error run android device

[ilsanto17]

When I try to run my android application on real and virtual device I get this error.

capacitor run android --target Pixel_8_Pro_API_35
[capacitor] ✔ Copying web assets from www to android/app/src/main/assets/public in 26.01ms
[capacitor] ✔ Creating capacitor.config.json in android/app/src/main/assets in 449.29μs
[capacitor] [info] Inlining sourcemaps
[capacitor] ✔ copy android in 35.57ms
[capacitor] ✔ Updating Android plugins in 2.08ms
[capacitor] [info] Found 4 Capacitor plugins for android:
[capacitor]        @capacitor/[email protected]
[capacitor]        @capacitor/[email protected]
[capacitor]        @capacitor/[email protected]
[capacitor]        @capacitor/[email protected]
[capacitor] ✔ update android in 34.52ms
[capacitor] ✖ Running Gradle build - failed!
[capacitor] [error] 
[capacitor]         > Configure project :app
[capacitor]         WARNING: Using flatDir should be avoided because it doesn't support any meta-data formats.
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         > Configure project :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins
[capacitor]         WARNING: Using flatDir should be avoided because it doesn't support any meta-data formats.
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         > Task :app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:mergeDebugNativeDebugMetadata NO-SOURCE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :app:javaPreCompileDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:writeDebugAarMetadata
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:writeDebugAarMetadata
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:writeDebugAarMetadata
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:writeDebugAarMetadata
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:writeDebugAarMetadata
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:writeDebugAarMetadata
[capacitor]         > Task :app:generateDebugResValues
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugResValues
[capacitor]         > Task :app:checkDebugAarMetadata
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:packageDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugResValues
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:packageDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugResValues
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:packageDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:generateDebugResValues
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:generateDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:packageDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:generateDebugResValues
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:generateDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:packageDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:generateDebugResValues
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:generateDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:packageDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :app:mapDebugSourceSetPaths
[capacitor]         > Task :app:generateDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :app:packageDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :app:createDebugCompatibleScreenManifests
[capacitor]         > Task :app:extractDeepLinksDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:extractDeepLinksDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:extractDeepLinksDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:extractDeepLinksDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:extractDeepLinksDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:extractDeepLinksDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:extractDeepLinksDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :app:parseDebugLocalResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:processDebugManifest
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:processDebugManifest
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:processDebugManifest
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:processDebugManifest
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:processDebugManifest
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:processDebugManifest
[capacitor]         > Task :app:mergeDebugResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugLibraryResources
[capacitor]         > Task :app:processDebugMainManifest
[capacitor]         > Task :app:processDebugManifest
[capacitor]         > Task :app:processDebugManifestForPackage
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:parseDebugLocalResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:compileDebugLibraryResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:parseDebugLocalResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugLibraryResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:compileDebugLibraryResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:parseDebugLocalResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:compileDebugLibraryResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:parseDebugLocalResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:parseDebugLocalResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:compileDebugLibraryResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-haptics:generateDebugRFile
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugRFile
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugRFile
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugRFile
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-keyboard:generateDebugRFile
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:javaPreCompileDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-app:javaPreCompileDebug
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-status-bar:parseDebugLocalResources
[capacitor]         > Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
[capacitor]         [Incubating] Problems report is available at: file:///Users/utente/app/testAppUnity/android/build/reports/problems/problems-report.html
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         * What went wrong:
[capacitor]         Execution failed for task ':capacitor-android:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
[capacitor]         > error: invalid source release: 21
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         * Try:
[capacitor]         > Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
[capacitor]         > Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
[capacitor]         > Run with --scan to get full insights.
[capacitor]         > Get more help at https://help.gradle.org.
[capacitor]         
[capacitor]         BUILD FAILED in 4s
[capacitor]         69 actionable tasks: 69 executed
[capacitor]         
[ERROR] An error occurred while running subprocess capacitor.
        
        capacitor run android --target Pixel_8_Pro_API_35 exited with exit code 1.
        
        Re-running this command with the --verbose flag may provide more information.

I can't solve it in any way. Do you have any ideas?

[JulienLecoq]

I think that this issue should be posted on the Capacitor repo rather than this one.

[omysn]

@ilsanto17 make sure you're suing >=21 jdk
Update to the 21 version solved the issue for me