React native Unsupported major.minor version 52

Question

When running

react-native run-android

in my project folder, I get the following error:`

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/android/build/gradle/AppPlugin : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0

I've updated java to the latest version and made sure that I've got all the required build tool sdk versions installed:

compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.3"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "myappId"
    minSdkVersion 19
    targetSdkVersion 22
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
    ndk {
        abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
    }
}

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I resolved it as follow:

1. Updated my JDK to 1.8
2. Changed JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the folder of new JDK version

Make sure that you're using the new JDK (step 2).