Error:Could not initialize class com.android.sdklib.repositoryv2.AndroidSdkHandler

Question

I want to build this project with Android Studio at launching, but take a error. Stacktrace is here

Answer 1

This problem occurs when there are multiple JDKs installed in your system, I had the same issue as I had mistakenly installed oracle-jdk-9 and Android studio requires oracle-jdk-8

If you are using Ubuntu you can install jdk-8 from this question.

So, Make following changes as shown below:

Press ctrl+shift+alt+s that will open project structure which can also be opened from

File -> Project Structure

And then change JDK Location where you may have installed JDK 8

Answer 2

If you have several Javas in Ubuntu, you can

sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo update-alternatives --config javac

to select the Java 8 that Android and Gradle need.

Answer 3

JAVA 9 has forcefully taken over the JAVA_HOME to itself.

after installing java9 you will find

# java -version
java version "9.0.1"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.1+11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.1+11, mixed mode)

So instead of uninstalling java 9 let us point the JAVA_HOME back to java 8

First find out the Android studio embeded JRE location

and add an entry in ~./bash_profile at last

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

# source ~/.bash_profile
# java -version
java version "1.8.0_151"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_151-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.151-b12, mixed mode)

source http://scalebean.blogspot.com/2018/01/fix-gradle-could-not-initialize-class.html

Answer 4

One simple solution:

React-Native isn't compatible with Java 9 or Java 10

Resolve this issue by simply downgrading to Java 8

Answer 5

this because your classpath build tools in build.gradle root project is deprecated update like this for new android studio 3.2.0

buildscript {
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.0-alpha14'
}

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

Answer 6

If anyone is having issues with IntelliJ IDEA, go to File -> Project Structure (or press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S) and remove all JDK 9 entries. JDKs are marked under Platform Settings -> SDKs with a folder behind a tiny blue cup of coffee.

I tried adding the correct path to JDK 1.8 but IntelliJ IDEA will default back to JDK 9 for whatever reason. Unfortunately, I need JDK 9 for other projects, so uninstalling it would be too much of a hassle. If you need to use JDK 9 for another project (like I do), you can still add a JDK 9 entry via the same menu and then remove it again when required.