Execution failed for task ':expo-modules-core:compileDebugKotlin'.

Summary

When trying to run expo run:android, I am getting the following error:

Execution failed for task ':expo-modules-core:compileDebugKotlin'.
> Kotlin could not find the required JDK tools in the Java installation '/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home' used by Gradle. Make sure Gradle is running on a JDK, not JRE.

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BUILD FAILED in 15s
280 actionable tasks: 279 executed, 1 up-to-date
/Users/douglas/Projects/app-mobile/android/gradlew exited with non-zero code: 1

I am trying to run my application on my physical device to debug (specifically react-native-image-picker, since it allows multiple images selection, that’s why I’m not using Expo Go). My mobile device is connected via USB cable and when I run adb devices I get the following:

List of devices attached
0060032002	device

So my device seems fine, so it might be a bug with Expo.

Managed or bare workflow? If you have ios/ or android/ directories in your project, the answer is bare!

bare

What platform(s) does this occur on?

Android

SDK Version (managed workflow only)

No response

Environment

Expo CLI 4.13.0 environment info: System: OS: macOS 12.0.1 Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh Binaries: Node: 16.13.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node Yarn: 1.22.17 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/yarn npm: 8.1.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/npm Watchman: 2021.11.15.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman Managers: CocoaPods: 1.11.2 - /usr/local/bin/pod SDKs: iOS SDK: Platforms: DriverKit 21.0.1, iOS 15.0, macOS 12.0, tvOS 15.0, watchOS 8.0 Android SDK: API Levels: 30, 31 Build Tools: 29.0.2, 31.0.0 IDEs: Android Studio: 2020.3 AI-203.7717.56.2031.7784292 Xcode: 13.1/13A1030d - /usr/bin/xcodebuild npmPackages: expo: ^43.0.0 => 43.0.3 react: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 react-dom: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 react-native: 0.64.3 => 0.64.3 react-native-web: 0.17.1 => 0.17.1 npmGlobalPackages: expo-cli: 4.13.0 Expo Workflow: bare

Reproducible demo

• Run expo init as bare workflow
• Allow USB Debugging on your Android device
• Connect USB cable to MacOS
• Enture adb is installed. If not, install in your machine
• Run adb devices and see if your device is listed correctly
• cd into your project and run expo run:android

[lahfir]

Hi @doougui! It’s most likely related to something that is or isn’t installed on your Mac. This stack overflow answer might help. You could also try to build with Android Studio, that should auto-install all required components. Basically, expo run:android builds your app, from source, locally. And because of that, it needs everything installed for Android/Kotlin. The steps you provided are working fine for me. Hope this helps!

Thank you for your reply. You’re right. The thing that was missing was JDK 8. As soon as I installed it I could run the app both in my physical device and on Android Studio with AVD. Sorry for any inconvenience since this issue isn’t really related to Expo 😃

Could you please elaborate how you did it?

[davidcort]

I’m having the same issue after update to Ventura 13 on my Mac Book 😦