Cannot run gradle test tasks because of java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jdk/internal/reflect/GeneratedSerializationConstructorAccessor1

Issue

I have an android project where I cannot run anymore all the test gradle tasks locally (I have 3 different flavors in this project). I have this error message 50 times before the tasks fail. I have no issue running these tasks remotely with Gitlab CI/CD, and I have another project locally where I don't have this issue neither.

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jdk/internal/reflect/GeneratedSerializationConstructorAccessor1
    at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedSerializationConstructorAccessor1.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:490)
    at java.base/java.io.ObjectStreamClass.newInstance(ObjectStreamClass.java:1092)
    at java.base/java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:2150)
    at java.base/java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1668)
    at java.base/java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:482)
    at java.base/java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:440)
    at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.child.SystemApplicationClassLoaderWorker.deserializeWorker(SystemApplicationClassLoaderWorker.java:153)
    at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.child.SystemApplicationClassLoaderWorker.call(SystemApplicationClassLoaderWorker.java:121)
    at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.child.SystemApplicationClassLoaderWorker.call(SystemApplicationClassLoaderWorker.java:71)
    at worker.org.gradle.process.internal.worker.GradleWorkerMain.run(GradleWorkerMain.java:69)
    at worker.org.gradle.process.internal.worker.GradleWorkerMain.main(GradleWorkerMain.java:74)

Solution

This is an old issue, but for future google searchers and perhaps interested parties that could work around this, it is worth mentioning that if you are using one of the more popular walk-throughs to set up JaCoCo + Robolectric + Espresso - https://medium.com/@rafael_toledo/setting-up-an-unified-coverage-report-in-android-with-jacoco-robolectric-and-espresso-ffe239aaf3fa . Please add below this:

tasks.withType(Test) {
    jacoco.includeNoLocationClasses = true
    jacoco.excludes = ['jdk.internal.*']
}

In my case:

junitJacoco {
    jacocoVersion = '0.8.4' // type String
    includeInstrumentationCoverageInMergedReport = true // type boolean
    tasks.withType(Test) {
        jacoco.includeNoLocationClasses = true
        jacoco.excludes = ['jdk.internal.*']
    }
}

Answered By - Tungken