java - Execution Failed for task :app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac in Android Studio

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I am developing an Android App in Android Studio. Not quite sure what went wrong. I was successfully building a few days ago. Any help would be great.
Here is the error:
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.
Here is my build.gradle
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"
defaultConfig {
    multiDexEnabled true
    applicationId "com.tubbs.citychurchob"
    minSdkVersion 14
    targetSdkVersion 23
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
      proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'),        'proguard-rules.pro'
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: 'Parse-*.jar')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.0'
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:23.1.0'
compile 'com.parse.bolts:bolts-android:1+'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.1.0'
                Go to Run -> Edit Configuration -> Gradle -> + Gradle -> Tasks:build, Script parameters: --info --debug -> Apply -> Run with new configurations -> Now you will be able to the details. Paste that logs in here.
– Milan
                Oct 29, 2015 at 1:54
                I solved this error due a bad import in project ... in Terminal type /gradlew assemble{Your Buile Type} --scan ... and it will output error in console.
– issamux
                Mar 29, 2018 at 10:02
                I had issue with Google Paging library that was not java 8 compatible, I had to update all my dependencies and error was gone.
– Hitesh Sahu
                May 20, 2018 at 3:07
                I am using Android Studio 3.3.1 and I would say this does not definitely answer the question but it is very useful for debugging it. Thanks man, this solution saved my hours finding the bug.
– Abel Callejo
                Feb 12, 2019 at 6:49
                You saved my life when i use the room framework for my database all error of key are hidden in the java compiler but are displayed in toogle view
– Xiidref
                Jun 3, 2019 at 12:26
                I tryed 23.0.1, 23.0.2, everything in project structure (intellij) pointing to 1.7, ./gradlew --version and javac both points to 1.7, JAVA_HOME set to point to 1.7 and still no luck - I always somehow manage to make it work but I always forget how. This is magic :(
– Srneczek
                Mar 1, 2016 at 16:04
                Where should I make these changes? I pulled a react native app and facing this error while making a build.
– DragonKnight
                Jan 22, 2018 at 8:36
This kind of problem really make us anxious because of that no more useful information will be provided.
I don't know we are really the same,but I can provide two ways to help us try to solve the problem.
1.Firstly you can try to clean or restart your Android Studio & your computer.In China,we have a saying between developers.
Little problems,just restart.Big problems,should reinstall.
The above saying will help you to solve this kind of problem many times.
2.Secondly we need to use some gradle command to help you to find more useful details.
I have met the similar situation as below:
org.gradle.initialization.ReportedException: org.gradle.internal.exceptions.LocationAwareException: Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:139)
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.executeTasks(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:109)
    at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$1.call(GradleBuildController.java:78)
    at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$1.call(GradleBuildController.java:75)
    at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultWorkerLeaseService.withLocks(DefaultWorkerLeaseService.java:152)
    at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController.doBuild(GradleBuildController.java:100)
    at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController.run(GradleBuildController.java:75)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.runner.BuildModelActionRunner.run(BuildModelActionRunner.java:53)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildActionRunner.java:35)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildActionRunner.java:35)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ValidatingBuildActionRunner.run(ValidatingBuildActionRunner.java:32)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner$1.run(RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner.java:43)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner.run(RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner.java:40)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SubscribableBuildActionRunner.run(SubscribableBuildActionRunner.java:51)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:47)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:30)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.BuildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.execute(BuildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.java:39)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.BuildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.execute(BuildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.java:25)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:80)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:53)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.execute(ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.java:57)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.execute(ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.java:32)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.execute(GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.java:36)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.execute(GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.java:25)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ParallelismConfigurationBuildActionExecuter.execute(ParallelismConfigurationBuildActionExecuter.java:43)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ParallelismConfigurationBuildActionExecuter.execute(ParallelismConfigurationBuildActionExecuter.java:29)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.StartParamsValidatingActionExecuter.execute(StartParamsValidatingActionExecuter.java:69)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.StartParamsValidatingActionExecuter.execute(StartParamsValidatingActionExecuter.java:30)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SessionFailureReportingActionExecuter.execute(SessionFailureReportingActionExecuter.java:59)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SessionFailureReportingActionExecuter.execute(SessionFailureReportingActionExecuter.java:44)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SetupLoggingActionExecuter.execute(SetupLoggingActionExecuter.java:45)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SetupLoggingActionExecuter.execute(SetupLoggingActionExecuter.java:30)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ExecuteBuild.doBuild(ExecuteBuild.java:67)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.WatchForDisconnection.execute(WatchForDisconnection.java:37)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ResetDeprecationLogger.execute(ResetDeprecationLogger.java:26)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon.execute(RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon.java:34)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:74)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:72)
    at org.gradle.util.Swapper.swap(Swapper.java:38)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput.execute(ForwardClientInput.java:72)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogAndCheckHealth.execute(LogAndCheckHealth.java:55)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogToClient.doBuild(LogToClient.java:62)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.EstablishBuildEnvironment.doBuild(EstablishBuildEnvironment.java:82)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy$1.run(StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.java:50)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DaemonStateCoordinator$1.run(DaemonStateCoordinator.java:295)
    at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
    at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.gradle.internal.exceptions.LocationAwareException: Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultExceptionAnalyser.transform(DefaultExceptionAnalyser.java:74)
    at org.gradle.initialization.MultipleBuildFailuresExceptionAnalyser.transform(MultipleBuildFailuresExceptionAnalyser.java:47)
    at org.gradle.initialization.StackTraceSanitizingExceptionAnalyser.transform(StackTraceSanitizingExceptionAnalyser.java:30)
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:137)
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.executeTasks(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:109)
    at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$1.call(GradleBuildController.java:78)
    at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$1.call(GradleBuildController.java:75)
    at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultWorkerLeaseService.withLocks(DefaultWorkerLeaseService.java:152)
    at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController.doBuild(GradleBuildController.java:100)
    at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController.run(GradleBuildController.java:75)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.runner.BuildModelActionRunner.run(BuildModelActionRunner.java:53)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildActionRunner.java:35)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildActionRunner.java:35)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ValidatingBuildActionRunner.run(ValidatingBuildActionRunner.java:32)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner$1.run(RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner.java:43)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner.run(RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner.java:40)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SubscribableBuildActionRunner.run(SubscribableBuildActionRunner.java:51)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:47)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:30)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.BuildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.execute(BuildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.java:39)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.BuildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.execute(BuildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.java:25)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:80)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:53)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.execute(ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.java:57)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.execute(ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.java:32)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.execute(GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.java:36)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.execute(GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.java:25)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ParallelismConfigurationBuildActionExecuter.execute(ParallelismConfigurationBuildActionExecuter.java:43)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ParallelismConfigurationBuildActionExecuter.execute(ParallelismConfigurationBuildActionExecuter.java:29)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.StartParamsValidatingActionExecuter.execute(StartParamsValidatingActionExecuter.java:69)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.StartParamsValidatingActionExecuter.execute(StartParamsValidatingActionExecuter.java:30)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SessionFailureReportingActionExecuter.execute(SessionFailureReportingActionExecuter.java:59)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SessionFailureReportingActionExecuter.execute(SessionFailureReportingActionExecuter.java:44)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SetupLoggingActionExecuter.execute(SetupLoggingActionExecuter.java:45)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SetupLoggingActionExecuter.execute(SetupLoggingActionExecuter.java:30)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ExecuteBuild.doBuild(ExecuteBuild.java:67)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.WatchForDisconnection.execute(WatchForDisconnection.java:37)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ResetDeprecationLogger.execute(ResetDeprecationLogger.java:26)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon.execute(RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon.java:34)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:74)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:72)
    at org.gradle.util.Swapper.swap(Swapper.java:38)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput.execute(ForwardClientInput.java:72)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogAndCheckHealth.execute(LogAndCheckHealth.java:55)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogToClient.doBuild(LogToClient.java:62)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.EstablishBuildEnvironment.doBuild(EstablishBuildEnvironment.java:82)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:122)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy$1.run(StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.java:50)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DaemonStateCoordinator$1.run(DaemonStateCoordinator.java:295)
    at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
    at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)
    at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
Caused by: org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:100)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:70)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.execute(OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.java:51)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:62)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.java:54)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:60)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:97)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.execute(CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.java:87)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.java:52)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:54)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:34)
    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker$1.run(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:248)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110)
    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:241)
    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:230)
    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.processTask(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:123)
    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.access$200(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:79)
    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:104)
    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98)
    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:626)
    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.executeWithTask(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:581)
    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98)
    ... 3 more
Caused by: org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.CompilationFailedException: Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.execute(JdkJavaCompiler.java:50)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.execute(JdkJavaCompiler.java:35)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.NormalizingJavaCompiler.delegateAndHandleErrors(NormalizingJavaCompiler.java:98)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.NormalizingJavaCompiler.execute(NormalizingJavaCompiler.java:51)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.NormalizingJavaCompiler.execute(NormalizingJavaCompiler.java:37)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.execute(CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.java:35)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.execute(CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.java:25)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.incremental.IncrementalCompilationFinalizer.execute(IncrementalCompilationFinalizer.java:39)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.incremental.IncrementalCompilationFinalizer.execute(IncrementalCompilationFinalizer.java:24)
    at org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.performCompilation(JavaCompile.java:207)
    at org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.compile(JavaCompile.java:133)
    at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.factory.AndroidJavaCompile.compile(AndroidJavaCompile.java:125)
    at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.IncrementalTaskAction.doExecute(IncrementalTaskAction.java:46)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:39)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:26)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$1.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:121)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:110)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:92)
    ... 29 more
You know that the above log is not useful for us to solve this kind of problem.We need to do some gradle command to find more useful information.




    

Note:I use macOS(10.13) and Android Studio(3.1)
Go to your Android project directory to execute the gradle command below:
  ./gradlew assembleDebug --info
Note:If you have permission problems while executing the above command,you can use this to deal with it:
chmod +x gradlew
And then I got this(Some unimportant parts are omitted):
> Task :app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
Putting task artifact state for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac' into context took 0.0 secs.
file or directory '/Users/ifeegoo/workspace/android/android-bluetooth-color-lamp-karma-lighting/app/src/debug/java', not found
Up-to-date check for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac' took 0.009 secs. It is not up-to-date because:
  Task has failed previously.
All input files are considered out-of-date for incremental task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
Compiling with source level 1.7 and target level 1.7.
Creating new cache for classAnalysis, path /Users/ifeegoo/workspace/android/android-bluetooth-color-lamp-karma-lighting/.gradle/4.4.1/javaCompile/classAnalysis.bin, access org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess@156d7504
Creating new cache for jarAnalysis, path /Users/ifeegoo/workspace/android/android-bluetooth-color-lamp-karma-lighting/.gradle/4.4.1/javaCompile/jarAnalysis.bin, access org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess@156d7504
Creating new cache for taskJars, path /Users/ifeegoo/workspace/android/android-bluetooth-color-lamp-karma-lighting/.gradle/4.4.1/javaCompile/taskJars.bin, access org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess@156d7504
Creating new cache for taskHistory, path /Users/ifeegoo/workspace/android/android-bluetooth-color-lamp-karma-lighting/.gradle/4.4.1/javaCompile/taskHistory.bin, access org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess@156d7504
:app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac - is not incremental (e.g. outputs have changed, no previous execution, etc.).
file or directory '/Users/ifeegoo/workspace/android/android-bluetooth-color-lamp-karma-lighting/app/src/debug/java', not found
Compiling with JDK Java compiler API.
/Users/ifeegoo/workspace/android/android-bluetooth-color-lamp-karma-lighting/app/src/main/java/com/chipsguide/app/colorbluetoothlamp/v2/karmalighting/frags/banner/VideoActivity.java:10: error: package com.android.tedcoder.wkvideoplayer.model does not exist
import com.android.tedcoder.wkvideoplayer.model.Video;
/Users/ifeegoo/workspace/android/android-bluetooth-color-lamp-karma-lighting/app/src/main/java/com/chipsguide/app/colorbluetoothlamp/v2/karmalighting/frags/banner/VideoActivity.java:11: error: package com.android.tedcoder.wkvideoplayer.model does not exist
import com.android.tedcoder.wkvideoplayer.model.VideoUrl;
/Users/ifeegoo/workspace/android/android-bluetooth-color-lamp-karma-lighting/app/src/main/java/com/chipsguide/app/colorbluetoothlamp/v2/karmalighting/frags/banner/VideoActivity.java:12: error: package com.android.tedcoder.wkvideoplayer.view does not exist
import com.android.tedcoder.wkvideoplayer.view.MediaController;
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35 errors
:app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac (Thread[Task worker for ':',5,main]) completed. Took 0.84 secs.
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.
* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
BUILD FAILED in 2s
15 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 14 up-to-date 
I have got the most important details information,because of one module imported not properly which makes the class not found.So, I got it and solve the problem.
Some other gradle command:
*clean project
./gradlew clean  
*build project
./gradlew build
*build for debug package
./gradlew assembleDebug or ./gradlew aD
*build for release package
./gradlew assembleRelease or ./gradlew aR
*build for release package and install
./gradlew installRelease or ./gradlew iR Release
*build for debug package and install
./gradlew installDebug or ./gradlew iD Debug
*uninstall release package
./gradlew uninstallRelease or ./gradlew uR
*uninstall debug package
./gradlew uninstallDebug or ./gradlew uD 
*all the above command + "--info" or "--debug" or "--scan" or "--stacktrace" can get more detail information.
If you cannot get enough information by --info,please use --debug/--scan/--stacktrace instead.
Remember that the more details will help you to solve the problem the more.
  Note:Gradle commands are really powerful,if you want to do more complicated operation,especially about how to deal with debug/release or multi-channels or modules,go to Android Studio to check the Gradle Window,then you will know how to do it!
This is because your $JAVA_HOME is not set. If you are using a Mac:
export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_65.jdk/Contents/Home"
in .bash_profile
                Its smart answer is that there is some syntax error in your Code may be in Java file or xml. FIx them error will gone.  work 100 percent for me every time
– Sheharyar Ejaz
                Aug 2, 2018 at 7:51
                Type export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk- and then click tab to find your correct version, then keep on typing /Contents/Home
– sed
                Jul 3, 2019 at 11:38
                Fyi to find where it should point to type "/usr/libexec/java_home" in the console it will return you the correct path
– Liem
                Jan 29, 2020 at 12:33
I've tried both of the provided answers. But none of them worked.
I think the solution is the following:
In your project, go to Gradle Scripts >> build.gradle (Module:app) then remove the lines below (if they present)
compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
After removing it clean the project, then run it again.
No need to set JAVA_HOME, nor change the version.
                this was my problem.  Removing the entire compileOptions bracket containing JavaVersions solved it for me.
– kc ochibili
                Nov 17, 2022 at 5:01
                It worked for me by adding below my app/build.gradle to make my Android project compilation be compatible with Java 8 with sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8 and targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
– Denis Francia Karell
                Jan 11 at 18:28
                I had to uncheck 'use built in JRE' to do this, but once I did, everything worked!  Thank you!
– john k
                Sep 10, 2018 at 4:10
If all the above didn't work for you try removing cache from .gradle global folder
Try the following
rm -rf ~/.gradle/caches
react-native run-android
If didn't work, the below worked perfectly for me
rm -rf ~/.gradle
react-native run-android
Update (06/05/2017)
I wanted to use Realm for Android and that required Retrolambda. Problem is Retrolambda conflicts with Jack.
So I removed my Jack options config from my gradle shown in original answer below and made the following changes:
// ---------------------------------------------
// Project build.gradle file
// ---------------------------------------------
buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.1'
        classpath 'me.tatarka:gradle-retrolambda:3.6.1'
        classpath "io.realm:realm-gradle-plugin:3.1.4"
        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
// ---------------------------------------------
// Module build.gradle file
// ---------------------------------------------
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'me.tatarka.retrolambda'
apply plugin: 'realm-android'
android {
    compileSdkVersion 25
    buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
Tools.jar
If you made those changes above and you still get the following error:
Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
com.sun.tools.javac.util.Context.put(Ljava/lang/Class;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
Try removing the following file:
/Library/Java/Extensions/tools.jar 
Then:
Quit emulator
Quit Android Studio
Reopen Android Studio
Build > Clean Project
Run/debug your app onto your device/emulator again
All the changes fixed it for me.
Note: 
I am not sure what tools.jar does or whether it's important. Like other uses in this Stackoverflow question:
Can't build Java project on OSX yosemite
We were unfortunate enough to have to use AUSKey (some ancient dinosaur Java authentication key system used by Australian Government to authenticate our computer before we can log into Australian business portal website).
My speculation is tools.jar might have been a JAR file for/by AUSKey.
If you're worried, instead of deleting this file, you can make a backup of the whole folder and save it somewhere just in case you can't login to Australian Business Portal again.
Hope that helps :D
Original Answer
I came across this problem today (27/06/2016).
I downloaded Android Studio 2.2 and updated JDK to 1.8.
In addition to the above answers of pointing to the correct JDK path, I had to additionally specify the JDK version in my build.gradle(Module: app) file:
compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
The resulting file looks like this:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
    compileSdkVersion 24
    buildToolsVersion "24.0.2"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.mycompany.appname"
        minSdkVersion 17
        targetSdkVersion 24
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
        jackOptions {
            enabled true
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.1'
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
Please also notice if you came across an error about Java 8 language features requires Jack enabled, you need to add the following to your gradle file (as shown above):
jackOptions {
    enabled true
After doing that, I finally got my new project app running on my phone.
In Android Studio open:
File > Project Structure and check if JDK location points to your JDK 1.8 directory.
Note: you can use compileSdkVersion 24.
It works trust me. For this to work first download latest JDK from Oracle.
I got this issue solved. 
I was trying to compile this project  "Waveform Android" - https://github.com/Semantive/waveform-android
and got I this error.
I am using Android studio on Ubuntu 14.04LTS.
I have JAVA 8 Installed. 
in my gradle build script file there was some statements as below.
retrolambda {
    jdk System.getenv("JAVA8_HOME")
    oldJdk System.getenv("JAVA7_HOME")
    javaVersion JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
I changed the "JAVA8_HOME" to "JAVA_HOME" because in my environment variables the java home directory is set as JAVA_HOME not as JAVA8_HOME and then It built succesfully.
after changing the build script.
retrolambda {
    jdk System.getenv("JAVA_HOME")
    oldJdk System.getenv("JAVA7_HOME")
    javaVersion JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
Or the other way you can create a new environment variable named JAVA8_HOME pointing to the right JDK location, but I have not tried that though because I dont want environment variables for each JDK version.
                Retrolambda was my issue. I was hardcoding an old Java Home version but then upgraded and forgot to update. Switching to this automated way. Thanks!
– superuserdo
                Feb 2, 2017 at 16:01
I had this issue on Mac OS Sierra on my way to running a React Native Android App for the first time:
Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
> Could not find tools.jar
I changed my JAVA HOME environment variable for Java Development Kit (JDK) from:
export JAVA_HOME='/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home'
export JAVA_HOME='/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home'
I figured out where the correct version was after creating a project in Android Studio and looking for the JDK location in the project settings.
                This is the answer. I had replaced a library in libs folder. But when I looked into the build.gradle file, the old library was remaining there as a dependancy. I had to manually delete the entry from build.gradle.
– Krishnabhadra
                Aug 31, 2016 at 6:03
Just complementing @yuchaozh answer above that helped me solve it.
(I don't have rep to comment)
Run this to know which java version you have
ls /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
You'll get an output like:
jdk1.8.0_111.jdk
Replace with your Java version and run this command to export the correct path.
export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/<YOUR_JAVA_VERSION>/Contents/Home"
I had this same issue. I was working with a team of developers using a Mac and everybody else on the team was running Windows. However we were using the Anroid Studio 2.2-beta with jdk 1.8. If you are on a mac and come across this issue, here is how to solve it. DONT USE Android Studio 2.2-beta. I spent hours trying to debug this error in 2.2-beta. I solved it by simply changing to Android Studio 2.1.3. Our app ran instantly after changing the Android Studio version. Also on Android Studio's website before you download it warns mac users about running jdk 1.8 on 2.2 beta. Guess I should have read the fine print haha
I encountered the same error.
JAVA_HOME pointing to the correct version of JDK.
All support libraries and build tools updated.
Was still facing the same issue.
I am using Android annotations in my project.
I added a new View..and there was already an existing view with the same name in the Java file.
When I run the project, instead of indicating the view already exists, I was receiving the above error.
Check your java files errors if other solutions does not work.
This may happen if you are using Android+Lambdas. Sometimes I can use Lambdas without any issues but in other situations the project won't compile and gives the exception in the compiler (When I try to pass a Lambda or a method reference to ScheduledExecutorService.scheduleAtFixedRate). 
There is a discussion in this link (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8169759) where they explain why this happen. In the mean time I'm just using lambdas in my Android project when the compiler allows me.
In my case, the issue was not resolved by updating butterknife
from: "com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.4.0"
to:  "com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.8.1" 
I've tried to @BindView inside Adapter class and no success. As soon I used .findViewById(R.id.message_time), compilation had been completed successfully.