Unable to find bundled Java version with flutter doctor, after updating Android studio Arctic Fox(2020.3.1) on M1 Apple Silicon

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I'm facing a weird issue. Before I updated my Android Studio, everything went fine in flutter doctor. Once I've updated Android Studio, when I run the doctor, it's showing "Unable to find bundled Java version". I've already downloaded Java installer and installed it on my M1 Mac, but after I restarted, running flutter doctor still shows the same error. The weird thing is, when I uninstall the Arctic Fox version and re-install the older Android Studio version, everything goes fine again when running the doctor. How can I resolve this?

Which `$JAVA_HOME` directory is used? You might wanna check your Java version is compatible with stable AS 2020.3.1 and M1 as well — mochadwi, Jul 29 '21 at 03:11
here is the answer for this problem when you still wanna using Android Studio Arctic Fox version https://stackoverflow.com/a/68575967/9101876 — Alexa289, Jul 31 '21 at 02:25

score 174 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 01 '21 at 22:56

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The answer is already posted here.

For Mac User:

Set Java_Home path using below article & then after applying this command.

after that type below command in terminal:

cd /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/jre

ln -s ../jre jdk

ln -s "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin" jdk

flutter doctor -v

edited Aug 01 '21 at 22:56

Etienne Kaiser

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answered Aug 01 '21 at 17:24

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it seems now flutter requires java 11 rather than java 8 since new android studio artic fox update – Kedar Sukerkar Aug 14 '21 at 20:13
I just went through the process with the latest flutter and the latest android studio. The solution presented here eliminates the "unable to find java version" error but then you get a ClassNotFoundException on some XML parser classes when trying to accept licenses. That's because Android Studio now comes with Java 1 which does not have a lot of the JEE stuff anymore. The simple solution to all this is to set your JAVA_HOME env variable to any Java 8 install you may have around, and this fixes everything. – entzik Aug 18 '21 at 09:04
Working on Mac OS – Bholendra Singh Aug 20 '21 at 11:32
works for me without harming pre installed java version 11.0 – Hansa Tharuka Aug 22 '21 at 02:47
This worked for me - note I had to manually install the latest JDK first (I am using MacOS big sur) apparently it does not come installer. After that this worked perfectly. – deadant88 Sep 05 '21 at 07:22
Worked for me with Big Sur. But would be nice to explain what this `ln -s` command is doing? – Raphael Pinel Sep 08 '21 at 10:42

score 49 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 10 '21 at 02:19

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Here is a little fuller answer for everything I had to do to get Android Studio set up on my M1.

Install Android Studio to the Applications folder
Create a symbolic link to from the jre folder to a new jdk folder. (Due to this bug)

cd /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/jre
ln -s ../jre jdk

Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable

nano ~/.zshrc

export JAVA_HOME="/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home"

source ~/.zshrc

Install Android SDK Command-line Tools (needed for accepting license)
At this point it should work now (assuming you've also added flutter to your path)

flutter doctor

answered Aug 10 '21 at 02:19

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The `command-line tools` is important for accepting the packages – rookieDeveloper Aug 17 '21 at 10:32
I faced similar issue on non M1 mac. The above solution fixed. Seems like its not related to M1 chip. This simple hack solved the issue with "file bundle with java not found". – Abhishek Sachan Sep 04 '21 at 11:14
There is no `jdk' directory inside `/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/` on my machine though. I'm also on a M1 Mac. Any idea what I might be missing? – Isuru Sep 10 '21 at 11:57
@Isuru, Right, that's the problem. Writing `ln -s` creates the `jdk` directory as a soft linking pointing to the existing `jre` directory. – Suragch Sep 11 '21 at 00:46
This works for me – Roel Sep 29 '21 at 20:50

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 24 '21 at 07:47

I did install a fresh version of JAVA SDK, flutter, Android Studio and run the below command directly on the terminal one by one to fix 'Unable to find bundled Java version. ' issue.

cd /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/jre
ln -s ../jre jdk
ln -s "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin" jdk
flutter doctor -v

Now, you should be able to see the error is disappeared in flutter doctor description in terminal.

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 18 '21 at 13:34

Run Flutter doctor, if there´s an error indicating that the java bundled can´t be found (specially if you have Android Studio version Artic Fox), run this commands if using Mac:

cd /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/jre
ln -s ../jre jdk
ln -s "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin" jdk
Flutter Doctor

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 19 '21 at 18:08

I had the same error after updating Android Studio to 2020.3.1 Patch 3 (on MAC).

After upgrading Flutter from 2.2.2 to 2.5.3 problem was solved.

I also installed "Android SDK Command-line Tools". It's installation is explained here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/68492909/6839552

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 02 '22 at 17:38

This solution is for M1 Mac User

Find your local Java version by typing /usr/libexec/java_home -V. If didn't exist, install the latest ARM Java version here
Set Java_Home path (in my case jdk-17.0.1.jdk) by typing /usr/libexec/java_home /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-17.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home
Type all of these in terminal

cd /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/jre
ln -s ../jre jdk
ln -s "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin" jdk

Finally run flutter doctor -v to see all the details changes

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 05 '21 at 17:09

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Perhaps the simplest option (MAC):

Navigate to: cd /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/jre
Create a directory: mkdir jdk
Create a soft link: ln -s Contents jdk/Contents

answered Oct 05 '21 at 17:09

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 29 '21 at 03:10

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COPY folder /Applications/Android Studio Preview.app/Contents/jre/Contents to /Applications/Android Studio Preview.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents

answered Jul 29 '21 at 03:10

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This workaround might violates standard AS default JAVA_HOME directory, have you already tried in your local? – mochadwi Jul 29 '21 at 03:14
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You can check this script code，YOUR_PATH/flutter/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_studio.dart，and find the code just like this `globals.fs.path.join(directory, 'jre', 'jdk', 'Contents', 'Home')`, then you can get what path you should set for the "doctor" – crzorz Jul 29 '21 at 03:19

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 25 '22 at 06:46

The accepted solution worked with a slight modification for me. I had to add the -f (or use --force) option to make it work (this is because ln failed with file exists and I kept ignoring that - the existing file must have had a problem).

cd /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/jre
ln -s -f ../jre jdk
ln -s -f "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin" jdk

flutter doctor -v

I'm running macOS Monterey

Unable to find bundled Java version with flutter doctor, after updating Android studio Arctic Fox(2020.3.1) on M1 Apple Silicon

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