'gradlew' is not recognized as an internal or external command error in Android Studio terminal

Question

Getting error - 'gradlew' is not recognized as an internal or external command. operable program or batch file. inside Android Studio terminal.

Can anyone please tell why it's not recognizing gradlew

Nonparticipation

In my case I was trying gradlew clean && gradlew assembleRelease instead of gradlew.BAT clean && gradlew.BAT assembleRelease – Wessel

Try using, ./gradle clean && ./gradle assembleRelease worked for me. – Unconscious

Answer 1

1. gradlew command is available in your project directory. If you are trying to run this command from somewhere else it will throw error.
2. Also gradlew command package is automatically generated by Android studio when you create a new project. It will also prompt you to generate new gradle wrapper when you open the project.
3. you have to use ./gradlew instead of gradlew , if you are using Mac or Linux

Kandrakandy

Thanks, the command worked when I traversed to my project's folder location from default 'sdk\platform-tools' location. But ./ didn't work, worked with only gradlew. Thanks a lot – Nonparticipation

chmod +744 ./gradlew – Grandiloquence

@ShirishHerwada I guess you are using Windows, that's why you don't require ./ . In Mac or Linux it is usually required. – Kandrakandy

Answer 2

It's under the Android folder, so you have to do cd Android first from your project root folder, then :

PS C:\code\my_app\android> ./gradlew signingReport

Washcloth

Answer 3

in vscode do this step

1. go to your project directory
2. cd to android
3. type ./gradlew in your terminal instead of gradlew
4. voila, it works for windows user

Dekeles

Answer 4

Try using, ./gradle clean ./gradle assembleRelease worked for me.

Unconscious

./gradlew clean worked for me. – Conoid

Answer 5

Assume that you app's name is video_compresser, so when you open terminal on Windows PC(because I am trying this on Windows) it shows the prompt like this.

C:\Users\Nuwan\StudioProjects\video_compresser>

If you run gradlew from here you will get the below message

'gradlew' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

so you have to go to android directory by typing cd android command from terminal.

then the prompt should be like this,

C:\Users\Nuwan\StudioProjects\video_compresser\android>

then type gradlew followed by other commands you need and the error should be gone.

Circadian

cd : Cannot find path 'D:\your-project\project-name-Android\android' because it does not exist. – Cockatrice

@BilalBangash is that your actual project path? – Circadian

Answer 6

make sure you have debug.keystore file in
PS C:\code\my_app\android> before you run ./gradlew signingReport

Blab

Answer 7

Instead of the powershell, use the Windows Command Prompt to run the command.

(This is an accidental finding. I used the visual studio code terminal to run the command gradlew assembleRelease to build the apk of a react-native project, but it outputs an error similar to above. I tried bash terminal, again failed to run. Out of curiosity, I used the Windows command prompt, then it worked. Hope this will help if other solutions are not working).

Lenwood

Answer 8

If you use powershell, and the gradlew file is in the terminal current work directory, try .\gradlew instead of gradlew. Powershell don't run the command in the current work directory automatically.

Romaineromains

Answer 9

go to android directory by typing "cd android" in terminal.

then the prompt should be like this, PS C:\src\offx> cd android PS C:\src\offx\android>

(//then type) ".\gradlew signinReport" PS C:\src\offx\android> .\gradlew signinReport

Then you will get your sha keys

Challenging

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Answer 10

ionic cordova build android --prod --release --alias=cos-android --password=abcd  --versionCode=00001 --versionName=00001 -- -- -- --packageType=bundle

cordova build android --prod --release --alias=cos-android --password=abcd  --versionCode=00001 --versionName=00001 -- -- --packageType=bundle

Batson

Answer 11

gradlew command is only available in your project directory or gradlew file location. If you are trying to run this command from somewhere else it will throw error. so go to that particular location where gradlew file available

Brey

Answer 12

Try running

./gradlew signingreport

I didn't have JDK installed so, you have to do that as well if you see something like: "No JDK set and/or no java in path to be found". After installing JDK just close and open again Android Studio and do

./gradlew signingreport

once more. You should be fine by now.

Metts

Answer 13

In case of using Flutter for to project folder under gradle folder and run the command .\gradlew

Archaeo

Answer 14

If You Are Facing this error

• Where: Script 'H:<Your Folder><Your App Name >\node_modules@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\native_modules.gradle' line: 389

Do This

in Your project Folder

cd android

./gradlew

./gradlew clean

Perfectly Working

Betty

Answer 15

gradlew didn't work on my computer, though I'm a Windows user. ./gradlew is worked successfully.

Ambassadoratlarge

Answer 16

I got the same error while working on a react native project in vs code when I wrote ./gradlew clean.
I just changed the forward slash ( / ) to backslash ( \ ) and it worked.

Inboard

Answer 17

try using these commands, command No1: (cd android) command No2: (./gradlew clean) without brackets offcourse

Desma

Answer 18

I am using windows OS and have to run a Java project in IntelliJ. I used the command prompt in admin mode then it worked for me.

Stakeout

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