Android Studio setting node directory for build (Cause: error=2, No such file or directory)

Question

My project build fails because it's using the incorrect directory to run Node. How do I go about setting the Node directory for these compile-time tasks?

The specific task is:

app:recordFilesBeforeBundleCommandDebug

And the related error:

org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':app:recordFilesBeforeBundleCommandDebug'.
Caused by: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: A problem occurred starting process 'command 'node''
Caused by: net.rubygrapefruit.platform.NativeException: Could not start 'node'
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "node" (in directory "/Users/me/Code/appname/android/app"): error=2, No such file or directory
Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory

I also suffer this issue :( – Kevin Dave Nov 01 '18 at 07:04 — Kevin Dave, Nov 01 '18 at 07:04

score 33 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '19 at 12:16

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I am running Android Studio on MacOS and following worked for me: Yoruba's answer above and starting the application from Terminal with open -a "Android Studio.app"

answered Nov 21 '19 at 12:16

Urska Krivc

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this method worked for me (M1 chip). don't know what's wrong with android studio and M1. it's sucks! – Chamal Aug 21 '21 at 18:18
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Another M1 too. But that certainly works. Can you provide information about why it's working that way? – Murat Çimen Sep 01 '21 at 10:59
It worked for me too, but I do not have M1, this is my processor: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB – Jesus Almaral - Hackaprende Jan 11 '22 at 16:56
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Any reason, why it's working this way? – Dipendra Sharma Jan 28 '22 at 09:59

batman · Answer 2 · 2021-10-30T09:31:18.017

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It is a known bug for the environment:

Apple chip M1
Android Studio arctic fox 2020.3.1 Patch 3

Upgrade to Gradle version 6.9 or above in the gradle-wrapper.properties

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.9.1-all.zip

https://docs.gradle.org/6.9/release-notes.html

edited Oct 30 '21 at 09:31

answered Oct 30 '21 at 09:22

batman

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This is the right answer for those on M1 chips. – Luke Brandon Farrell Dec 07 '21 at 10:46
Also had to set the correct gradle plugin version from the [compatibility table](https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin#updating-gradle) to `classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.0")` in the root `build.gradle` file. – kub1x Feb 28 '22 at 17:26
This is the correct and working answer after a lot of tries, thanks a lot! – O.AbedElBaset Apr 03 '22 at 09:25
Phew...!! After several different attempts, finally this seems to solve it. Thanks – Prakhar Agrawal May 03 '22 at 12:06

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 02 '19 at 13:58

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Add this to the build.gradle if you use React-Native

ext {    
    react = [
        nodeExecutableAndArgs:  ["/usr/local/bin/node"]
    ]
}

answered Jan 02 '19 at 13:58

Yoruba

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Should I put into app level `build.gradle` or in project level `build.gradle`? – Ajay Jun 01 '20 at 04:09
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@Ajay project/android/app/build.gradle – Yoruba Jun 01 '20 at 04:59
that would force all developers to have node in that location, though, right? – Nie Selam Jul 11 '20 at 14:24
@NieSelam maybe you can set it to a different location – Yoruba Jul 12 '20 at 08:40
@Yoruba true but the file gets comitted to git so next developer will have to change it. In my case anyway, the issue was in the installation. I removed all and installed first java then android studio then react native. – Nie Selam Jul 12 '20 at 21:50

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 21 '19 at 19:10

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I had the same problem and solved by installing node.js again because the react was not able to find it.

edited Mar 21 '19 at 19:10

double-beep

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answered Mar 21 '19 at 18:40

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 23 '22 at 10:53

Find the node path in your system using command

which node inside terminal Then open app/build.gradle and add this line

ext {    
    react = [
        nodeExecutableAndArgs:  ["Node path from the above command"]
    ]
}

After that it may ask to upgrade kotlin version then add this in build.gradle

buildscript {
        ext {
            kotlinVersion = "1.6.0"
        }
    }

Android Studio setting node directory for build (Cause: error=2, No such file or directory)

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