The operation couldn’t be completed. Unable to locate a Java Runtime. Please visit http://www.java.com for information on installing Java

Question

I couldn't run the flutter app on android emulator or android phone. I installed the recently released android studio for arm-mac platform on m1 mac. Please answer if I am doing anything wrong here or is it the problem with the release itself.

Debug console output:

The operation couldn’t be completed. Unable to locate a Java Runtime.
Please visit http://www.java.com for information on installing Java.

Exception: Gradle task assembleDebug failed with exit code 1

flutter doctor -v output :

The operation couldn’t be completed. Unable to locate a Java Runtime.
Please visit http://www.java.com for information on installing Java.
The operation couldn’t be completed. Unable to locate a Java Runtime.
Please visit http://www.java.com for information on installing Java.
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.2.1, on macOS 11.4 20F71 darwin-arm, locale en-IN)
    • Flutter version 2.2.1 at /Users/hmnth/FlutterDev/flutter
    • Framework revision 02c026b03c (10 weeks ago), 2021-05-27 12:24:44 -0700
    • Engine revision 0fdb562ac8
    • Dart version 2.13.1

[!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 31.0.0)
    • Android SDK at /Users/hmnth/Library/Android/sdk
    • Platform android-31, build-tools 31.0.0
    • Java binary at: /usr/bin/java
    ✗ Could not determine java version

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Xcode 12.5, Build version 12E262
    • CocoaPods version 1.10.2

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
    • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[!] Android Studio (version 2020.3)
    • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
    • Flutter plugin can be installed from:
       https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
    • Dart plugin can be installed from:
       https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
    ✗ Unable to find bundled Java version.
    • Try updating or re-installing Android Studio.

[!] Android Studio
    • Android Studio at Applications/Contents
    • Flutter plugin can be installed from:
       https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
    • Dart plugin can be installed from:
       https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
    ✗ Android Studio not found at Applications/Contents
    • Try updating or re-installing Android Studio.

[✓] Connected device (1 available)
    • Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 92.0.4515.107

! Doctor found issues in 3 categories.

user_3075221 · Answer

Go to Applications then right click on Android Studio, then choose "Show Package Contents", create a new folder inside jre named jdk and copy the contents of jre to jdk

This is the link for the fix https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/76215#issuecomment-864407892

user_6464540 · Answer

I was able to fix my issues by doing the following, I sync my project with Gradle files

I downloaded Java 8 (but I don't think this guy did the work)

user_15091574 · Answer

I encountered this issue because I didn't have Java installed. If you can't see a Java icon under System Preferences, Java 7 or later versions is not installed. Link to java.com

The operation couldn’t be completed. Unable to locate a Java Runtime. Please visit http://www.java.com for information on installing Java

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