After updating to Android Gradle plugin 3.6.0 (released Feb 24, 2020), several project independently started failing with:
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After upgrading to gradle:3.6.0 (or later). Try renaming or deleting the ndk and ndk-bundle folders located in C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
Credit goes to: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/12440#issuecomment-601214647