NativeScript: [MacOS] build android failed on app:mergeDebugAssets (unable to create new native thread)

Did you verify this is a real problem by searching the NativeScript Forum and the other open issues in this repo?

Yes

Tell us about the problem

tns build android failed on ‘:app:mergeDebugAssets’ > unable to create new native thread

Which platform(s) does your issue occur on?

Android development on macOS Sierra

Please provide the following version numbers that your issue occurs with:

• tns info output

   ✔ Component nativescript has 4.0.0 version and is up to date.
   ✔ Component tns-core-modules has 4.0.0 version and is up to date.
   ✔ Component tns-android has 4.0.1 version and is up to date.
  

• Cross-platform modules: (check the ‘version’ attribute in the node_modules/tns-core-modules/package.json file in your project)

  {
    "version": "4.0.0"
  }
  

• Runtime(s): (look for the "tns-android" and "tns-ios" properties in the package.json file of your project)

      "tns-android": {
        "version": "4.0.1"
      }
  

• Plugin(s): (look for the version number in the package.json file of your project) No plugin

Please tell us how to recreate the issue in as much detail as possible.

I just run tns create sample-project --template tns-template-tab-navigation-ng, then run tns build android and the error mentioned above appeared

*note: run tns debug android --bundle completed without error

tns doctor output

✔ Getting environment information 
✔ Your ANDROID_HOME environment variable is set and points to correct directory.
✔ Your adb from the Android SDK is correctly installed.
✔ The Android SDK is installed.
✔ A compatible Android SDK for compilation is found.
✔ Javac is installed and is configured properly.
✔ The Java Development Kit (JDK) is installed and is configured properly.
✔ Xcode is installed and is configured properly.
✔ xcodeproj is installed and is configured properly.
✔ CocoaPods are installed.
✔ CocoaPods update is not required.
✔ CocoaPods are configured properly.
✔ Your current CocoaPods version is newer than 1.0.0.
✔ Python installed and configured correctly.
✔ The Python 'six' package is found.
No issues were detected.
✔ Getting NativeScript components versions information...
✔ Component nativescript has 4.0.0 version and is up to date.
✔ Component tns-core-modules has 4.0.0 version and is up to date.
✔ Component tns-android has 4.0.1 version and is up to date.
✖ Component tns-ios is not installed.

tns debug android --log trace, output attached trace.log.zip

Is there code involved? If so, please share the minimal amount of code needed to recreate the problem.

No