LibGdx project setup - Project generated with gradle error

Question

I am trying to generate the LibGdx based project using the tool gdx-setup.jar

I am getting some strange errors that I have not faced before. Could you please assist me in generating the project successfully ?

Generating app in C:\\Games\\Jewel Games New Executing 'C:\\Games\\Jewel Games New/gradlew.bat clean --no-daemon' To honour the JVM settings for this build a new JVM will be forked. Please consider using the daemon: https://docs.gradle.org/4.6/userguide/gradle_daemon.html . Daemon will be stopped at the end of the build stopping after processing

 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * Where: Build file 'C:\\Games\\Jewel Games New\\build.gradle' line: 57 * What went wrong: A problem occurred evaluating root project 'Jewel Games New'. > java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/android/build/gradle/AppPlugin : Unsupported major.minor version 

52.0

 * Try: Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights. * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 5.0. See https://docs.gradle.org/4.6/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings BUILD FAILED in 16s Done! To import in Eclipse: File -> Import -> Gradle -> Gradle Project To import to Intellij IDEA: File -> Open -> build.gradle To import to NetBeans: File -> Open Project... 

Answer 1

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/android/build/gradle/AppPlugin : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0

major.minor version 52.0 error is possibly because the jar was compiled in JDK 1.8, but you are trying to run it using a JDK 1.7 environment.

To solve this, it's always better to have the JDK and JRE pointed to the same version.