Updated to Android Studio Arctic Fox and now I am stuck with "Execution failed for task ':app:kaptDebugKotlin'"

Question

Just updated to Android Studio Arctic Fox on Mac, and after fixing and updating all Gradle settings to make it compatible with Gradle 7.0 and anything this new version has required me to do, I am now stuck with this error when building my project:

Execution failed for task ':app:kaptDebugKotlin'.
> A failure occurred while executing org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.KaptWithoutKotlincTask$KaptExecutionWorkAction
   > java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException (no error message)

For reference, here is my Project Gradle file:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
    ext {
        kotlin_version = "1.5.21"
        version_navigation = "2.3.5"
        version_lifecycle_extensions = "2.2.0"
        version_lifecycle = "2.3.1"
        version_room = "2.4.0-alpha04"
        //version_room = "2.2.6"
        version_coroutine = "1.5.0"
        version_retrofit = "2.9.0"
        version_moshi = "1.9.3"
        version_retrofit_coroutines_adapter = "0.9.2"
        version_glide = "4.12.0"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.0'
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-android-extensions:$kotlin_version"
        classpath 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
        classpath "androidx.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:$version_navigation"

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

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

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

And here is my Module Gradle file:

plugins {
    id 'com.android.application'
    id 'kotlin-android'
    id 'kotlin-android-extensions'
    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt"
    //id 'androidx.navigation.safeargs'
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 30
    buildToolsVersion "30.0.3"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.virtualsheetmusic.vsheetmusic"
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 30
        versionCode 20
        versionName "2.0"

        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"

        multiDexEnabled true

        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
    }

    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'
    }

    buildFeatures {

        //dataBinding includes viewBidning below https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58040778/android-difference-between-databinding-and-viewbinding
        dataBinding true

        // for view binding only:
        // viewBinding true
    }
}

dependencies {

    //implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
    //implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"
    //implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-android-extensions-runtime:$kotlin_version"
    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.6.0'
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.1'
    implementation "androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.3.6"
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.4.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.4'
    implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
    implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.3.5'
    implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.3.5'
    implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-ktx:2.3.1'

    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$kotlin_version"

    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'
    implementation 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:4.7.1'

    //Lifecycle and LiveData
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:$version_lifecycle_extensions"
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:$version_lifecycle"

    //Room
    implementation "androidx.room:room-runtime:$version_room"
    kapt "androidx.room:room-compiler:$version_room"//annotationProcessor

    // Kotlin Extensions and Coroutines support for Room
    implementation "androidx.room:room-ktx:$version_room"


    // Coroutines
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:$version_coroutine"
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:$version_coroutine"

    // Testing
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'

    //For Internet connectiona and JSON stuff...

    // Moshi
    implementation "com.squareup.moshi:moshi:$version_moshi"
    implementation "com.squareup.moshi:moshi-kotlin:$version_moshi"

    // Retrofit
    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:$version_retrofit"
    //implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-scalars:$version_retrofit"

    // Retrofit with Moshi Converter
    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-moshi:$version_retrofit"
    implementation "com.jakewharton.retrofit:retrofit2-kotlin-coroutines-adapter:$version_retrofit_coroutines_adapter"

    //Glide
    implementation "com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:$version_glide"
    kapt "com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:$version_glide"

    //Recyclerview swipe-refresh...
    implementation 'androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.1.0'

    //For PDF and download management from here: https://blog.mindorks.com/how-to-open-a-pdf-file-in-android-programmatically
    //https://github.com/barteksc/AndroidPdfViewer
    //implementation 'com.github.barteksc:android-pdf-viewer:2.8.2'
    implementation 'com.github.barteksc:android-pdf-viewer:3.2.0-beta.1'
    //implementation 'com.mindorks.android:prdownloader:0.6.0'

    //This below to handle double clicks...
    //implementation 'com.gitlab.developerdeveloperdeveloper:androidutilslibrary:1.0.0'

}

I have also tried to debug the problem by using the command line and executing "./gradlew clean build" and here is the output I get:

> Configure project :app
Warning: The 'kotlin-android-extensions' Gradle plugin is deprecated. Please use this migration guide (https://goo.gle/kotlin-android-extensions-deprecation) to start working with View Binding (https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/view-binding) and the 'kotlin-parcelize' plugin.

> Task :app:stripDebugDebugSymbols
Unable to strip the following libraries, packaging them as they are: libc++_shared.so, libjniPdfium.so, libmodft2.so, libmodpdfium.so, libmodpng.so.

> Task :app:stripReleaseDebugSymbols
Unable to strip the following libraries, packaging them as they are: libc++_shared.so, libjniPdfium.so, libmodft2.so, libmodpdfium.so, libmodpng.so.

> Task :app:extractReleaseNativeSymbolTables
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/mips/libmodpng.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the mips ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/mips/libmodft2.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the mips ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/mips/libc++_shared.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the mips ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/mips/libmodpdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the mips ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/mips/libjniPdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the mips ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/armeabi-v7a/libmodpng.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the armeabi-v7a ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/armeabi-v7a/libmodft2.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the armeabi-v7a ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/armeabi-v7a/libc++_shared.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the armeabi-v7a ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/armeabi-v7a/libmodpdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the armeabi-v7a ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/armeabi-v7a/libjniPdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the armeabi-v7a ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/mips64/libmodpng.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the mips64 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/mips64/libmodft2.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the mips64 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/mips64/libc++_shared.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the mips64 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/mips64/libmodpdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the mips64 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/mips64/libjniPdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the mips64 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/x86/libmodpng.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the x86 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/x86/libmodft2.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the x86 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/x86/libc++_shared.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the x86 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/x86/libmodpdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the x86 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/x86/libjniPdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the x86 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/arm64-v8a/libmodpng.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the arm64-v8a ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/arm64-v8a/libmodft2.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the arm64-v8a ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/arm64-v8a/libc++_shared.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the arm64-v8a ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/arm64-v8a/libmodpdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the arm64-v8a ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/arm64-v8a/libjniPdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the arm64-v8a ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/x86_64/libmodpng.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the x86_64 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/x86_64/libmodft2.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the x86_64 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/x86_64/libc++_shared.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the x86_64 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/x86_64/libmodpdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the x86_64 ABI.
Unable to extract native debug metadata from /Volumes/DocumentsNew/Users/fabrizio/AndroidStudioProjects/VSheetMusic/app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/x86_64/libjniPdfium.so because unable to locate the objcopy executable for the x86_64 ABI.

> Task :app:kaptDebugKotlin FAILED
> Task :app:kaptReleaseKotlin FAILED

FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

1: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:kaptDebugKotlin'.
> A failure occurred while executing org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.KaptWithoutKotlincTask$KaptExecutionWorkAction
   > java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException (no error message)

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

2: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:kaptReleaseKotlin'.
> A failure occurred while executing org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.KaptWithoutKotlincTask$KaptExecutionWorkAction
   > java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException (no error message)

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 8.0.

You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.

See https://docs.gradle.org/7.1.1/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings

BUILD FAILED in 15s
69 actionable tasks: 68 executed, 1 up-to-date

I have already spent hours figuring this out, so, please, if you have any thoughts, let me know!

Thanks to everyone in advance.

Answer 1

Problem solved guys. After some more research and using the command line to build in order to have more debug information (I used ./gradlew clean build --stacktrace), I found that something was wring with Kapt and JDK 16 as explained here:

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-45545

I followed the suggestion over there by adding:

org.gradle.jvmargs=--illegal-access=permit

To gradle.properties file, and that fixed the problem!