Error: Could not initialize class com.android.sdklib.repository.AndroidSdkHandler

Question

I've setup the environment for react native on Windows. But when I run the command

react-native run-android

I get the following errors -

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
> Failed to notify project evaluation listener.
   > Could not initialize class com.android.sdklib.repository.AndroidSdkHandler

How do I fix this?

Did you follow all the instalation steps provided here: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html and selected Building project with Native Code tab — Starmetal, Oct 24 '17 at 18:18
Yeah, almost. But I didn't install a few components in Android Studio. I'm installing them now. Will see if that works. Thanks. — Paul Santosh, Oct 24 '17 at 18:34
@Wayferer I've read somewhere that installing Java 8 would help. I installed Java 8 now it's showing this error - com.android.build.gradle.tasks.factory.AndroidJavaCompile.setDependencyCacheDir(Ljava/io/File;)V — Paul Santosh, Oct 29 '17 at 14:26
which JDK are you using? The one embedded in Android Studio or standalone JDK? — karthikk, Nov 01 '17 at 19:33
I'm having a similar issue. @karthikk should we be using the JDK provided by Android Studio? — xyhhx, Nov 03 '17 at 15:28
For me it was solved by switching back from JDK 1.9 to latest 1.8. — Jürgen Jatzkowski, Nov 05 '17 at 10:57
@martin Yes it solved for me using JDK provided by Android Studio. and AS is using JDK 1.9 FYI. — karthikk, Nov 06 '17 at 15:42
@PaulSantosh - i am having the same issue, did you solve it? — Gal Blank, Nov 23 '17 at 01:59

Hasan Jamshaid · Answer 1 · 2021-08-16T10:25:23.390

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This is because your classpath build tools in build.gradle root project is deprecated. Update it like this

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.0'
    }
}

and after that update your minimum sdk and build tools to latest and no problem again

edited Aug 16 '21 at 10:25

answered Jun 01 '18 at 20:35

Hasan Jamshaid

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this work for me; I'm on windows 10 android studio 4.2 C15 – Miguel Tomás Mar 05 '21 at 09:12
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With that advice, I get Could not find com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.2. Searched in the following locations: - https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.1.2/gradle-3.1.2.pom - https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.1.2/gradle-3.1.2.jar Required by: project : Add google Maven repository and sync project Open File – Gerd May 20 '21 at 14:26
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I'm building an old project, and this fix it for me, and build successfully. – QuartZ Jul 05 '21 at 13:09
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For me the important part was adding the `google()` repository. I'm trying to build an old project from GitHub, and it only had `mavenCentral()` but that hasn't included the build tools since 3.0 – Auspex Apr 09 '23 at 10:43

score 64 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 28 '17 at 05:06

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I encountered this error while running the following command in macOS

./gradlew assembleRelease --stacktrace

and got the exact error posted. I solved the problem by setting $JAVA_HOME environment variable to your JDK installation. In my case I used the bundled JDK in Android Studio for macOS:

export JAVA_HOME="/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home"

for Windows, just add JAVA_HOME to your user or system variables pointing to

"C://Program Files/Java/jdk_1.x_"

folder and try running react-native run-android again.

answered Nov 28 '17 at 05:06

Jeremy Patrick Pacabis

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Clever fix, no need to install additional jdk! – Konstantin Berkov Mar 22 '18 at 20:37
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mac fix didnt work for me. any advice ? using java 10 – Muneef M Apr 15 '18 at 20:10
Worked for me. To find java location on Windows use this in command line: c:\> for %i in (java.exe) do @echo. %~$PATH:i – Jun 07 '18 at 13:53
didn't work for me; I'm on windows 10 android studio 4.2 C15 – Miguel Tomás Mar 05 '21 at 09:09
@MiguelSilva It did not work for me either. Windows 10, Android Studio 4.2.1 – Smitty-Werben-Jager-Manjenson Jun 02 '21 at 16:15

score 33 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 06 '21 at 09:37

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This will resolve issue to follow below steps:

1) Change Project level Gradle version build.gradle

Earlier version name like

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.2'

Change with new version or latest version you have

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1'

2) Change gradle-wrapper.properties from \gradle\wrapper

Earlier version name like

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.8.1-bin.zip

Change with new version or latest version you have

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip

answered Jul 06 '21 at 09:37

Pratik Dodiya

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Changing the gradle version in build.gradle only works for me. Should be an issue with gradle2 – jonijeng Aug 17 '21 at 07:13
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This really solved my problem. – ikmazameti Sep 27 '21 at 05:34

score 16 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 19 '18 at 13:07

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This is a problem with JDK version 9. Android tools does not support building with Java 9 officially yet. And it has such problems.

Downgrading to Java version 8 will fix the problem.

answered Jan 19 '18 at 13:07

tasomaniac

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I'm already using Java 8 and still receiving issue :( – Smitty-Werben-Jager-Manjenson Jun 02 '21 at 16:24

score 7 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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On Ubuntu 18.04, this fixed the problem.

Run this command

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
Add this to ~/.bashrc

export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64"
Restart your terminal or IDE.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jun 24 '18 at 01:20

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 29 '21 at 07:47

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According to the log, add the google() repository to the build.gradle file in the app directory as shown below:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
}

answered Sep 29 '21 at 07:47

Shomu

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 11 '19 at 14:31

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The possible reason is the Gradle 's version and JDK's version is not matched.

At begin, My computer's gradle version is 4.10.1 and JDK is 12.

My solution is:

Download JDK 1.8 from oracle's website, set JAVA_HOME with JDK8 and It done

answered Apr 11 '19 at 14:31

jerry

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Maybe that is also gradle's bug or JDK12 's bug. Haha!! – jerry Apr 11 '19 at 14:33

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 07 '21 at 20:35

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Replace jcenter() with google()

and

mavenCentral()

in project level gradle file

answered Sep 07 '21 at 20:35

Ibrahim

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score -1 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 19 '18 at 15:21

Fixed the error by adding the following in .bash_profile

 export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_171.jdk/Contents/Home
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/saif-ams/MyFiles/applications/androidsdk
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

Error: Could not initialize class com.android.sdklib.repository.AndroidSdkHandler

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