Cordova build android Error - ParseException: unsupported class file version 53.0

Question

I have a problem with Android build (using Cordova). After upgrade to MacOs Catalina a received this error while building my cordova appliacation through command 'cordova build android':

ParseException: unsupported class file version 53.0. Do you have any ideas or tips, how can i solve it?

Thank you so much for every answer.

Whole stack error is:

BUILD FAILED in 3s 36 actionable tasks: 4 executed, 32 up-to-date /Users/honzaskalicky/Projects/Marketvision/spring-mobile-tmp/platforms/android/gradlew: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output: Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details. Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: Failed to process /Users/honzaskalicky/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/2.10.0/4e2c5fa04648ec9772c63e2101c53af6504e624e/jackson-core-2.10.0.jar at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.getThrowableException(ForkJoinTask.java:593) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.reportException(ForkJoinTask.java:677) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.join(ForkJoinTask.java:720) at com.android.ide.common.internal.WaitableExecutor.waitForTasksWithQuickFail(WaitableExecutor.java:146) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.transform(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:235) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformTask$2.call(TransformTask.java:222) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformTask$2.call(TransformTask.java:218) at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:102) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformTask.transform(TransformTask.java:213) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$IncrementalTaskAction.doExecute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:173) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$StandardTaskAction.execute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:134) at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.DefaultTaskClassInfoStore$StandardTaskAction.execute(DefaultTaskClassInfoStore.java:121) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$1.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:122) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:197) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:107) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:111) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:92) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:70) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:63) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:58) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:88) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:54) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43) at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:34) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker$1.run(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:248) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:197) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:107) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$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:124) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.access$200(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:80) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:105) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:99) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:625) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.executeWithTask(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:580) at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:99) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: Failed to process /Users/honzaskalicky/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/2.10.0/4e2c5fa04648ec9772c63e2101c53af6504e624e/jackson-core-2.10.0.jar at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.launchProcessing(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:550) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.lambda$convertToDexArchive$1(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:488) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask$AdaptedCallable.exec(ForkJoinTask.java:1424) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:289) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1056) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1692) at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:157) Caused by: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: Error while dexing module-info.class at com.android.builder.dexing.DxDexArchiveBuilder.getExceptionToRethrow(DxDexArchiveBuilder.java:143) at com.android.builder.dexing.DxDexArchiveBuilder.convert(DxDexArchiveBuilder.java:89) at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.DexArchiveBuilderTransform.launchProcessing(DexArchiveBuilderTransform.java:545) ... 6 more Caused by: com.android.dx.cf.iface.ParseException: unsupported class file version 53.0 at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parse0(DirectClassFile.java:499) at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parse(DirectClassFile.java:420) at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parseToInterfacesIfNecessary(DirectClassFile.java:402) at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.getMagic(DirectClassFile.java:253) at com.android.builder.dexing.DxDexArchiveBuilder.dex(DxDexArchiveBuilder.java:99) at com.android.builder.dexing.DxDexArchiveBuilder.convert(DxDexArchiveBuilder.java:86) ... 7 more

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':transformClassesWithDexBuilderForArmv7Debug'. com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: Failed to process /Users/honzaskalicky/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/2.10.0/4e2c5fa04648ec9772c63e2101c53af6504e624e/jackson-core-2.10.0.jar

You should check which Java version you are using. This error indicates that you have an older version of Java installed than what some class files were compiled with. Version 53 belongs to Java 9 and you probably have only Java 8. — Jannik
Yes i have Java 8 but Cordova requires Java 8 as requirement i need to use Java 8 if i understand correctly. Is there any solution to use Java 8 for external library (as jackson-core)? — Jan Skalický
Or maybe use Java 11 (Java 9 is not supported), but i am unable to install it - jre is missing in .jdk directory — Jan Skalický
I just realized that Android only supports Java 6 and a subset of features up to Java 8. So I believe that updating Java won't help you. Rather I'd try to find the library which is the problem. — Jannik
problem is in this library: com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core — Jan Skalický

Jan Skalický Jan Skalický · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-19T09:05:07

Problem solved

into build.gradle (platforms/android) you have to add exact version of library, which is not built in Java 9, for me it is jackson-core version 2.0.9 which was build in Java 9, so I have to use version 2.0.0

for me this works:

dependencies {
    // Other dependencies
    compile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.0.0"){
        force = true
    }
}

or you can add to end of build.gradle this:

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy {
        force 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.0.0'
    }
}

Cordova build android Error - ParseException: unsupported class file version 53.0

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