Execution failed for task ':app:kaptDebugKotlin'. > A failure occurred while executing org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.KaptExecution

Question

I'm getting this not very informative error while building my project in Android Studio. I've tried everything from stackoverflow but nothing works.

Execution failed for task ':app:kaptDebugKotlin'.

A failure occurred while executing org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.KaptExecution java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException (no error message)

My app gradle:

plugins {
    id 'com.android.application'
    id 'kotlin-android'
    id 'kotlin-parcelize'
    id 'kotlin-kapt'
    id 'dagger.hilt.android.plugin'




}



android {
    compileSdkVersion 30
    buildToolsVersion "30.0.3"

    defaultConfig {

        configurations.all {
            resolutionStrategy { force 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.6.0' }
        }

        applicationId "com.nenad.favrecipes"
        minSdkVersion 23
        targetSdkVersion 30
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        multiDexEnabled true

        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"

    }



    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = '1.8'
    }

    android {
        buildFeatures {
            dataBinding true
        }

    }


    dependencies {

        implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version" //1.5.21
        implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.6.0'
        implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.0'
        implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.4.0'
        implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.3'
        implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
        testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.+'
        androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3'
        androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'

        implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.3.5'
        implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.3.5'


        implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.9.0'
        implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.9.0'
        implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:adapter-rxjava3:2.9.0'

        implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-ktx:2.2.0"

        // RxJava
        implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava3:rxandroid:3.0.0'
        implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava3:rxjava:3.0.0'

        implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.9.0"
        implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-scalars:2.9.0"
        implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-moshi:2.9.0"

        implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.1"
        implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:4.9.1"
        implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection:4.2.1"

        implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1'

        implementation 'com.jakewharton.retrofit:retrofit2-kotlin-coroutines-adapter:0.9.2'

        //shimmering RV
        implementation 'com.facebook.shimmer:shimmer:0.5.0'
        implementation 'com.todkars:shimmer-recyclerview:0.4.1'

        implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.7'

        implementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android:2.40.5'
        kapt 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:2.40.5'

        implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.9.0'

        // DataStore
        implementation "androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.0.0"
        implementation "androidx.datastore:datastore:1.0.0"

        implementation("androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.3.0")

        def room_version = '2.3.0'
        implementation "androidx.room:room-runtime:$room_version"
        kapt "androidx.room:room-compiler:$room_version"
    }
    kapt {
        correctErrorTypes true
    }
}

My project gradle:

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = "1.3.72" 
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        mavenCentral()

    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.3' //4.1.3
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
        classpath 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-gradle-plugin:2.40.5'


        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}
plugins {

    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "1.4.20" apply false
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        mavenCentral()
    }

}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

Answer 1

Change the JDK Version of Android Studio and try it Go to file-> Project Structure-> SDK Location -> Click the Gradle Settings