Gradle sync failed with Android Studio 3.1: Uninitialized object exists on backward branch 70

Question

After Updating Android Studio from 3.0 to 3.1 My project gradle syncing failed with the following error.

Gradle sync failed: Uninitialized object exists on backward branch 70 Exception Details: Location: 
com/android/build/gradle/tasks/BuildArtifactReportTask.newArtifact(Lcom/android/build/api/artifact/BuildableArtifact;)
Lcom/android/build/gradle/tasks/BuildArtifactReportTask$BuildableArtifactData;

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49515100/gradle-sync-failed-with-android-studio-3-1-uninitialized-object-exists-on-backw

Answer 1

As @tech_android already posted in this comment, to solve that problem permanently, go to Module Settings > SDK Location > Use embedded JDK.

This will remove dependency on the external Java installation by using the embedded JDK.