While using Amplify DataStore, Android Studio cannot find nodejs installed in the system.

[Jay2113]

Describe the bug
I have created an Android App and I am trying to integrate Amplify DataStore into it. In the process, while trying to run the modelgen task from Android Studio I am observing an error saying Nodejs is not found.

Amplify CLI Version
4.16.1

To Reproduce
Create a basic Android App and try to integrate Amplify DataStore. Reference: https://aws-amplify.github.io/docs/android/datastore

Expected behavior
Modelgen task should go through and create model files successfully.

Screenshots
Here are the Build logs:
Executing tasks: [clean, :app:assembleDebug] in project C:\Users\User\AndroidStudioProjects\AltorRide

Gradle Daemon started in 3 s 742 ms

Configure project :
Node is not installed. Visit https://nodejs.org/en/download/ to install it

Task :clean UP-TO-DATE
Task :app:clean
Task :app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :app:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
Task :app:generateDebugBuildConfig
Task :app:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
Task :app:mainApkListPersistenceDebug
Task :app:generateDebugResValues
Task :app:generateDebugResources
Task :app:injectCrashlyticsMappingFileIdDebug

Task :app:processDebugGoogleServices
Parsing json file: C:\Users\User\AndroidStudioProjects\AltorRide\app\google-services.json

Task :app:javaPreCompileDebug
Task :app:mergeDebugResources
Task :app:createDebugCompatibleScreenManifests
Task :app:extractDeepLinksDebug

Task :app:processDebugManifest
C:\Users\User\AndroidStudioProjects\AltorRide\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:24:9-31:50 Warning:
activity#com.google.firebase.auth.internal.FederatedSignInActivity@android:launchMode was tagged at AndroidManifest.xml:24 to replace other declarations but no other declaration present

Task :app:processDebugResources

Task :app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.

Task :app:compileDebugSources
Task :app:mergeDebugShaders
Task :app:compileDebugShaders
Task :app:generateDebugAssets
Task :app:mergeDebugAssets
Task :app:processDebugJavaRes NO-SOURCE
Task :app:checkDebugDuplicateClasses
Task :app:mergeDebugJavaResource
Task :app:dexBuilderDebug
Task :app:desugarDebugFileDependencies
Task :app:mergeDebugJniLibFolders
Task :app:validateSigningDebug
Task :app:mergeDebugNativeLibs
Task :app:stripDebugDebugSymbols
Task :app:multiDexListDebug
Task :app:mergeDexDebug
Task :app:packageDebug
Task :app:assembleDebug

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 5m 49s
28 actionable tasks: 27 executed, 1 up-to-date

Here are the modelgen logs:
modelgen logs.txt

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
• Node Version: 12.16.1
• NPM Version: 6.13.4

[alan-cooney]

Did you ever resolve this?

[nikhname]

@Jay2113 Which version of amplify-tools-gradle-plugin are you using?
I wasn't able to reproduce this with version 0.2.1 of the plugin

[Jay2113]

Hi @alan-cooney
Can you please confirm the version of amplify-tools-gradle-plugin that you are using?

[zilonkaj]

I am also having this issue with version 0.2.1 of the gradle plugin. This is on the latest Android Studio on Windows 10.

[nikhname]

Hi @zilonkaj, just to clarify you are seeing the node is not installed error message? What is the output when you enter which node ?

[nikhname]

This seems to be a bug on windows. As a workaround, you can run
npx amplify-app --platform android
to set up the amplify project and then
amplify codegen models
to generate models

[sayantapadar]

@nikhname I used Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS to build the project, and everything worked fine. So yes it is a Windows bug it seems.

[nikhname]

Closed by aws-amplify/amplify-android#505

[ParryPatel021]

@sayantapadar I am using the same system as your's but I am having this issue.
It occurs when I try to run my Android Project.
Do you have any idea?
Please share some work around

[sayantapadar]

@ParryPatel021 I'm afraid I was unable to find a solution in my Windows 7 SP1 system, even after trying all possible remedies. I moved to a linux based system - in my case Ubuntu 18.04. Over there, simply following the getting started doc worked perfectly for me.

[ParryPatel021]

Okay @sayantapadar Thank for the reply, I will again go through the Getting started doc from the begin

[jamesonwilliams]

Looks like this issue #3745 was duplicated in aws-amplify/amplify-android#531, and in aws-amplify/amplify-android#536. Let's track aws-amplify/amplify-android#536.

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