java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.v7.Java7

Question

I am getting this exception java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.v7.Java7 and java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Coul

Answer 1

Check that your project is running with Java 14 even though it is prepared for Java 8.

My IntelliJ Idea was giving the same error when trying to execute a Gradle task which was running perfectly in command line with JDK 8. The ItelliJ Idea project default JDK was 14 though.

Answer 2

How do you run the application? It's probably because you use Gradle as the build system and JDK14 and the Gradle version is old. Reference: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/10248

If you use Gradle Wrapper then refer to $PROJECT_ROOT/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties. Property distributionUrl should be: distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip

If it's an older version then change it, run ./gradlew clean build and try again.

Answer 3

This issue is solved for me only when I updated compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion to 30 with minSdkVersion 19

Answer 4

Got the same issue on a Maven & SpringBoot project, no Gradle whatever.

The dependency to org.codehaus.groovy is probably transitive through spring-cloud-contract-verifier. Run mvn dependency:tree to view the whole dependency tree.

I got it fixed by upgrading the spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin version to 2.2.3-RELEASE

Answer 5

I resolve this problem when integrated Facebook 7.19.2 and Google play Games 0.10.09.

In my case JDK and SDK using (and other in Edit/Preferences/External -> Tools-Android) default paths Unity:

JDK

C:/ProgramFiles/Unity/Hub/Editor/2019.2.12f1/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayer/Tools\OpenJDK\Windows

SDK

C:/Program Files/Unity/Hub/Editor/2019.2.12f1/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayer\SDK

In Environmental Variables(System Proporites/Advanced) added next:

Find(or click new variable under User Variables)

• JAVA_HOME and add root JDK path.

• JAVA_BIN and add path JDK/bin

• JAVA_LIB and add path JDK/lib

Also, add these paths in System Variables to variable "Path".

Do not use SDK from default Unity and JDK from not Unity default

Then Restart Unity(and better PC).

Then in Editor Unity - Assets/Play -> Service -> Resolve/Android -> Resolver/Force -> Resolve

All Work fine.

Answer 6

I solved it by just edit gradle-wrapper.properties inside gradle folder not .gradle :

from:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.2-all.zip

to:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-all.zip

rebuild and it's ok .