Cordova could not load API for android project

Question

I've been trying to run android project using Visual Studio 2017 and Cordova. When i try to run the app on the android emulator from command prompt it doesnt work and said that it could not load API for the android project from API.js. Is there any thing I can do to fix the problem?

Attached is the screenshot from the command prompt with the error mentioned.

I have tried to use the command cordova emulate android but to no avail.

Answer 1

I would you advise you to avoid Visual Studio for Cordova development. As far as I know they discontinued the support for Cordova and you might be using a very old version.

You can manage your Cordova project with the official command line interface and edit your code with the editor of your chossing like Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code.

Make sure to use the latest version of the documentation and prepare your environment for the platforms like Android

Answer 2

First remove all node modules:

rm -rf node_modules/

Then install them again:

npm i

That should solve your issue.

Answer 3

remove platform android, then add it back again this should solve your problem ,

Answer 4

I found solution, root cause is package.json type must be commonjs

remove "type": "module" or change to "type": "commonjs" first and then cordova platform remove android cordova platform add android

Answer 5

This can be fixed easily by removing and adding platform again as mentioned below.

cordova platform rm android

and then add it again

cordova platform add android@latest

Note: Keep a backup of platforms/android as sometime user have manually added changes in platform folder, so that will be lost. @latest was added just to make sure you are using all latest feature, you can avoid that if not needed or want to use a specific version, then use that.