Mysterious error building apk/ipa from as3

jj1979

I am trying to recompile some ten-year-old AS3 code to build an apk using FlashDevelop. I used to do this all the time to build apks and ipas, but now when I try it only works to build the swf. Attempting this with a blank app yields identical results.

I run PackageApp.bat, which executes the following command (trying to build apk):

adt -package -target apk-captive-runtime -storetype pkcs12 -keystore "cert\AndroidTest2.p12" -storepass fd "dist\AndroidTest2-captive-runtime.apk" "application.xml" -C bin . -C "icons/android" .

Which produces the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredDocumentImpl.getXmlStandalone()Z
        at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.setDocumentInfo(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.parse(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.parse(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transformIdentity(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transform(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transform(Unknown Source)
        at com.adobe.air.apk.APKOutputStream.writeAndroidManifest(APKOutputStream.java:2276)
        at com.adobe.air.apk.APKOutputStream.editAndroidManifest(APKOutputStream.java:1923)
        at com.adobe.air.apk.APKOutputStream.createAndroidManifestXml(APKOutputStream.java:601)
        at com.adobe.air.apk.APKOutputStream.generateResourcesAndManifest(APKOutputStream.java:889)
        at com.adobe.air.apk.APKOutputStream.addApplicationDescriptor(APKOutputStream.java:320)
        at com.adobe.air.ApplicationPackager.addSpecialFiles(ApplicationPackager.java:301)
        at com.adobe.air.ApplicationPackager.createPackage(ApplicationPackager.java:66)
        at com.adobe.air.ADT.parseArgsAndGo(ADT.java:604)
        at com.adobe.air.ADT.run(ADT.java:446)
        at com.adobe.air.ADT.main(ADT.java:496)

I vaguely remember this happening many years ago and the fix was very unintuituve and may have related to environment variables or java or something. If anyone can provide any assistance I would greatly appreciate it. It's very annoying having all these apps that can no longer be used 🙁

pol2095

Now apk is just for testing, aab is the new format to upload on the play store.
Java -version ?
adt -version ?
Windows ?
For last Android phones : adt -package -target apk-captive-runtime -arch armv8...

jj1979

I don't plan to upload this to the play store, just want to get the apk built.
Java version: 1.6.0_05-b13
adt version: 20.0.0.196
Windows 7

pol2095

Your Android phone ? Android version ?

jj1979

I haven't got as far as that yet, since I can't make the apk! Once I can generate the apk I'll find a device it can run on.

I also just remembered what happened with this a decade ago. I never actually solved the problem, just used a firend's computer to compile the app I was working on then shut down my business and quit app development. So this may not be a solvable problem, but if anyone CAN think of anything then I would still like to know. Thanks.

UnderwaterBird

Hi,
isn't JDK 1.6 too old? For few years, JDK 11 is the one to go

You must make sure you have version 11 of the Java Development Kit installed and that your JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to the JDKs folder.
airsdk.dev

pol2095

you can download openJDK 11 on Windows here, download the Windows msi and install it.
Go to "Environment Variables" > "Path" :

remove all Java paths
add %JAVA_HOME%\bin
change JAVA_HOME value by C:\Program Files\Microsoft\jdk-11.0.21.9-hotspot

and java -version