The problem: I'm currently using Android Studio and Gradle to compile code from a github repository (00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon) and while I can run some tasks (tried 'desktop:release', 'desktop:debug'), gradle refuses to sync properly and every time I try to do it, an error log pops up:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
'void org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipFile.<init>(java.nio.channels.SeekableByteChannel)'

* Try:
Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Exception is:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'void org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipFile.<init>(java.nio.channels.SeekableByteChannel)'
    at com.android.repository.util.InstallerUtil.unzip(InstallerUtil.java:99)

Important: I've had this issue before (while compiling previous version of this code) and back then downloading a specific version of SDK build tools (30.0.0 and 26.0.0 if I recall correctly) helped, however this doesn't help anymore.
Other people using this code don't report the same issue and I seem to be the only one.

Also for some reason android tasks also don't seem to work, as if the android studio didn't recognize them:

Task 'release' not found in project ':android'.

 * Try:
Run gradle tasks to get a list of available tasks. 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.

What I've tried:

• Clearing cache and restarting Android Studio/my PC
• Enabling/disabling different build tools versions (see the "Important" section). At the moment I have tried enabling all 30.0.X and 26.0.X versions and disabling any newer versions that were enabled
• Browsed similar Stackoverflow threads, however they either didn't seem to apply to my situation or didn't include enough information. Link, link and link.
• Uninstalling Android Studio and re-downloading it from scratch.

Additional info:

• Android Studio version: Android Studio Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Patch 4 (Currently latest)
• Gradle version: 7.2 (I tried using 7.1.1, but that didn't solve the issue)