React Native on Windows: how to fix error: Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ReflectionCache

 Sample error:

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D:\VueNative\demo>react-native run-android (node:54444) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module expo rts inside circular dependency (Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created) info JS server already running. info Building and installing the app on the device (cd android && gradlew.bat ap p:installDebug)... Downloading https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip ................................................................................ ..............................................   Welcome to Gradle 5.4.1!   Here are the highlights of this release:  - Run builds with JDK12  - New API for Incremental Tasks  - Updates to native projects, including Swift 5 support   For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/5.4.1/release-notes.html   Starting a Gradle Daemon (subsequent builds will be faster) java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.v mplugin.v7.Java7         at org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.VMPluginFactory.<clinit>(VMPluginFactory .java:43)         at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.GroovyClassValueFactory.<clinit>(Groov yClassValueFactory.java:35)         at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ClassInfo.<clinit>(ClassInfo.java:109)           at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ReflectionCache.getCachedClass(Reflect ionCache.java:95)         at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ReflectionCache.<clinit>(ReflectionCac he.java:39)         at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.MetaClassRegistryImpl.registerM ethods(MetaClassRegistryImpl.java:209)         at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.MetaClassRegistryImpl.<init>(Me taClassRegistryImpl.java:107)         at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.MetaClassRegistryImpl.<init>(Me taClassRegistryImpl.java:85)         at groovy.lang.GroovySystem.<clinit>(GroovySystem.java:36)         at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.<clinit>(InvokerHelper.java :86)         at groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport.getDefaultMetaClass(GroovyObjectSuppo rt.java:59)         at groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport.<init>(GroovyObjectSupport.java:32)         at org.gradle.internal.extensibility.DefaultExtraPropertiesExtension.<in it>(DefaultExtraPropertiesExtension.java:29)         at org.gradle.internal.extensibility.DefaultConvention.<init>(DefaultCon vention.java:48)         at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultConvention.<init>(DefaultConve ntion.java:28)         at org.gradle.internal.extensibility.ExtensibleDynamicObject.<init>(Exte nsibleDynamicObject.java:60)         at org.gradle.internal.instantiation.MixInExtensibleDynamicObject.<init> (MixInExtensibleDynamicObject.java:34)         at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultSettings_Decorated.getAsDynamicObjec t(Unknown Source)         at org.gradle.initialization.SettingsFactory.createSettings(SettingsFact ory.java:58)         at org.gradle.initialization.ScriptEvaluatingSettingsProcessor.process(S criptEvaluatingSettingsProcessor.java:60)         at org.gradle.initialization.PropertiesLoadingSettingsProcessor.process( PropertiesLoadingSettingsProcessor.java:37)         at org.gradle.initialization.SettingsEvaluatedCallbackFiringSettingsProc essor.process(SettingsEvaluatedCallbackFiringSettingsProcessor.java:34)         at org.gradle.initialization.RootBuildCacheControllerSettingsProcessor.p rocess(RootBuildCacheControllerSettingsProcessor.java:36)         at org.gradle.initialization.BuildOperationSettingsProcessor$2.call(Buil dOperationSettingsProcessor.java:50)         at org.gradle.initialization.BuildOperationSettingsProcessor$2.call(Buil dOperationSettingsProcessor.java:47)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$Callable BuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:416)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$Callable BuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:406)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$1.execut e(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:165)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute( DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:250)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute( DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:158)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.call(Def aultBuildOperationExecutor.java:102)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.call( DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:36)         at org.gradle.initialization.BuildOperationSettingsProcessor.process(Bui ldOperationSettingsProcessor.java:47)         at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultSettingsLoader.findSettingsAndLoadIf Appropriate(DefaultSettingsLoader.java:104)         at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultSettingsLoader.findAndLoadSettings(D efaultSettingsLoader.java:45)         at org.gradle.initialization.SettingsAttachingSettingsLoader.findAndLoad Settings(SettingsAttachingSettingsLoader.java:35)         at org.gradle.internal.composite.CommandLineIncludedBuildSettingsLoader. findAndLoadSettings(CommandLineIncludedBuildSettingsLoader.java:34)         at org.gradle.internal.composite.ChildBuildRegisteringSettingsLoader.fin dAndLoadSettings(ChildBuildRegisteringSettingsLoader.java:47)         at org.gradle.internal.composite.CompositeBuildSettingsLoader.findAndLoa dSettings(CompositeBuildSettingsLoader.java:35)         at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$LoadBuild.run(Default GradleLauncher.java:277)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$Runnable BuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:402)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$Runnable BuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:394)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$1.execut e(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:165)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute( DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:250)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute( DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:158)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(Defa ultBuildOperationExecutor.java:92)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.run(D elegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:31)         at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.loadSettings(DefaultG radleLauncher.java:202)         at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(Default GradleLauncher.java:147)         at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.executeTasks(DefaultG radleLauncher.java:134)         at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$1.execute(Gradle BuildController.java:58)         at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$1.execute(Gradle BuildController.java:55)         at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$3.create(GradleB uildController.java:82)         at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$3.create(GradleB uildController.java:75)         at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultWorkerLeaseService.withLocks(DefaultW orkerLeaseService.java:183)         at org.gradle.internal.work.StopShieldingWorkerLeaseService.withLocks(St opShieldingWorkerLeaseService.java:40)         at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController.doBuild(GradleBu ildController.java:75)         at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController.run(GradleBuildC ontroller.java:55)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ExecuteBuildActionRunner.run(Exe cuteBuildActionRunner.java:31)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildA ctionRunner.java:35)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.BuildOutcomeReportingBuildActionRunner.run(B uildOutcomeReportingBuildActionRunner.java:58)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ValidatingBuildActionRunner.run( ValidatingBuildActionRunner.java:32)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.BuildCompletionNotifyingBuildActionRunner.ru n(BuildCompletionNotifyingBuildActionRunner.java:39)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner$3.call( RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner.java:51)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner$3.call( RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner.java:45)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$Callable BuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:416)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$Callable BuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:406)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$1.execut e(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:165)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute( DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:250)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute( DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:158)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.call(Def aultBuildOperationExecutor.java:102)         at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.call( DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:36)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.RunAsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner.run(Run AsBuildOperationBuildActionRunner.java:45)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$1.transform(InP rocessBuildActionExecuter.java:49)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$1.transform(InP rocessBuildActionExecuter.java:46)         at org.gradle.composite.internal.DefaultRootBuildState.run(DefaultRootBu ildState.java:78)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProce ssBuildActionExecuter.java:46)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProce ssBuildActionExecuter.java:31)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.BuildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.execute(Bu ildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.java:42)         at org.gradle.launcher.exec.BuildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.execute(Bu ildTreeScopeBuildActionExecuter.java:28)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.ex ecute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:78)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.ex ecute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:52)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SubscribableBuildActionExecuter. execute(SubscribableBuildActionExecuter.java:59)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SubscribableBuildActionExecuter. execute(SubscribableBuildActionExecuter.java:36)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SessionScopeBuildActionExecuter. execute(SessionScopeBuildActionExecuter.java:68)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SessionScopeBuildActionExecuter. execute(SessionScopeBuildActionExecuter.java:38)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter. execute(GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.java:37)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter. execute(GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.java:26)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ParallelismConfigurationBuildAct ionExecuter.execute(ParallelismConfigurationBuildActionExecuter.java:43)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ParallelismConfigurationBuildAct ionExecuter.execute(ParallelismConfigurationBuildActionExecuter.java:29)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.StartParamsValidatingActionExecu ter.execute(StartParamsValidatingActionExecuter.java:60)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.StartParamsValidatingActionExecu ter.execute(StartParamsValidatingActionExecuter.java:32)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SessionFailureReportingActionExe cuter.execute(SessionFailureReportingActionExecuter.java:55)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SessionFailureReportingActionExe cuter.execute(SessionFailureReportingActionExecuter.java:41)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SetupLoggingActionExecuter.execu te(SetupLoggingActionExecuter.java:48)         at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SetupLoggingActionExecuter.execu te(SetupLoggingActionExecuter.java:32)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ExecuteBuild.doBuild(ExecuteBu ild.java:67)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(Build CommandOnly.java:36)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed( DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.WatchForDisconnection.execute( WatchForDisconnection.java:37)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed( DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ResetDeprecationLogger.execute (ResetDeprecationLogger.java:26)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed( DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon. execute(RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon.java:34)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed( DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(Forw ardClientInput.java:74)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(Forw ardClientInput.java:72)         at org.gradle.util.Swapper.swap(Swapper.java:38)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput.execute(For wardClientInput.java:72)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed( DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogAndCheckHealth.execute(LogA ndCheckHealth.java:55)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed( DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogToClient.doBuild(LogToClien t.java:62)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(Build CommandOnly.java:36)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed( DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.EstablishBuildEnvironment.doBu ild(EstablishBuildEnvironment.java:81)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(Build CommandOnly.java:36)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed( DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy$1. run(StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.java:50)         at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DaemonStateCoordinator$1.run(Daemon StateCoordinator.java:295)         at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures. onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)         at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecu torImpl.java:46)         at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoo lExecutor.java:1130)         at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPo olExecutor.java:630)         at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnabl e.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)         at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832)   FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.   * What went wrong: Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ReflectionCache   * 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   BUILD FAILED in 2m 12s error Could not install the app on the device, read the error above for details.   Make sure you have an Android emulator running or a device connected and have set up your Android development environment: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html error Command failed: gradlew.bat app:installDebug. Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.

Solution: Edit file gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties

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distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME distributionPath=wrapper/dists distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

Change line 3 to

1	distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-all.zip

Done!