Android project can't be opened in Android Studio due to wrongly set path in config.properties after cordova build android in cordova-android@14.0.1 #1842
Description
Bug Report
Problem
What is expected to happen?
After a successful cordova build android, it should be possible to open the app in Android Studio.
What does actually happen?
Android Studio can't open the project (platforms/android) and fails with a Malformed \uxxxx encoding. exception. This exception comes from a wrongly set path inside the config.properties in tools/.gradle (and is then copied to .gradle which is set by a cordova hook during (or after) the build command. The file contains the following content which is copied from the system JAVA_HOME variable:
java.home=C:\Users\user\.jdks\corretto-17.0.12
Instead, the \ should be escaped: java.home=C:\\Users\\user\\.jdks\\corretto-17.0.12.
This issue was introduced in cordova-android@14.0.1 with the fix: configure gradle java.home and is probably a problem only on windows machines.
Environment, Platform, Device
cordova-android@14.0.1
Windows 11
Version information
Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop | 2025.1.2 Patch 2
Build #AI-251.26094.121.2512.13991807, built on August 26, 2025
Runtime version: 21.0.6+-13391695-b895.109 amd64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.
Toolkit: sun.awt.windows.WToolkit
Windows 11.0
Kotlin plugin: K2 mode
GC: G1 Young Generation, G1 Concurrent GC, G1 Old Generation
Memory: 4096M
Cores: 32
Registry:
ide.experimental.ui=true
Non-Bundled Plugins:
com.github.copilot (1.5.53-243)
Checklist
- I searched for existing GitHub issues
- I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
- I included all the necessary information above