Caused by: org.gradle.api.resources.MissingResourceException: Could not read script '.\ionic-ref\angular\ionic-conference-app\android\capacitor-cordova-android-plugins\cordova.variables.gradle' as it does not exist.

[bdhindsa]

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Current behavior:

Android studio when trying to build the ionic-reference-app fails with "Caused by: org.gradle.api.resources.MissingResourceException: Could not read script 'C:\Users\bdhin\src\ionic-ref\angular\ionic-conference-app\android\capacitor-cordova-android-plugins\cordova.variables.gradle' as it does not exist."

Expected behavior:

Expected behavior would be no such failure

Steps to reproduce

• build web browser app (which runs successfully)
  mkdir -p ~/src/ionic-ref/angular
  pushd ~/src/ionic-ref/angular/

  clone-reference-app

  git clone https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-conference-app.git

  build-reference-app

  cd ionic-conference-app/
  npm install

  run-reference-app: default port is 8100

  ionic serve

• builld for ionic-reference-app for android this is where the error occurs:
  ionic capacitor run android --prod

  android studio correctly fires up, does the build BUT then issues error:

  "Caused by: org.gradle.api.resources.MissingResourceException: Could not read script 'C:\Users\bdhin\src\ionic-ref\angular\ionic-conference-app\android\capacitor-cordova-android-plugins\cordova.variables.gradle' as it does not exist."

• points to note:

  • standard ionic-reference-app commands used to build reference application
  • standard command used to build reference application for android.