Gradle: Could Not Initialize Class Org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.invokerhelper

I saw this gradle error: 'Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper'. I have tried multiple ways listed online to fix the issue but no luck. During the d

Solution 1:

change the version of the gradle

edit the file in YOUR_PROJECT/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties and change the version

FROM:

distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.0.1-all.zip

TO:

distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.4.1-all.zip

source: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/10248#issuecomment-633656326

Solution 2:

You need to change the Gradle version of your project.

It's mentioned in the official docs: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup

"If you're using the latest version of Java Development Kit, you'll need to change the Gradle version of your project so it can recognize the JDK. You can do that by going to {project root folder}\android\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties and changing the distributionUrl value to upgrade the Gradle version. You can check out here the lastest releases of Gradle."

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