Build error: Execution failed for task ':capacitor-android:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'

Issue

I have a ionic capacitor project. After some package updates I am getting some build error in android studio.

This is the error:

> Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
Execution failed for task ':capacitor-android:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
> error: invalid source release: 17

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* Exception is:
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':capacitor-android:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
    at 
etc

and then

Cause: error: invalid source release: 17

This is my configuration:

ext {
    minSdkVersion = 21
    compileSdkVersion = 33
    targetSdkVersion = 33
    androidxActivityVersion = '1.2.0'
    androidxAppCompatVersion = '1.2.0'
    androidxCoordinatorLayoutVersion = '1.1.0'
    androidxCoreVersion = '1.3.2'
    androidxFragmentVersion = '1.3.0'
    junitVersion = '4.13.1'
    androidxJunitVersion = '1.1.2'
    androidxEspressoCoreVersion = '3.3.0'
    cordovaAndroidVersion = '7.0.0'
}

        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.0'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.10'

Example

I am kindof lost on where to go from here and don't want to continue making changes and making thins worse

Thanks for any help

Update ---

This is my capacitor.build file:

android {
  compileOptions {
      sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
      targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
  }
}

apply from: "../capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/cordova.variables.gradle"
dependencies {
    implementation project(':capacitor-community-sqlite')
    implementation project(':capacitor-app')
    implementation project(':capacitor-camera')
    implementation project(':capacitor-filesystem')
    implementation project(':capacitor-haptics')
    implementation project(':capacitor-keyboard')
    implementation project(':capacitor-status-bar')
    implementation project(':capacitor-storage')
    implementation project(':robingenz-capacitor-app-update')
    implementation project(':robingenz-capacitor-file-picker')
    implementation "com.android.support:support-v4:27.+"
    implementation "com.android.billingclient:billing:4.0.0"
    implementation "com.revenuecat.purchases:purchases-hybrid-common:2.0.1"
    implementation "androidx.annotation:annotation:[1.2.0]"
}

Solution

When performing an Android build, the following error can be seen when Java 17 is expected in the build and the incorrect version of Java is being used:

Execution failed for task ':capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.

> error: invalid source release: 17

To correct this issue, you will next want to update gradle to version 8 or greater in the build.gradle file or alternatively you can set the OVERRIDE_JAVA_VERSION environment variable to 17 as described in this documentation.

Answered By - Sarah