Cocos run android build failure: no such file or directory

When I try to run my Cocos2d-JS (3.6.1) project on my Android device I get the following build failure:

BUILD FAILED
/Users/Simon/Library/Android/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:597: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/Users/Simon/Library/Android/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:649: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/Users/Simon/Library/Android/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:694: Execute failed: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/Users/Simon/IdeaProjects/MyProject/frameworks/js-bindings/cocos2d-x/cocos/platform/android/java/${aapt}" (in directory "/Users/Simon/IdeaProjects/MyProject/frameworks/js-bindings/cocos2d-x/cocos/platform/android/java"): error=2, No such file or directory
	at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1047)
	at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:617)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.launcher.Java13CommandLauncher.exec(Java13CommandLauncher.java:58)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.launch(Execute.java:428)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.execute(Execute.java:442)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExecute(ExecTask.java:628)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExec(ExecTask.java:669)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.execute(ExecTask.java:495)
	at com.android.ant.AaptExecTask.execute(AaptExecTask.java:703)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Sequential.execute(Sequential.java:68)
	at com.android.ant.IfElseTask.execute(IfElseTask.java:120)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Sequential.execute(Sequential.java:68)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.MacroInstance.execute(MacroInstance.java:396)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:435)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:456)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1393)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.SingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets(SingleCheckExecutor.java:38)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1248)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:441)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.SubAnt.execute(SubAnt.java:306)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.SubAnt.execute(SubAnt.java:221)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Sequential.execute(Sequential.java:68)
	at com.android.ant.IfElseTask.execute(IfElseTask.java:120)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:435)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:456)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1393)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1364)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1248)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:851)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:235)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:280)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:109)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
	at java.lang.UNIXProcess.forkAndExec(Native Method)
	at java.lang.UNIXProcess.<init>(UNIXProcess.java:184)
	at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:130)
	at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1028)
	... 68 more

Total time: 4 seconds
Error running command, return code: 1

How can I fix this? I’m running the command cocos run -p android.

A possible solution:

Before you can compile to android you have to add native code to your project. I dont know if you already did it, it’s something that you can do from the cocos ide i dont know how to do it from console.

When I try to add native codes in Cocos Code IDE 2.0 I get the message that the native codes have already been added :confused:

The APP_PLATFORM was API 15 and I had the SDK platforms for API 19 and 21 installed for my phones. Installing the SFK platform for API 15 solved my issue