[Solved] Problem installing meteor add-platform android

I’m having trouble setting up an environment for android development. Does anyone have a solution for this?

Status of the individual requirements:        
✓ Java JDK                                    
✓ Android SDK                                 
✗ Android target: Command failed with exit code 1: avdmanager list target
            Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlSchema
                at com.android.repository.api.SchemaModule$SchemaModuleVersion.<init>(SchemaModule.java:156)
                at com.android.repository.api.SchemaModule.<init>(SchemaModule.java:75)
                at com.android.sdklib.repository.AndroidSdkHandler.<clinit>(AndroidSdkHandler.java:81)
                at com.android.sdklib.tool.AvdManagerCli.run(AvdManagerCli.java:213)
                at com.android.sdklib.tool.AvdManagerCli.main(AvdManagerCli.java:200)
            Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:641)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:188)
                at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:520)
                ... 5 more
✓ Gradle

This has been solved by installing JDK8
Link to download JDK8 for ARM64: https://www.azul.com/downloads/?version=java-8-lts&os=macos&architecture=arm-64-bit&package=jdk

Getting the android development tools set up is no fun. I had to do that twice this last year, and on the second time it sill took me 4-5 hours till I got it running.

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