Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\...\ionic6_app\platforms\android\app\build\outputs\apk\debug\output.json'

[JiglioNero]

Description: HI, I am a member of the VSCode extension Cordova Tools development team. We noticed that when launching the application on Android, the following error occurs:

ionic:lib:cordova:project Error parsing file C:\...\ionic6_app\platforms\android\app\build\outputs\apk\debug\output.json': [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\...\ionic6_app\platforms\android\app\build\outputs\apk\debug\output.json'] {
  ionic:lib:cordova:project   errno: -4058,
  ionic:lib:cordova:project   code: 'ENOENT',
  ionic:lib:cordova:project   syscall: 'open',
  ionic:lib:cordova:project   path: 'C:\...\ionic6_app\platforms\android\app\build\outputs\apk\debug\output.json'
  ionic:lib:cordova:project } +0ms

It seems that Ionic expects an output.json file, but the folder C:\...\ionic6_app\platforms\android\app\build\outputs\apk\debug contains only the output-metadata.json and app-debug.apk files.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create ф new project via the command ionic start ionic6_app tabs --cordova --type=angular --no-link
2. Add Android platform to created Ionic 6 project via the command ionic cordova platform add android
3. Run еру Android application via the command ionic cordova run android --emulator --verbose

Output: run command output.log

My ionic info:

Ionic:

   Ionic CLI                     : 6.18.1 (C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v14.17.5\node_modules\@ionic\cli)
   Ionic Framework               : @ionic/angular 6.0.4
   @angular-devkit/build-angular : 13.0.4
   @angular-devkit/schematics    : 13.0.4
   @angular/cli                  : 13.0.4
   @ionic/angular-toolkit        : 5.0.3

Cordova:

   Cordova CLI       : 11.0.0
   Cordova Platforms : android 10.1.1, browser 6.0.0, ios 6.2.0
   Cordova Plugins   : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 5.0.0, (and 3 other plugins)

Utility:

   cordova-res : not installed globally
   native-run  : 1.5.0

System:

   Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk)
   NodeJS            : v14.17.5 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
   npm               : 6.14.14
   OS                : Windows 10

[Yura13]

I got the same error when migrating cordova-android from v.10 to v.12. Any updates?