Mobile App: Build Failed: Unsupported Class File Major Version 66 Error During 'yarn android'

[arturritzel]

Describe the bug

When running yarn android, the build fails with the error "Unsupported class file major version 66" during the Gradle build process.

To Reproduce

What I did:

• Followed the setup guide (https://www.chatwoot.com/docs/contributing-guide/mobile-app/setup-guide/) to clone the repository and install dependencies.
• Fixed everything that react-native doctor asked me
• yarn android

Expected behavior

The application should build and run on an Android device or emulator without errors.

Screenshots

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Observed behavior

The build process fails with the following error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Could not open settings generic class cache for settings file 'settings.gradle'.
> BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit '_BuildScript_' Unsupported class file major version 66

* 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 5s
error Failed to install the app.
error Command failed with exit code 1.

Environment

• Self hosted
• Device Name: n/a
• OS Version: Debian 12
• Chatwoot App Version: Latest
• Chatwoot Server Version: Latest

Additional context

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Possible fixes

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PR-1247 Build Failed: Unsupported Class File Major Version 66 Error During 'yarn android'