Gradle detects Java 1.8 instead of Java 11-CodePudding

When creating a new project with

npx react-native init newProject

and start the app by

npx react-native run-android

I will receive this error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file 'C:\Users\path\newProject\android\app\build.gradle' line: 1

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> Failed to apply plugin 'com.android.internal.application'.
   > Android Gradle plugin requires Java 11 to run. You are currently using Java 1.8.
     Your current JDK is located in  C:\Program Files\OpenJDK\openjdk-8u292-b10\jre
     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`.

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

BUILD FAILED in 11s

error Failed to install the app. Make sure you have the Android development environment set u
Error: Command failed: gradlew.bat app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081

./gradlew --version

------------------------------------------------------------
Gradle 7.5.1
------------------------------------------------------------

Build time:   2022-08-05 21:17:56 UTC
Revision:     d1daa0cbf1a0103000b71484e1dbfe096e095918

Kotlin:       1.6.21
Groovy:       3.0.10
Ant:          Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.11 compiled on July 10 2021
JVM:          1.8.0_292 (Oracle Corporation 25.292-b10)
OS:           Windows 10 10.0 amd64

I have tried it with other gradle versions and other react native versions, but the error still persists. Existing projects are working...

CodePudding user response：

You need to install Java 11 on your system and update the JAVA_HOME and PATH variables on your system. If you are using Windows, you can add or update it under environment variables. For Linux-based systems, you can just add these commands to to your profile file:

export JAVA_HOME="java11path"

export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH