Execution failed for task ':capacitor-android:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'

[ivanbacher]

💊   Capacitor Doctor  💊 

Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 5.5.1
  @capacitor/core: 5.5.1
  @capacitor/android: 5.5.1
  @capacitor/ios: 5.5.1

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 5.5.1
  @capacitor/core: 5.5.1
  @capacitor/android: 5.5.1
  @capacitor/ios: 5.5.1

[success] iOS looking great! 👌
[success] Android looking great! 👌

When running this command

npx cap run android   

I get this error:

> Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
        
        FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
        
        * What went wrong:
        Execution failed for task ':capacitor-android:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
        > Could not resolve all files for configuration ':capacitor-android:androidJdkImage'.
        > Failed to transform core-for-system-modules.jar to match attributes {artifactType=_internal_android_jdk_image,
        org.gradle.libraryelements=jar, org.gradle.usage=java-runtime}.
        > Execution failed for JdkImageTransform:
        /Users/abc/Library/Android/sdk/platforms/android-33/core-for-system-modules.jar.
        > Error while executing process /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-21.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/jlink with
        arguments {--module-path
        /Users/abc/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/8ffab5577d3f0d5f37717dbb88e6d666/transformed/output/temp/jmod
        --add-modules java.base --output
        /Users/abc/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/8ffab5577d3f0d5f37717dbb88e6d666/transformed/output/jdkImage
        --disable-plugin system-modules}

Variables.gradle

ext {
    minSdkVersion = 22
    compileSdkVersion = 33
    targetSdkVersion = 33
    androidxActivityVersion = '1.7.0'
    androidxAppCompatVersion = '1.6.1'
    androidxCoordinatorLayoutVersion = '1.2.0'
    androidxCoreVersion = '1.10.0'
    androidxFragmentVersion = '1.5.6'
    coreSplashScreenVersion = '1.0.0'
    androidxWebkitVersion = '1.6.1'
    junitVersion = '4.13.2'
    androidxJunitVersion = '1.1.5'
    androidxEspressoCoreVersion = '3.5.1'
    cordovaAndroidVersion = '10.1.1'
}

If I run it in android studio, it works fine.

Similar issue here: #7010

[jcesarmobile]

for using jdk 21 you need to use gradle 8.4, which is not officially supported for android development yet
for android development jdk 17 is recommended

[ivanbacher]

Super, thank you.

Here is my process incase anyone else needs help. jdk 17 can be found here

I had multiple java versions installed

usr/libexec/java_home -V

Matching Java Virtual Machines (3):
    21.0.1 (x86_64) "Oracle Corporation" - "Java SE 21.0.1" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-21.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home
    17.0.9 (x86_64) "Oracle Corporation" - "Java SE 17.0.9" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-17.0.9.jdk/Contents/Home
    15.0.1 (x86_64) "Oracle Corporation" - "Java SE 15.0.1" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-15.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home

To change the default version that your shell uses you can add this to .zshrc or .bash_profile. I'm on a mac so for me it was .zshrc

open ~/.zshrc

Add in this:

# set java version
export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 17`

Save and reload terminal

Verify like this:

java -version