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

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?

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

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

1. Install Android Studio to the Applications folder

2. 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

3. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable

nano ~/.zshrc

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

source ~/.zshrc

4. Install Android SDK Command-line Tools (needed for accepting license)

5. At this point it should work now (assuming you've also added flutter to your path)

flutter doctor

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.

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

2. ln -s ../jre jdk

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

4. flutter doctor -v

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

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:

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

2. ln -s ../jre jdk

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

4. Flutter Doctor

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

This solution is for M1 Mac User

1. Find your local Java version by typing /usr/libexec/java_home -V. If didn't exist, install the latest ARM Java version here
2. 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
3. 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

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

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

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

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