Error message "Android Gradle plugin requires Java 11 to run. You are currently using Java 1.8"

Question

I downloaded the newest Android Studio, and I wanted to run the Android Jetpack Compose Project, but when I ran it, I got the error:

> 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`. 

I already downloaded Java 11 and added Java 11 in gradle.properties.

org.gradle.java.home=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.10.jdk/Contents/Home 

The JAVA_HOME shows Java 11, but when I run, it doesn't work - /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.10.jdk/Contents/Home

How should I do?

My Android Studio version

My Java version

java 11.0.10 2021-01-19 LTS Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.10+8-LTS-162) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.10+8-LTS-162, mixed mode) 

My gradle-wrapper.properties

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8.2-bin.zip 

build.gradle classpath

classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.0-alpha13" classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.4.31" 

File build.gradle

plugins {     id 'com.android.application'     id 'kotlin-android' }  android {     compileSdk 30      defaultConfig {         applicationId "com.example.testandroid3"         minSdk 21         targetSdk 30         versionCode 1         versionName "1.0"          testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"         vectorDrawables {             useSupportLibrary true         }     }      buildTypes {         release {             minifyEnabled false             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'         }     }     compileOptions {         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11     }     kotlinOptions {         jvmTarget = "11"         useIR = true     }     buildFeatures {         compose true     }     composeOptions {         kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion compose_version         kotlinCompilerVersion '1.4.31'     } }  java {     toolchain {         languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(11))     } }  dependencies {      implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.3.2'     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'     implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.2.1'     implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$compose_version"     implementation "androidx.compose.material:material:$compose_version"     implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling:$compose_version"     implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.3.0'     implementation 'androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.3.0-alpha02'     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2'     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0'     androidTestImplementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-test-junit4:$compose_version" } 

Answer 1

Make sure that your Gradle is using the proper JDK. Try running ./gradlew --version in your project's directory. The output should be something like this:

Gradle 7.0-rc-2 ------------------------------------------------------------  Build time:   2021-04-01 21:26:39 UTC Revision:     912a3368b654b71250dfc925a20d620393  Kotlin:       1.4.31 Groovy:       3.0.7 Ant:          Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.9 compiled on September 27 2020 JVM:          11.0.10 (Ubuntu 11.0.10+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.20.10) OS:           Linux 5.11.4-051104-generic amd64 

If the JVM points to version 1.8 then you should change it in settings. You can find it in Preferences → Build, Execution, Deployment → Build Tools → Gradle → *Gradle JDK.