Can't build android app due to ClassNotFoundException

Issue

The project I try to build:
https://github.com/tensorflow/examples/tree/master/lite/examples/image_classification/android

The configuration of my Android studio:
Project SDK: Android API 29 (Java version 1.8.0_202)
Project language level: 8
Project compiler output: set
No extra libraries
Nothing under the Problems tab in Project Structure

The error itself is the following:

 Error:Internal error: (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException) com.google.wireless.android.sdk.stats.IntellijIndexingStats$Index
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.google.wireless.android.sdk.stats.IntellijIndexingStats$Index
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:382)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
    at com.intellij.util.indexing.counters.IndexCounters.<clinit>(IndexCounters.java:34)
    at com.intellij.util.indexing.impl.MapReduceIndex.<init>(MapReduceIndex.java:85)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.backwardRefs.index.CompilerReferenceIndex$CompilerMapReduceIndex.<init>(CompilerReferenceIndex.java:232)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.backwardRefs.index.CompilerReferenceIndex.<init>(CompilerReferenceIndex.java:79)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.backwardRefs.JavaCompilerBackwardReferenceIndex.<init>(JavaCompilerBackwardReferenceIndex.java:12)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.backwardRefs.JavaBackwardReferenceIndexWriter.initialize(JavaBackwardReferenceIndexWriter.java:79)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.java.JavaBuilder.buildStarted(JavaBuilder.java:148)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.IncProjectBuilder.runBuild(IncProjectBuilder.java:363)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.IncProjectBuilder.build(IncProjectBuilder.java:178)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildRunner.runBuild(BuildRunner.java:139)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildSession.runBuild(BuildSession.java:302)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildSession.run(BuildSession.java:135)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildMain$MyMessageHandler.lambda$channelRead0$0(BuildMain.java:228)
    at org.jetbrains.jps.service.impl.SharedThreadPoolImpl.lambda$executeOnPooledThread$0(SharedThreadPoolImpl.java:42)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

The only similar question that I found was this one, although it didn't help since I don't use FindBugs

Part of the full log.

About
Build version: Android Studio 3.5.3 Build #AI-191.8026.42.35.6010548 November 15, 2019 Java version: 1.8.0_202-release-1483-b03amd64 Operating System: Windows 10 (10.0, amd64) JVM version: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM JetBrains s.r.o

System
Number of CPU: 8 Used memory: 156Mb Free memory: 173Mb Total memory: 329Mb Maximum available memory:

Plugins
[Dart (191.8593), Flutter (42.1.1)] Disabled plugins:[]

Solution

There is a related issue logged in IDEA project.

While this bug is specific to Android Studio as it's using the modified version of MapReduceIndex, the workaround suggested in the comments should help.

Add the following in Help | Edit Custom VM Options:

-Dcompiler.ref.index=false

Restart the IDE.

Answered By - CrazyCoder