Failed to build canvas-android

[dtygel]

Documentation about building canvas-android, in github, is not working.

I've tried the steps described in the readme.md file:

./gradle/gradlew -p apps :student:assembleDevDebug

And then got the following result/error:

> Configure project :

============= MERGE PRIVATE FILES: ALL-APPS ================
Merging private.properties:
pspdfMavenUser
pspdfMavenPass
============================================================

> Configure project :annotations

============= MERGE PRIVATE FILES: ANNOTATIONS =============
Merging private.properties:
pspdfMavenUser
pspdfMavenPass
============================================================

> Configure project :canvas_espresso
dittoMode: play

> Configure project :login-api-2

============= MERGE PRIVATE FILES: LOGIN-API ===============
Merging private.properties:
anonymousSchoolDomain
============================================================

Copying Snicker Doodles
Snicker Doodles Do Not Currently Exist

> Configure project :panda_processor
'kapt.generateStubs' is not used by the 'kotlin-kapt' plugin
'kapt.generateStubs' is not used by the 'kotlin-kapt' plugin
'kapt.generateStubs' is not used by the 'kotlin-kapt' plugin
'kapt.generateStubs' is not used by the 'kotlin-kapt' plugin

> Configure project :student

============= MERGE PRIVATE FILES: STUDENT =================
/var/www/html/grit/canvas-android/apps/student/src/main/res/xml/analytics.xml exists and is UP-TO-DATE
Merging private.properties:
crashlyticsApiKey
pspdfMavenUser
pspdfkitLicenseKey
pspdfMavenPass
newRelicAppToken
/var/www/html/grit/canvas-android/apps/student/src/main/res/values/private_strings.xml exists and is UP-TO-DATE
/var/www/html/grit/canvas-android/apps/student/fabric.properties exists and is UP-TO-DATE
/var/www/html/grit/canvas-android/apps/student/newrelic.properties exists and is UP-TO-DATE
/var/www/html/grit/canvas-android/apps/student/google-services.json exists and is UP-TO-DATE
============================================================

Excluding compile dependency: kotlin-android-extensions-runtime

> Configure project :teacher

============= MERGE PRIVATE FILES: TEACHER =================
Merging private.properties:
pspdfMavenPass
roboTestDomain
fabricApiKey
versioneye.api_key
roboTestUserToken
versioneye.projectid
pspdfkitLicenseKey
pspdfMavenUser
roboUser
/var/www/html/grit/canvas-android/apps/teacher/fabric.properties exists and is UP-TO-DATE
/var/www/html/grit/canvas-android/apps/teacher/google-services.json exists and is UP-TO-DATE
============================================================

Build report logic aborting due to failed build

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Task 'assembleDevDebug' not found in project ':student'.

* Try:
Run gradlew tasks to get a list of available tasks. Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 6.0.
Use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings.
See https://docs.gradle.org/5.6.2/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings

BUILD FAILED in 2s

It simply says that assembleDebug doesn't exist. I've tried the same with :teacher and : parent, and had exactly the same error.

I've also tried to compile in Android 4, to no avail.

Is there something I'm missing or missing in the Documentation?

Thanks.

[narmstrong · Accepted solution]

Those docs are a little bit out of date. You shouldn't have to run those tasks anymore. Just select the app that you wish to run from the list of configurations and click Run.

I've updated the docs in this pull request Update build section of README by armstrongnate · Pull Request #916 · instructure/canvas-android · G... 

[tintucraju]

I'm trying to build canvas android app. I've cloned the files and imported   "canvas-android/apps/build.gradle"   as per the instructions in the github repo.

 But I received this error

"A problem occurred evaluating root project 'apps'.
> Could not get unknown property 'PrivateData' for object of type org.gradle.api.internal.initialization.DefaultScriptHandler. "

Please help me, what is wrong from my end.

[83219223]

Hi, I'm a canvas developer. I wonder if you have been able to build canvas-android yet? I tried building according to the instructions on the master branch but it didn't work and I got an error. Could you please give me some suggestions or short instructions?

Please help me, thanks.