Android build error: Unable to load 'javax.xml.bind.jaxbexception

Question

I am a beginner in Android. I am not able to resolve this error in Android Studio. Whenever I run my application this error occurs. How do I fix it?

Error: Unable to load class 'javax.xml.bind.JAXBException' Possible causes for this unexpected error include:

• Gradle's dependency cache may be corrupt (this sometimes occurs after a network connection timeout.) Re-download dependencies and sync project (requires network)
• The state of a Gradle build process (daemon) may be corrupt. Stopping all Gradle daemons may solve this problem. Stop Gradle build processes (requires restart)
• Your project may be using a third-party plugin which is not compatible with the other plugins in the project or the version of Gradle requested by the project.
• In the case of corrupt Gradle processes, you can also try closing the IDE and then killing all Java processes.

Answer 1

this is my solution

update gradle build tool version in project level gradle

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.0'
}

and then Android Studio will download and change your gradle-wrapper.properties file

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-all.zip

Sync project, everything is OK.

Answer 2

My problem was resolved when I changed the JDK for each of my Android SDKs:

Project Structure -> Platform Settings\SDKs -> Android API xx Platform -> Change "Java SDK" to 1.8

This resolved the problem;

Also change that the Project SDK to 1.8.

If the problem is not resolved, Please try to run IDE under JDK 8.

Answer 3

This might be too late but maybe some one needs to know the reason:

If you updated android studio to v4.2 and this happened, its because it is build in java 11

You have two options:

1. change JDK path manually in: Project Structure -> SDK Location

2. you should update your gradle setting use these two versions or above them:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.0' distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-all.zip

I hope i could save some one's time