bug: ionic cordova build android failed with "Project target does not exist"

[anatoly-spb]

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• I have searched for existing issues that already report this problem, without success.

Ionic Framework Version

• v4.x
• v5.x
• v6.x
• Nightly

Current Behavior

ionic cordova build android 

failed:

> ng.cmd run app:ionic-cordova-build --platform=android
An unhandled exception occurred: Project target does not exist.
See "C:\Users\anato\AppData\Local\Temp\ng-PnAW1P\angular-errors.log" for further details.
[�[40mERROR�[49m] An error occurred while running subprocess ng.
        
        ng.cmd run app:ionic-cordova-build --platform=android exited with exit code 127.
        
        Re-running this command with the --verbose flag may provide more information.

Here is a content of C:\Users\anato\AppData\Local\Temp\ng-PnAW1P\angular-errors.log:

[error] Error: Project target does not exist.
    at findProjectTarget (F:\ionic\ionic-cordova-angular\node_modules\@angular-devkit\architect\node\node-modules-architect-host.js:49:15)
    at Object.getBuilderName (F:\ionic\ionic-cordova-angular\node_modules\@angular-devkit\architect\node\node-modules-architect-host.js:62:46)
    at WorkspaceNodeModulesArchitectHost.getBuilderNameForTarget (F:\ionic\ionic-cordova-angular\node_modules\@angular-devkit\architect\node\node-modules-architect-host.js:101:35)
    at RunCommand.runSingleTarget (F:\ionic\ionic-cordova-angular\node_modules\@angular\cli\models\architect-command.js:242:55)
    at RunCommand.runArchitectTarget (F:\ionic\ionic-cordova-angular\node_modules\@angular\cli\models\architect-command.js:295:35)
    at RunCommand.run (F:\ionic\ionic-cordova-angular\node_modules\@angular\cli\commands\run-impl.js:15:25)
    at RunCommand.validateAndRun (F:\ionic\ionic-cordova-angular\node_modules\@angular\cli\models\command.js:136:33)
    at async runCommand (F:\ionic\ionic-cordova-angular\node_modules\@angular\cli\models\command-runner.js:224:24)
    at async default_1 (F:\ionic\ionic-cordova-angular\node_modules\@angular\cli\lib\cli\index.js:70:31)

Expected Behavior

ionic cordova build android 

must build project successfully

Steps to Reproduce

ionic start ionic-cordova-angular tabs --cordova --type=angular
cd ionic-cordova-angular
ionic cordova resources --force
ionic cordova platform add android
ionic cordova build android

Code Reproduction URL

No response

Ionic Info

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 6.19.1 (C:\Tools\nvm\v16.15.0\node_modules@ionic\cli)
Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 6.1.5
@angular-devkit/build-angular : 13.2.6
@angular-devkit/schematics : 13.2.6
@angular/cli : 13.2.6
@ionic/angular-toolkit : 6.1.0

Cordova:

Cordova CLI : 11.0.0
Cordova Platforms : android 10.1.2
Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 5.0.0, (and 3 other plugins)

Utility:

cordova-res : 0.15.4
native-run : 1.5.0

System:

Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (D:\Android\sdk)
NodeJS : v16.15.0 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
npm : 8.5.5
OS : Windows 10

Additional Information

No response

[anatoly-spb]

As workaround we can use:

npx ng add @ionic/cordova-builders

But what is wrong with ionic start? Why should we add it manually?

[sean-perkins]

This issue seems to be related to the Ionic CLI and should be reported here: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-cli/issues.

I am glad that you found a workaround, but will be closing the issue here, as this repository is for the Ionic UI components. Thanks!

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