Java – Cordova build android JDK 1.8 check failed

I’m following this tutorial About building the Cordova app. I got to the part where I was supposed to build, in PowerShell (I’m on Windows 10) I typed cordova build android and I got this error repeatedly :

ANDROID_HOME=C:\Android
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\java\jdk-9.0.1
Error: Requirements check failed for JDK 1.8 or greater

I realize this question has been asked here before, but these answers don’t seem to apply to me.

Something I’ve tried :

• Uninstall and reinstall JDK 9

Install JDK

• 8 with JDK 9 installed

As the message says, Android tools require JDK 8, not JDK9.

If both JDK8 and JDK9 are installed, you must check the version in the path and where JAVA_HOME points.

In the log you posted, I see that JAVA_HOME points to JDK9.

You can modify your globel JAVA_HOME env var to target JDK8, or if you only want to use jdk8 with cordova, you can change the JAVA_HOME::in PowerShell before using the cordova CLI

$env:JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_151"
cordova build android