Cordova build android Error - ParseException: unsupported class file version 53.0

Question

I have a problem with Android build (using Cordova). After upgrade to MacOs Catalina a received this error while building my cordova appliacation through command 'cordova build android':

ParseException: unsupported class file version 53.0. Do you have any ideas or tips, how can i solve it?

Thank you so much for every answer.

Whole stack error is:

BUILD FAILED in 3s 36 actionable tasks: 4 executed, 32 up-to-date /Users/honzaskalicky/Projects/Marketvision/spring-mobile-tmp/platforms/android/gradlew: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output: Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details. Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: Failed to process /Users/honzaskalicky/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/2.10.0/4e2c5fa04648ec9772c63e2101c53af6504e624e/jackson-core-2.10.0.jar at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.get ThrowableException(ForkJoinTask.java:593) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.reportException(ForkJoinTask.java:677) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.join(ForkJoinTask.java:720) at com.android.ide.common.internal.WaitableExecutor.waitForTasksWithQuickFail(WaitableExecutor.java:146) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.transform(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:235) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformTask$2.call(TransformTask.java:222) at Z4D236D 9A2D102C5FE6AD1C50DA4BEC50Z.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformTask$2.call(TransformTask.java:218) at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:102) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformTask.transform(TransformTask.java:213) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.Z8ED1A771BC236C287AD93C699B FDD2D7Z.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$IncrementalTaskAction.doExecute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:173) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$StandardTaskAction.execute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:134) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$StandardTaskAction.execute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:121) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$1.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:122) at org.Z8ED1A771BC236C287 AD93C699BFDD2D7Z.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:197) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:107) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:111) at org.gradle.api.internal.tas ks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:92) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:70) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:63) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:58) at org.gradle.Z8A5DA52ED12644 7D359E70C05721A8AAZ.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:88) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43) at org .gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:34) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker$1.run(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:248) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:197) at org.gradle.internal.progress.D efaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:107) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:241) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:230) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.processTask(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:124) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.access$200(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:80) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java :105) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:99) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:625) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.executeWithTask(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:580) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:99) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46) at Z9 3F725A07423FE1C889F448B33D21F46Z.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: Failed to process /Users/honzaskalicky/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/2.10.0/4e2c5fa04648ec9772c63e2101c53af6504e624e/jackson-core-2.10.0.jar at com.android.ZC197962302397 BAF3A4CC36463DCE5EAZ.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.launchProcessing(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:550) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.lambda$convertToDexArchive$1(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:488) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask$AdaptedCallable.exec(ForkJoinTask.java:1424) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:289) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1056) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1692) at java.util.concurrent.Fork JoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:157) Caused by: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: Error while dexing module-info.class at com.android.builder.dexing.DxDexArchiveBuilder.getExceptionToRethrow(DxDexArchiveBuilder.java:143) at com.android.builder.dexing.DxDexArchiveBuilder.convert(DxDexArchiveBuilder.java:89) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.launchProcessing(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:545)... 6 more Caused by: com.android.dx.cf.iface.ParseException: unsup ported class file version 53.0 at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parse0(DirectClassFile.java:499) at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parse(DirectClassFile.java:420) at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parseToInterfacesIfNecessary(DirectClassFile.java:402) at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.getMagic(DirectClassFile.java:253) at com.android.builder.dexing.DxDexArchiveBuilder.dex(DxDexArchiveBuilder.java:99) at com.android.builder.dexin g.DxDexArchiveBuilder.convert(DxDexArchiveBuilder.java:86)... 7 more

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':transformClassesWithDexBuilderForArmv7Debug'. com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: Failed to process /Users/honzaskalicky/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/2.10.0/4e2c5fa04648ec9772c63e2101c53af6504e624e/jackson-core-2.10.0.jar

Answer 1

Small progress. When i download jackson-core.jar in version 2.0.0 from this url: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/jackson-core/2.0.0/ and replace previous version in.gradle folder (where maven dependencies are located). I rename 2.0.0 to 2.0.10 which occured an error and after that build is successfull. But this is not clear solution (manually copy.jar and rename).

Is there any way to say Android or Java (I don't know exactly who use it) to use this library in exact version 2.0.0. Maybe in build.gradle or somewhere else?

Answer 2

Problem solved

into build.gradle (platforms/android) you have to add exact version of library, which is not built in Java 9, for me it is jackson-core version 2.0.9 which was build in Java 9, so I have to use version 2.0.0

for me this works:

dependencies {
    // Other dependencies
    compile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.0.0"){
        force = true
    }
}

or you can add to end of build.gradle this:

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy {
        force 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.0.0'
    }
}