E/ddms IllegalArgumentException 'Bad version' with both 32 and 64 bit Java JRE installed

Question

E/ddms IllegalArgumentException \'Bad version\' with both 32 and 64 bit Java JRE installed

Hello. Working on a Windows 7 Pro 64-bit system, that has the 64-bit Java J

Answer 1

To fix error i did following task:

1. Run the Android application (Right click on the Project >>Run As >>> Android Application)it will start your emulator then let the emulator run.

2. Then check whether PATH variable in the Environment Variables set it to Android SDK Tools directory.

3. Then go to command prompt give command 'ddms' to start the Dalvik Debug Monitor.

4. Then again run the application as explained in the step 1.

Then see the emulator screen to see required result.

Answer 2

I have the same problem. But I could not get it to work with either an installation of only 32-bit jre nor only 64-bit jre. I never had both versions installed at the same time. Luckily I found this: http://www.lightsoft.se/?p=527.

Enter these commands in a command prompt after starting an emulator (and leaving it running):

adb kill-server
adb logcat-c

Answer 3

I had the same problem, and I was able to solve it. My situation is that I had two installed JREs, and one JDK. The Android docs say that you need the full JDK, so I decided to uninstall the two JREs. After I did that, things still weren't working (though with a different error), and then I found what might have been the root cause of my problem.

In short, when things weren't working, I had this situation. My JAVA_HOME system property was pointing to the JDK, and my PATH system property was pointing to the bin folder of one of the JREs.

The error that I got after I uninstalled my JREs was that Eclipse (3.5.1, 32 bit) wouldn't start up at all, saying it couldn't find the Java executable (or something along those lines). So I fixed up the PATH to point to the JDK's bin folder. After making this change, everything works fine now, and I can test out my Android programs.

So I'm happy with the end result, but here is the weird part of all this. My system is 64 bit, and runs Windows Vista. I can't get the Eclipse 3.5.1 64 bit version to work at all - I'm running the 32 bit version. I don't remember if my JDK is 32 or 64 bit, but probably 64 bit (as that seems like what I would have chosen at the time).

And here is the last mystery that I don't understand - I still get the same exception message on the third Windows command prompt window that pops up when I test my app (E/ddms: shutting down due to uncaught exception...)

I hope this helps.

Answer 4

This is a VERY crude method to fix it but worked for me.

I faced this same error.

It appeared from above comments that this happens due to some sort of conflict between various versions of JREs. I simply searched for java.exe on my entire machine and deleted all the directories that contained Java.

I know this is crude but works for me as I did not use any of those programs.

I guess removing all these directories from PATH variable could have worked as well

amol

Answer 5

I had this exactly problem. In my case, I am running Windows 7 32bits. I found solution:

Modify ddms.bat in C:\android-sdk-windows\tools folder. The last line from

call %java_exe% %java_debug% -Djava.ext.dirs=%javaextdirs% -Dcom.android.ddms.bindir= -jar %jarpath% %*

to:

call %java_exe% %java_debug% -Djava.ext.dirs=%javaextdirs% -Dcom.android.ddms.bindir= -jar %jarpath% ping emulator 0012

It works for me.

Reference: http://ichavo.ru/voprosy/10-11-15/illegalargumentexception-bad-version-standalone