JGit Error-> Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: no virtual toPath () method

Question

I am trying to clone a repository in Android Java, but I am getting an error when calling a method toPath(). Apparently, the File object has no method toPath().

public void gitClone() throws GitAPIException {

    // File dir = new File(_ctx.getExternalFilesDir(null) + File.separator + "openshift_files");
    Bundle b2 = getIntent().getExtras();
    //File localPath = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).getAbsolutePath());
    final File localPath = new File(getExternalFilesDir(null) + File.separator + getCurrentApp().getName());

    Git.cloneRepository()
            .setURI(getUrlGit())
            .setDirectory(localPath)
            .setCredentialsProvider(new UsernamePasswordCredentialsProvider(b2.getString("OPEN_SHIFT_USER"), b2.getString("OPEN_SHIFT_PASSWORD")))
            .call();
    System.out.println("Success!");
}

This is a stack trace.

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #5
E/AndroidRuntime: Process: com.javier.openshift, PID: 22919
E/AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:304)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:355)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:222)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:242)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:231)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
E/AndroidRuntime:  Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No virtual method toPath()Ljava/nio/file/Path; in class Ljava/io/File; or its super classes (declaration of 'java.io.File' appears in /system/framework/core-libart.jar)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtil.exists(FileUtil.java:149)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS_POSIX.exists(FS_POSIX.java:275)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.ObjectDirectory.exists(ObjectDirectory.java:193)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.FileRepository.<init>(FileRepository.java:207)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at org.eclipse.jgit.lib.BaseRepositoryBuilder.build(BaseRepositoryBuilder.java:579)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at org.eclipse.jgit.api.InitCommand.call(InitCommand.java:113)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at org.eclipse.jgit.api.CloneCommand.init(CloneCommand.java:161)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at org.eclipse.jgit.api.CloneCommand.call(CloneCommand.java:132)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.javier.apps.AppsActivity.gitClone(AppsActivity.java:981)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.javier.apps.AppsActivity$AsyncTaskCloneRepository.doInBackground(AppsActivity.java:1002)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at com.javier.apps.AppsActivity$AsyncTaskCloneRepository.doInBackground(AppsActivity.java:985)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:292)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:231) 
E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112) 
E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587) 
E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818) 

Answer 1

You are using a too recent version of JGit. Starting with JGit 4.0.0, the minimum version of Java has been removed from Java 5 to Java 7 ( see the Eclipse documentation here ). JGit uses the Java 7 API Path, and it is not available for the JDK you are working with.

JGit 3.7.1 ( 3.x).

Answer 2

Java 7 java.nio.file.Path Android nio, JGit. :

Android- java.nio.file.Files;

, @Tunaki - , . , Android JGit 3.7.1, nio Java 7.