Failed to fetch platform cordova-android@^9.0.0 Probably this is either a connection problem, or platform spec is incorrect.

[Vulisha]

Bug Report

Hi,
I opened this ticket as support previously as support ticked do not have template, this one does, and it was required from me to open it using template so I opened it as a bug.

Problem

Adding platform on cordova stopped working for some reason, tried to update nodeJs and it did not help:

cordova platform add android
Using cordova-fetch for cordova-android@^9.0.0
Failed to fetch platform cordova-android@^9.0.0
Probably this is either a connection problem, or platform spec is incorrect.
Check your connection and platform name/version/URL.
CordovaError: TypeError: Cannot assign to read only property 'valueOf' of object '[object Object]'

What is expected to happen?

Android platform added.

What does actually happen?

Failed to fetch platform.

Information

cordova platform list
Installed platforms:

Available platforms:
  android ^9.0.0
  browser ^6.0.0
  electron ^1.0.0
  windows ^7.0.0

Tried with nodejs 12 and 14.
Tried npm cache clean --force
Tried deleting whole solution and reverting from git
Tried npm uninstall -g cordova then install again
Also tried deleting whole solution and pulling it again from git as solution works on different device.

If you need any more information please leave a comment and I will provide.

Command or Code

Literary just:
cordova platform add android

Environment, Platform, Device

Windows 10 Laptop
NodeJs 12.20.0
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Version information

cordova 10.0.0 and dependancies (cordova-android is 9.0.0)
Windows 10
Android Studio 3.5, all needed SDKs installed
Ionic not used, only ionic wkwebview plugin
npm outdated:

Package                                 Current  Wanted  Latest 
cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter           1.1.1   1.1.3   1.1.3 
cordova-plugin-crypto-file                1.4.0     git     git 
cordova-plugin-firebase-analytics         4.5.0   4.5.0   5.0.0 
cordova-plugin-iroot                      2.1.0     git     git 
cordova-plugin-sslcertificatechecker      5.1.0     git     git 
cordova-plugin-statusbar              3.0.0-dev     git     git 
cpy                                       7.3.0   7.3.0   8.1.1 
cpy-cli                                   2.0.0   2.0.0   3.1.1 
dom7                                      2.1.3   2.1.5   3.0.0 
eslint                                    6.8.0   6.8.0  7.14.0 
eslint-plugin-html                        6.0.0   6.1.1   6.1.1 
framework7                                4.5.2   4.5.2  5.7.14 
framework7-icons                          2.3.1   2.3.1   3.0.1 
http-server                              0.11.1  0.11.1  0.12.3 

Checklist

• I searched for existing GitHub issues
• I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
• I included all the necessary information above

[breautek]

Reinstall cordova. If you're using a global install, this should suffice:

npm uninstall -g cordova
npm install -g cordova

If you're using a locally installed cordova, ensure you delete your package-lock.json file and remove your node_modules folder.

See apache/cordova-cli#543 for why this happened.

[Vulisha]

Indeed this was the fix. Issue opened on same day as mine first ticket, and other project(cordova vs cordova-cli), so I did not see solution. Thank you very much on a fix.