cli: Gradle sync fail - ERROR: Text must not be null or empty

Env. Info

System:
    OS: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4870HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz
    Memory: 1.20 GB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.13.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.13.0/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.12.3 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.10.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.13.0/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 12.4, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 26, 28, 29
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2
      System Images: android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 3.5 AI-191.8026.42.35.5900203
    Xcode: 10.3/10G8 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  npmPackages:
    react: 16.9.0 => 16.9.0 
    react-native: 0.61.2 => 0.61.2

Current cli version.

Andrei  ~  desktop  ReactConf   native_navigation ✚ 1 … 1  yarn list @react-native-community/cli yarn list v1.12.3 warning Filtering by arguments is deprecated. Please use the pattern option instead. └─ @react-native-community/cli@3.0.0-alpha.2 ✨ Done in 0.57s.

Description

I’m able to build and run on device using npx react-native run-android, however, when I open Android Studio I’m unable to sync gradle.

Reproducible Demo

Clean init with npx react-native init FreshApp

Caused by: org.gradle.internal.exceptions.LocationAwareException: Script '/Users/Andrei/desktop/ReactConf/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle' line: 191
A problem occurred evaluating settings 'ReactConf'.

Full log file from Gradle failure:

idea.log

Note

I noticed some other issues related to this, I tried to going over them and to find a fix, but I failed so far. Most seem related to a Monorepo structure, which is not my case.

Any clues how I can fix this?