I updated my Android Studio to Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Patch 1 on Windows 10 Pro After creating a test app and trying to build it, I get the following error I can't even get Gradle Sync completed, it always fails
My current gradle wrapper properties file :
distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0-milestone-1-bin.zip
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
I tried reinstall Android Studio and different gradle version from 8.13 to 9 and tried different JDK in the settings (JDK 21 and open 24 JDK) but always get the same error below
The Error:
Unable to start the daemon process.
This problem might be caused by incorrect configuration of the daemon.
For example, an unrecognized jvm option is used.For more details on the daemon, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/9.0-milestone-1/userguide/gradle_daemon.html in the Gradle documentation.
Process command line: C:\Users\Nabeel\.jdks\openjdk-24.0.1\bin\java.exe --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.xml/javax.xml.namespace=ALL-UNNAMED --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED -Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.country=US -Duser.language=en -Duser.variant -cp C:\Users\Nabeel\.gradle\wrapper\dists\gradle-9.0-milestone-1-bin\3vdepk4s12bybhohyuvjcm1bd\gradle-9.0-milestone-1\lib\gradle-daemon-main-9.0.jar -javaagent:C:\Users\Nabeel\.gradle\wrapper\dists\gradle-9.0-milestone-1-bin\3vdepk4s12bybhohyuvjcm1bd\gradle-9.0-milestone-1\lib\agents\gradle-instrumentation-agent-9.0.jar org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.GradleDaemon 9.0-milestone-1
Please read the following process output to find out more:
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FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Could not initialize native services.
* Try:
> 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.
* Exception is:
org.gradle.internal.service.ServiceCreationException: Could not initialize native services.
at org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.services.NativeServices.initialize(NativeServices.java:290)
at org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.services.NativeServices.initializeOnDaemon(NativeServices.java:250)
at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.DaemonMain.doAction(DaemonMain.java:114)
at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.EntryPoint.run(EntryPoint.java:52)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:565)
at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.runNoExit(ProcessBootstrap.java:72)
at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.run(ProcessBootstrap.java:39)
at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.GradleDaemon.main(GradleDaemon.java:22)
Caused by: net.rubygrapefruit.platform.NativeException: Failed to initialise native integration.
at org.gradle.fileevents.FileEvents.init(FileEvents.java:71)
at org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.services.NativeServices$NativeFeatures$1.initialize(NativeServices.java:118)
at org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.services.NativeServices.<init>(NativeServices.java:343)
at org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.services.NativeServices.initialize(NativeServices.java:288)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: C:\Users\Nabeel\.gradle\native\0.2.7\x86_64-windows-gnu\gradle-fileevents.dll: The specified procedure could not be found
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries.load(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries$NativeLibraryImpl.open(NativeLibraries.java:321)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries.loadLibrary(NativeLibraries.java:187)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries.loadLibrary(NativeLibraries.java:129)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:2245)
at java.base/java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:767)
at java.base/java.lang.System.load(System.java:1624)
at org.gradle.fileevents.FileEvents.init(FileEvents.java:55)
... 11 more
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Check the JVM arguments defined for the gradle process in:
- gradle.properties in project root directory
I managed to resolve the issue by switching the Gradle version to 8.11.1.When using version 8.14.3, I encountered the same issue. The root cause lies in the fact that `fileevents.dll` is not compatible with this version. By downgrading the Gradle version to 8.11.1, the problem was resolved.