react native "Build failed with an exception"

Question

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where: Build file 'C:\Users\ertu\Desktop\r\a\android\app\build.gradle' line: 1

• What went wrong: A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.

Failed to apply plugin 'com.android.internal.application'. Android Gradle plugin requires Java 11 to run. You are currently using Java 1.8. You can try some of the following options: - changing the IDE settings. - changing the JAVA_HOME environment variable. - changing org.gradle.java.home in gradle.properties .

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Answer 1

The latest version of react native requires JDK 11.

First, check which version of JDK is installed in your system. In your system terminal whatever OS you are using

java --version

if the java version is less than 11 then uninstall the JDK from your system and then install JDK 11. Click here to get the JDK 11