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

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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

In my case I was trying `gradlew clean && gradlew assembleRelease` instead of `gradlew.BAT clean && gradlew.BAT assembleRelease` — IvanF., Mar 22 '19 at 16:22
Try using, `./gradle clean && ./gradle assembleRelease` worked for me. — Anshul Borawake, Jan 11 '21 at 04:44

score 39 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 02 '23 at 15:07

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gradlew command is available in your project directory. If you are trying to run this command from somewhere else it will throw error.
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.
you have to use ./gradlew instead of gradlew , if you are using Mac or Linux

edited Jan 02 '23 at 15:07

Boken

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answered Mar 14 '18 at 07:17

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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 – Shirish Herwade Mar 14 '18 at 07:24
chmod +744 ./gradlew – Rahul Mar 14 '18 at 07:49
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@ShirishHerwada I guess you are using Windows, that's why you don't require ./ . In Mac or Linux it is usually required. – Vivek Vashistha Mar 14 '18 at 11:28

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 22 '20 at 20:41

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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

answered Dec 22 '20 at 20:41

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score 10 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 02 '23 at 15:07

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in vscode do this step

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

edited Jan 02 '23 at 15:07

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answered Jul 10 '22 at 08:53

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Nuwan Thisara · Answer 4 · 2022-04-26T17:17:49.370

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.

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 11 '21 at 04:46

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

answered Jan 11 '21 at 04:46

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./gradlew clean worked for me. – Semih Yilmaz Oct 09 '22 at 11:51

Sahil bakoru · Answer 6 · 2022-06-22T09:55:34.663

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

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answered Jun 22 '22 at 09:54

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Pawara Siriwardhane · Answer 7 · 2022-03-22T07:48:01.660

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).

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 18 '22 at 09:31

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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.

answered Apr 18 '22 at 09:31

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 08 '21 at 07:34

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

Krishna Kumar · Answer 10 · 2022-12-17T13:24:41.733

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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

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answered May 15 '22 at 04:27

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 06 '22 at 10:18

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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

answered Jul 06 '22 at 10:18

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered May 24 '23 at 20:48

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.

score -2 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 04 '22 at 12:06

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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.

answered Apr 04 '22 at 12:06

VAARI GUPTA

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

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