Android Package Failed (Build.xml does not exist)

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Like the title says, I’ve been trying to package the FPS blueprint template for android in development mode, and it comes back with “Build.xml does not exist” every time. It also says directly afterward that it could not find the [projectname] -debug.apk file. I’m running 4.13 and I just recently uninstalled all the android codeworks and reinstalled it with the one from in the engine extras folder. I have visual studio 2015 installed, but I’ve tried it with 2013 as well, and the errors were the same. I also made sure to set my environment variables correctly as you can see from the picture. (Disregard my use of the D:/ Programs folder to install the sdk and ndk, I just forgot to create the folder upon intallation)

Been working on this for 2 weeks now with no success. I need it to work for a class project. With love to everything that is good, please tell me what I’m doing wrong.

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Here is the output log as it fails…

UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): ====10/12/2016 1:37:34 AM====PERFORMING FINAL APK PACKAGE OPERATION================================================
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): UEDeployAndroid.RunCommandLineProgramAndReturnResult: Making .apk with Ant… (note: it’s safe to ignore javac obsolete warnings)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): Build failed
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): UEDeployAndroid.RunCommandLineProgramAndReturnResult: Making .apk with Ant again to show errors
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): Build failed
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): Program.Main: ERROR: AutomationTool terminated with exception: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path ‘E:\377\TESTPROJECT\Intermediate/Android/APK/bin/TESTPROJECT-debug.apk’.
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite, Boolean checkHost)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at UnrealBuildTool.UEDeployAndroid.MakeApk(AndroidToolChain ToolChain, String ProjectName, String ProjectDirectory, String OutputPath, String EngineDirectory, Boolean bForDistribution, String CookFlavor, Boolean bMakeSeparateApks, Boolean bIncrementalPackage, Boolean bDisallowPackagingDataInApk)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at UnrealBuildTool.UEDeployAndroid.PrepForUATPackageOrDeploy(Fi
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): leReference ProjectFile, String ProjectName, String ProjectDirectory, String ExecutablePath, String EngineDirectory, Boolean bForDistribution, String CookFlavor, Boolean bIsDataDeploy)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at AndroidPlatform.Package(ProjectParams Params, DeploymentContext SC, Int32 WorkingCL)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at Project.Package(ProjectParams Params, Int32 WorkingCL)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at BuildCookRun.DoBuildCookRun(ProjectParams Params)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at AutomationTool.BuildCommand.Execute()
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at AutomationTool.Automation.Execute(List1 CommandsToExecute, CaselessDictionary1 Commands)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at AutomationTool.Automation.Process(String[] Arguments)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at AutomationTool.Program.MainProc(Object Param)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at AutomationTool.InternalUtils.RunSingleInstance(Func`2 Main, Object Param)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): at AutomationTool.Program.Main()
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): Program.Main: AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=1 (Error_Unknown)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ETC1)): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults:Error: Error Unknown Error

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Still having this issue. Working on running full installation process on another computer to try and package the game from it. Will update after I get a to try packaging.

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Trynn,

  • Did you install the SDK Platform for ?
  • Have you tried deleting your Intermediate and Saved folders from your project?
  • Does this happen on newly created projects?

Thanks!

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Yes I installed API 19.

Yes I deleted the folders and tried that as well.

And yes it happens with a brand new blueprint template project, not just with my game project.

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Sorry I’m on my phone, I forgot to click the reply button before commenting last time. Thank you for he reply!

To answer your questions

Yes I installed API 19

Yes i deleted those folders and tried that.

And yes it happens with a brand new empty blueprint project.

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10/14/16 Update - I opened a new project after installing all of android codeworks on a new computer and tried to package from there. I was successful on the first try! I’m literally blown away right now. I don’t know why my laptop won’t package. I’m going to now try packaging my game project to see if it will package. I will update with results.

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Okay, so I am proud to say, I figured it out! I packaged my game project to ETC1 for Android on my desktop and it worked perfectly. The only thing I can think of that is different about the computers is that I installed the Codeworks software on the C at the initial path it chooses when you run the install. On my laptop, I had put it in a different location. I don’t know what else could have been the problem. I’m going to try re installing all the codeworks software on my laptop and try it from there to find out if that fixes it. If all goes well I will repost as an answer to this problem.

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I’m glad that you’ve resolved the issue. If you happen to run into a new issue, or locate a bug - please create a new AnswerHub post and provide as much information as you can. :slight_smile: