Cannot run gradle test tasks because of java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jdk/internal/reflect/GeneratedSerializationConstructorAccessor1

This is an old issue, but for future google searchers and perhaps interested parties that could work around this, it is worth mentioning that if you are using one of the more popular walk-throughs to set up JaCoCo + Robolectric + Espresso – https://medium.com/@rafael_toledo/setting-up-an-unified-coverage-report-in-android-with-jacoco-robolectric-and-espresso-ffe239aaf3fa . Please add below this:

tasks.withType(Test) {
    jacoco.includeNoLocationClasses = true
    jacoco.excludes = ['jdk.internal.*']
}

In my case:

junitJacoco {
    jacocoVersion = '0.8.4' // type String
    includeInstrumentationCoverageInMergedReport = true // type boolean
    tasks.withType(Test) {
        jacoco.includeNoLocationClasses = true
        jacoco.excludes = ['jdk.internal.*']
    }
}