BUILD FAILED. error Failed to install the app. react-native

please, need your help.
this is my first time to set up and run the react-native android. and when i run the app it give me this build failed.

BUILD FAILED in 20s
error Failed to install the app. Command failed with exit code 1: gradlew.bat app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: A problem occurred configuring root project ‘inalumMobile’. > Could not determine the dependencies of null. > Could not resolve all task dependencies for configuration ‘:classpath’. > Could not find com.android.tools.build:gradle:. Required by: project : > Could not resolve com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin. Required by: project : > No matching variant of project :gradle-plugin was found. The consumer was configured to find a library for use during runtime, compatible with Java 8, packaged as a jar, and its dependencies declared externally, as well as attribute ‘org.gradle.plugin.api-version’ with value ‘8.3’ but: - Variant ‘apiElements’ capability com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin:unspecified declares a library, packaged as a jar, and its dependencies declared externally: - Incompatible because this component declares a component for use during compile-time, compatible with Java 11 and the consumer needed a component for use during runtime, compatible with Java 8 - Other compatible attribute: - Doesn’t say anything about org.gradle.plugin.api-version (required ‘8.3’) - Variant ‘mainSourceElements’ capability com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin:unspecified declares a component, and its dependencies declared externally: - Incompatible because this component declares a component of category ‘verification’ and the consumer needed a library - Other compatible attributes: - Doesn’t say anything about its target Java version (required compatibility with Java 8) - Doesn’t say anything about its elements (required them packaged as a jar) - Doesn’t say anything about org.gradle.plugin.api-version (required ‘8.3’) - Doesn’t say anything about its usage (required runtime) - Variant ‘runtimeElements’ capability com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin:unspecified declares a library for use during runtime, packaged as a jar, and its dependencies declared externally: - Incompatible because this component declares a component, compatible with Java 11 and the consumer needed a component, compatible with Java 8 - Other compatible attribute: - Doesn’t say anything about org.gradle.plugin.api-version (required ‘8.3’) - Variant ‘testResultsElementsForTest’ capability com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin:unspecified: - Incompatible because this component declares a component of category ‘verification’ and the consumer needed a library - Other compatible attributes: - Doesn’t say anything about how its dependencies are found (required its dependencies declared externally) - Doesn’t say anything about its target Java version (required compatibility with Java 8) - Doesn’t say anything about its elements (required them packaged as a jar) - Doesn’t say anything about org.gradle.plugin.api-version (required ‘8.3’) - Doesn’t say anything about its usage (required runtime) > Could not find org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:. Required by: project : * Try: > Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. > Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. > Run with --scan to get full insights. > Get more help at https://help.gradle.org. BUILD FAILED in 20s.
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what should i do to fix this?

You are using a version of the Android Gradle Plugin that requires that you run Gradle at least with Java 11, but you run it with Java 8. Use a newer Java version to run Gradle that is still within the documented compatibility matrix for your Gradle version.

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Thank you so much, ive been stuck on it for 3 days. and it was my first time to set up android studio.

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