Java – Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4, react-native run-android

I am trying to do my first react-native run-android but I get the following error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  A problem occurred configuring root project 'WithoutExpo'.

  Could not resolve all files for configuration ':classpath'.
  Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4.
  Required by:
  project :
  Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4.
  Could not get resource 'https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.1.4/gradle-3.1.4.pom'.
  Could not GET 'https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.1.4/gradle-3.1.4.pom'.
  java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
  Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4.
  Could not get resource 'https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.1.4/gradle-3.1.4.pom'.
  Could not GET 'https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.1.4/gradle-3.1.4.pom'.
  java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty

My build.gradle file is this:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "27.0.3"
        minSdkVersion = 16
        compileSdkVersion = 27
        targetSdkVersion = 26
        supportLibVersion = "27.1.1"
    }
    repositories {
        // mavenCentral()

        google()
        // maven {
        //     url "https://maven.google.com"
        // }
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven {
            // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
        }
    }
}


task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
    gradleVersion = '4.4'
    distributionUrl = distributionUrl.replace("bin", "all")
}

As you can see from the commented out lines, I have tried multiple combinations based to former answers here

The common denominator of every error message is the

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error:
java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors
parameter must be non-empty

I have also tried cd android/ && gradlew clean, and I have also tried changing gradle versions to classpath. All with the same result.

Any suggestions?