Build error: Could not create an instance of...

Nano-95

Hey everyone,

New laptop, new problems!

I found the same question asked here... but there were not many answers, or a discussion to try to solve it.

I am running into this same issue, and this is for a custom build...

I followed the instructions for Exporting To Android . I have openJDK 8, and I installed the command line tools only rather than Android Studios so maybe that's where I strayed from the instructions a bit.

javac -version javac 1.8.0_282

After I try to export:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

What went wrong: Could not create an instance of type org.gradle.initialization.DefaultSettings_Decorated. '> Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper
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

It is pretty immediate after i press the build button and i select the path for the .apk

Has anybody run into this problem, or have any knowledge on how i could fix this?

Thank you!

cybereality

If you use the stable release of Godot, does Android export work there? Sounds like an SDK/toolchain issue.

Nano-95

@cybereality said: If you use the stable release of Godot, does Android export work there? Sounds like an SDK/toolchain issue.

Hey so I am using the stable release of Godot. Godot Engine v3.2.3.stable.official

However, I was able to fix it by just going ahead and installing Android Studio and running it once. After that I got the correct SDK folder, i believe.

When i downloaded the SDK cmd line tools only i got a folder appData > local > Android > android-sdk

So in the editor settings > export > Android... custom build SDK path that's what I had set it to.

However, after installing Android Studio, i got the folder that I was using in my old laptop (which i was using for reference....)

My old laptop was pointing to appData > local > Android > Sdk

And i did not have it until i installed Android Studio. So now i have custom build SDK path set to that path.

There was one more error after this, but i fixed it. The error was:

Failed to install the following Android SDK packages as some licences have not been accepted.

Fix: Navigate to sdkmanager. ~/appData > local > Android > Sdk > tools > bin run sdkmanager ./sdkmanager --licenses Which you then just type 'y' for every one, and then when it finishes you can re-try to export and the error should be gone.

I now exported successfully!

cybereality

Great, you got it working!