good morning
I am trying to build a DeviceInfo project using Corona Simulator
But it tells me it’s Build Progress and nothing happens
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14:02:53.453 Solar2D Simulator 2022.3682 (Oct 14 2022 19:29:37)
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14:02:53.453 Copyright (C) 2009-2022 C o r o n a L a b s I n c .
14:02:53.453 Version: 3.0.0
14:02:53.453 Build: 2022.3682
14:02:53.453 Platform: WindowsPhone / x64 / 10.0 / Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 / 4.6.0 - Build 30.0.101.1339 / 2022.3682 / ar_EG | EG | ar_EG | ar
14:02:53.453 Loading project from: C:\Users\MesterPerfect\Documents\Corona Projects\DeviceInfo
14:02:53.453 Project sandbox folder: C:\Users\MesterPerfect\AppData\Local\Corona Labs\Corona Simulator\Sandbox\deviceinfo-1D04EB1329FFB28203CC74EC7D687C52\Documents
14:03:18.695 Testing credentials for 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona\Resources\debug.keystore':
14:03:19.940 jar signed.
14:03:19.940
14:03:19.940 Warning:
14:03:19.940 The signer's certificate is self-signed.
14:03:19.940
14:03:19.940 The timestamp will expire on 2031-11-10.
14:03:19.940 Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Duser.language=en
I have a limited internet connection and can’t count on the Corona Simulator built-in file downloads
Can I download files from an external link and put them inside Corona Simulator?
It requires Gradle, current version used is 6.8.3; the file itself is about 147 MB. After it downloads and extracts it, it’ll generate a bunch of files with some more downloading. I can’t say for sure how much of it is additionally downloaded, but by the time it’s all said and done the .gradle folder will be about 1.04 GB.
Following up on this, it seems downloading Gradle should get you more than half way there. Once you set that up it’ll download less than 100 MB of temp data as it builds up the cache; don’t quote me on it though, it’s a rough estimate from skimming through process monitor logs.
Since you already tried to build an app it’s possible the file is already there. If it’s not then create any folder that’s missing from the path I mentioned above until the full path is created, and place the zip file there. If it is already there then you just need to let the app build run until either it finishes or it errors out. If it errors out and you try again it should continue where it left off so that it doesn’t have to re-download all the files all over again.
You only need to go through this once. After cache is setup the app builds will take about 30 seconds from that point on (depending on your machine).
[Build Error #1]
Error while building app
More information may be available in the Simulator console
06:34:59.372
06:34:59.372 Solar2D Simulator 2022.3682 (Oct 14 2022 19:29:37)
06:34:59.372
06:34:59.372
06:34:59.372 Copyright (C) 2009-2022 C o r o n a L a b s I n c .
06:34:59.372 Version: 3.0.0
06:34:59.372 Build: 2022.3682
06:34:59.372 Platform: WindowsPhone / x64 / 10.0 / Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 / 4.6.0 - Build 30.0.101.1339 / 2022.3682 / ar_EG | EG | ar_EG | ar
06:34:59.372 Loading project from: C:\Users\MesterPerfect\Documents\Corona Projects\balloonTab
06:34:59.372 Project sandbox folder: C:\Users\MesterPerfect\AppData\Local\Corona Labs\Corona Simulator\Sandbox\balloontab-B478B9B40FD1B7B7DEA490D579374B6D\Documents
06:35:11.057 Testing credentials for 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona\Resources\debug.keystore':
06:35:12.121 jar signed.
06:35:12.121
06:35:12.121 Warning:
06:35:12.121 The signer's certificate is self-signed.
06:35:12.121
06:35:12.121 The timestamp will expire on 2031-11-10.
06:35:12.121 Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Duser.language=en
06:35:27.231 Excluding specified files from build:
06:35:27.231 excluding: LaunchScreen.storyboardc
06:35:27.231 excluding: Icon.png
06:35:27.231 excluding: Icon-*dpi.png
06:35:27.231 excluding: Images.xcassets
06:35:27.231
06:35:27.231 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
06:35:27.231
06:35:27.231 * What went wrong:
06:35:27.231 A problem was found with the configuration of task ':App:processReleaseResources' (type 'LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask').
06:35:27.231 > File 'C:\Users\MesterPerfect\AppData\Roaming\Corona Labs\Corona Simulator\Android Build\sdk\platforms\android-32\android.jar' specified for property 'androidJarInput.androidJar' does not exist.
06:35:27.231
06:35:27.231 * Try:
06:35:27.231 Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
06:35:27.231
06:35:27.231 * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
06:35:27.231
06:35:27.231 BUILD FAILED in 13s
06:35:27.231 Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Duser.language=en
06:35:27.499 Android build failed (1) after 15 seconds
The size is almost there, but not sure what else could be missing.
So, you can manually download the missing android.jar, this is an exact copy of what’s currently being used, and place it in C:\Users\MesterPerfect\AppData\Roaming\Corona Labs\Corona Simulator\Android Build\sdk\platforms\android-32\
If it still doesn’t work due to some other error then you may need to force the sdk folder to be recreated; just rename it to sdk.bak or something similar, try to build an app again and give it time.
Finally, he succeeded in building APP
thank you for helping me
I have one last question
After you finish building the app
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Corona Live Server
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Unable to publish server. Please, install Bonjour for Windows then try again. Check online documentation for additional information. Would you like to open Bounjour for Windows download page?
Corona Live Server will now exit.
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Yes No
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If you don’t know what that is then you can read about it here, but it’s basically a way to have your app updated on device without having to build a new APK for development purpose.
