48:24Z

I update the GRADLE and it work!

shnist · 2018-12-17T16:54:02Z

great! glad it's working now.

shnist closed this as completed Dec 17, 2018

shnist mentioned this issue Dec 20, 2018

Non-instantiated variable "ANDROID_SUPPORT_VERSION" in build.gradle since version 2.1.0, causing "Could not get unknown property 'ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION'" #240

Closed

Provide feedback

Saved searches

Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly

Android build failed for cordova-plugin-file-opener2 giving Error - A plugin you are using requires a preference: ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION #238

Android build failed for cordova-plugin-file-opener2 giving Error - A plugin you are using requires a preference: ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION #238

umeshShindepatil commented Dec 13, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 13, 2018

shnist commented Dec 13, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 13, 2018 •

edited

Loading

shnist commented Dec 13, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 14, 2018

shnist commented Dec 14, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 14, 2018 •

edited

Loading

umeshShindepatil commented Dec 14, 2018 •

edited

Loading

shnist commented Dec 14, 2018

shnist commented Dec 14, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 17, 2018 •

edited

Loading

shnist commented Dec 17, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 17, 2018 •

edited

Loading

shnist commented Dec 17, 2018 •

edited

Loading

fer1994 commented Dec 17, 2018

shnist commented Dec 17, 2018

Android build failed for cordova-plugin-file-opener2 giving Error - A plugin you are using requires a preference: ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION #238

Android build failed for cordova-plugin-file-opener2 giving Error - A plugin you are using requires a preference: ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION #238

Comments

umeshShindepatil commented Dec 13, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 13, 2018

shnist commented Dec 13, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 13, 2018 • edited Loading

shnist commented Dec 13, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 14, 2018

shnist commented Dec 14, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 14, 2018 • edited Loading

umeshShindepatil commented Dec 14, 2018 • edited Loading

shnist commented Dec 14, 2018

shnist commented Dec 14, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 17, 2018 • edited Loading

shnist commented Dec 17, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 17, 2018 • edited Loading

shnist commented Dec 17, 2018 • edited Loading

fer1994 commented Dec 17, 2018

shnist commented Dec 17, 2018

fer1994 commented Dec 13, 2018 •

edited

Loading

fer1994 commented Dec 14, 2018 •

edited

Loading

umeshShindepatil commented Dec 14, 2018 •

edited

Loading

fer1994 commented Dec 17, 2018 •

edited

Loading

fer1994 commented Dec 17, 2018 •

edited

Loading

shnist commented Dec 17, 2018 •

edited

Loading