React-native: Hi! I created new react native project and I can't build on android

[lichcse]

React Native version:
"dependencies": { "react": "16.9.0", "react-native": "0.61.1" }

MacOS: 10.14.6
Java JDK: 13

Action:

1. react-native init AwesomeProject
2. cd AwesomeProject
3. react-native run-android

Error:
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where:
  Settings file '/Users/lichtv/workspace/react/src/FristApp/android/settings.gradle'

• What went wrong:
  Could not compile settings file '/Users/lichtv/workspace/react/src/FristApp/android/settings.gradle'.

  startup failed:
  General error during semantic analysis: Unsupported class file major version 57

  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file major version 57
  at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.(ClassReader.java:184)
  at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.(ClassReader.java:166)
  at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.(ClassReader.java:152)
  at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.(ClassReader.java:273)
  at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.decompiled.AsmDecompiler.parseClass(AsmDecompiler.java:81)
  at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ClassNodeResolver.findDecompiled(ClassNodeResolver.java:254)
  at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ClassNodeResolver.tryAsLoaderClassOrScript(ClassNodeResolver.java:192)
  ................ ETC .........................
  at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
  at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)
  at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
  at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
  at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
  at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:830)

  1 error

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BUILD FAILED in 432ms

error Failed to install the app. Make sure you have the Android development environment set up: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html#android-development-environment. Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
Error: Command failed: ./gradlew app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where:
  Settings file '/Users/lichtv/workspace/react/src/FristApp/android/settings.gradle'
  .......

HELP ME PLEASE

[dulmandakh]

could you please share what's in the Users/lichtv/workspace/react/src/FristApp/android/settings.gradle file?

[lichcse]

Sure bro,
rootProject.name = 'AwesomeProject'
apply from: file("../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle(settings)
include ':app'

[cjtaylor1990]

I'm having the same issue I believe.

[LMestre14]

@lichcse

In your android/build.gradle, do you have maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }?

If so change it to maven { url "https://www.jitpack.io" } an try running the project again.

[lichcse]

Hi @LMestre14
I did your recommend and I got same error.
Hi @cjtaylor1990
I switched to JDK 1.8 and it worked. (keep react-native 0.61.1)
Hi @dulmandakh
I think this is a bug with java version 13.

Thanks to all bro

[cjtaylor1990]

Hi @LMestre14
I did your recommend and I got same error.
Hi @cjtaylor1990
I switched to JDK 1.8 and it worked. (keep react-native 0.61.1)
Hi @dulmandakh
I think this is a bug with java version 13.

Thanks to all bro

No problem, @lichcse Took me all afternoon of messing around to finally figure that out. Yeah, since JDK 13 is really new, it wouldn't surprise me if something broke. Yeah, once I switched to the older JDK, 0.61 worked fine. Glad I could help! =)

[razr130]

Hello @cjtaylor1990 could you tell me how to switch from java 13 to openJDK8 in mac? I did some uninstall and reinstall and not seems to succesed on switching the version. Thanks

[lichcse]

@razr130
You can download JDK 1.8 at https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
Next step switch version: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21964709/how-to-set-or-change-the-default-java-jdk-version-on-os-x

Good luck to you

[akashmohan]

Hello @cjtaylor1990 could you tell me how to switch from java 13 to openJDK8 in mac? I did some uninstall and reinstall and not seems to succesed on switching the version. Thanks

I don't know in the case of mac. i just changed the JAVA_HOME path variable to old JDK installation and it worked

[ameyackherodkar]

Hi @LMestre14
I did your recommend and I got same error.
Hi @cjtaylor1990
I switched to JDK 1.8 and it worked. (keep react-native 0.61.1)
Hi @dulmandakh
I think this is a bug with java version 13.

Thanks to all bro

This Solution Actually works (Y) , JDK13 is buggy

[paldepind]

This issue is regarding OSX, but I ran into the same problem using Arch Linux. In case anyone else does as well here's is how I fixed it:

pacman -S jdk11-openjdk
archlinux-java set java-11-openjdk

This will downgrade from JDK13 to JDK11.

[dantasfiles]

Same issue @lichcse had on MacOS, I had on Windows.
React Native v.0.61.4, JDK v.13.0.1.
Downgrading JDK to 11 removed the issue.

[NOSDuco]

@paldepind You don't see a fix specifically for Arch Linux very frequently. Thanks man :)

[MaffooBristol]

Go to android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

Change the following line:

- distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.5-all.zip
+ distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.0.1-all.zip

That's what worked for me with the latest versions of everything on MacOS

[ZzAntares]

For others reading, it's not that JDK 13 is buggy, it's that the packaged version of gradle doesn't support it, you either have to downgrade your JDK version, or as @MaffooBristol suggested instruct the build to use a newer version of gradle that does support Java 13.

[slhck]

Are there any downsides to manually changing this version? After all, it's a major version change that RN itself would probably make itself in an upcoming release. What if there are conflicts on a future RN upgrade?

[LordDraagonLive]

Does JDK 12 works?

[vicary]

If you have Android Studio installed, JDK is already bundled inside the app. You don't have to install it separately.

Simply set these two path when compiling should work,

1. /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home
2. ~/Library/Android/sdk

[geiz]

Go to android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

Change the following line:

- distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.5-all.zip
+ distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.0.1-all.zip

That's what worked for me with the latest versions of everything on MacOS

I was getting react-native version mismatch 60.5/61.5 after that change at first.
After reinstalling java it seemed to have worked.
brew install homebrew/cask/java

[meetparikh112]

I just emptied the C:\Users[USER].gradle\wrapper\dists\gradle-6.0.1-all folder and rebuild it. It worked for me ....