Unable to build for Android in Cordova v5

[geksiong]

I'm unable to build for Android on Cordova v5.1.1. iOS builds fine. This article may help: http://ivancevich.me/articles/ignoring-invalid-ssl-certificates-on-cordova-android-ios/

(Edited log extract below)
...
:compileDebugJava
/...../platforms/android/src/de/martinreinhardt/cordova/plugins/CertificatesCordovaWebViewClient.java:31: error: cannot find symbol
import org.apache.cordova.CordovaWebViewClient;
^
symbol: class CordovaWebViewClient
location: package org.apache.cordova
/...../platforms/android/src/de/martinreinhardt/cordova/plugins/CertificatesCordovaWebViewClient.java:47: error: cannot find symbol
public class CertificatesCordovaWebViewClient extends CordovaWebViewClient {
^
symbol: class CordovaWebViewClient
/...../platforms/android/src/de/martinreinhardt/cordova/plugins/CertificatesCordovaWebViewClient.java:86: error: method does not override or implement a method from a supertype
@OverRide
^
/...../platforms/android/src/de/martinreinhardt/cordova/plugins/CertificatesPlugin.java:89: error: cannot find symbol
webView.setWebViewClient(cWebClient);
^
symbol: method setWebViewClient(CertificatesCordovaWebViewClient)
location: variable webView of type CordovaWebView
/...../platforms/android/src/de/martinreinhardt/cordova/plugins/CertificatesPlugin.java:91: error: cannot find symbol
ca.clearCache();
^
symbol: method clearCache()
location: variable ca of type CordovaActivity
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
5 errors
:compileDebugJava FAILED
...

[hypery2k]

the problem ist that changing that will then fail for all older versions

[escapedcat]

I think this could be related to the switch from ant to gradle with cordova-android 4.0.0 (Building with Gradle).
I works with cordova 5.3.1 if I specify the android platform to be lower than 4.x.x (i.e. 3.7.1).

To at least make this more transparent the correct engine could be set in plugin.xml. So people get a warning if they use the wrong cordova-android version.

<engines>
    <engine name="cordova" version=">=3.1.0" /><!-- Needs cordova/urlutil -->
    <engine name="cordova-android" version="<4.0.0" />
</engines>

Problem is that you can't use gradle to build. Well back to ant then I guess.
Or is it possible to check for the cordova-android version in the plugin and modify the path accordingly?
Or would it be a good idea to host two versions? Sounds bad though.

[escapedcat]

https://github.com/danjarvis/cordova-plugin-crosswalk-certificate/blob/master/README.md#install
Maybe something like that could be done.
If you use cordova 5.x use cordova-certificate-plugin@5.0.0.
If you use cordova 4.x or below use cordova-certificate-plugin@4.0.0.

[xale76]

ok we wait for your fix! thank you

[ToKaDev]

Yes, many thanks in advance!

[hypery2k]

new version is available at https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-certificates