Unable to build

[1Map]

Unable to build - Keep on failing with
Downloading: https://github.com/android-js/androidjs-sdk/archive/master.zip

androidjs b -f
Downloading: https://github.com/android-js/androidjs-sdk/archive/master.zip
failed to download, retrying..
re-trying
failed to download, retrying..
re-trying
failed to download, retrying..
re-trying

[Chhekur]

Do you have active and stable internet connection?

[RFlintstone]

Do you have active and stable internet connection?

I have a stable internet connection and I have pretty much the same problem.

Downloading: https://github.com/android-js/androidjs-sdk/archive/master.zip
C:\Users\rwfli\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\androidjs-builder\src\modules\Html\ProgressBar.js:35
        process.stdout.clearLine();
                       ^

TypeError: process.stdout.clearLine is not a function
    at LoadingBar.clear (C:\Users\rwfli\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\androidjs-builder\src\modules\Html\ProgressBar.js:35:24)
    at LoadingBar.next (C:\Users\rwfli\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\androidjs-builder\src\modules\Html\ProgressBar.js:23:14)
    at Timeout._onTimeout (C:\Users\rwfli\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\androidjs-builder\src\modules\Html\ProgressBar.js:42:18)
    at listOnTimeout (internal/timers.js:549:17)
    at processTimers (internal/timers.js:492:7)

[blacklight]

I'm experiencing the same issue here.

I can usually build without problems if I run the process manually from the command line:

$ npm install
$ androidjs build --release

However, I bump into the same issue reported above when I run the build process from an external script. In my case, I'm embedding the build script into the F-Droid app build pipeline, and that's when I encounter the issue.

The reason in my case is that the androidjs build command is run from another process that does not have access to the terminal drawing primitives, therefore clearLine and cursorTo are not available.

I have put together a very dirty fix in my fork (I don't feel like opening a proper pull request with this workaround) and in my F-Droid build script I have done some even dirtier tricks by sed-in the dist files to comment those lines.

However, this issue should definitely be tackled by the developers of AndroidJS. The build won't always be launched from a nice user terminal, and when it's launched from a script, a CI/CD pipeline or a Docker instance it will fail miserably. Please provide an option to at least skip the fancy on-terminal progress bar - even though my workarounds make things work the output of the process will still clutter the output log file.