android project: process finished with non-zero exit value 2

Question

I\'m unable to compile my android project. Google and other SO posts tell me it (probably) has something to do with dependencies, but I can\'t find where. Here\'s the error:

Answer 1

The date of when this happened to me was 07/08/2016.

I just got this exact error after updating to the newest android studio.

I resolved it by updating my java jdk from java jdk 7 to java jdk 8.

Now my builds work fine. I think the newest version of android studio requires jdk 8…