[SOLVED] Execution failed for task ':app:kaptDebugKotlin'

Android Programming (4th Edition) 16. Taking Pictures with Intents
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I’m just starting on enabling data binding by adding this code to my build.gradle (app) file:

apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'

android {
    dataBinding {
        enabled = true
    }
}

But I’m getting this build error:

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:kaptDebugKotlin'.
> A failure occurred while executing org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.KaptExecution
   > java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException (no error message)

According to stack trace:
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.JAXBException

2

Okay, looks like I should downgrade JDK from 11 to 8. Fixed this issue when using JDK8.

3

how do you down grade to jdk 8 from 11?

4

i should down grade now.

5

Had the same problem but it was solved when I changed the “build.gradle” file from buildscript.ext.kotlin_version=“1.4.21” to “1.3.21”, which is what is in the data package for the book.

6

I had the same problem, and all I did was remove the word suspend with LiveData function… apparently they are not supported.

@Query("DELETE FROM daily_sleep_quality_table")
suspend fun clear()

@Query("SELECT * FROM daily_sleep_quality_table ORDER BY nightId DESC")
fun getAllNights(): LiveData<List<SleepNight>>

@Query("SELECT * FROM daily_sleep_quality_table ORDER BY nightId DESC LIMIT 1")
suspend fun getTonight(): SleepNight?