Protoc can not be executed on M1 based Macs

When trying to run the Jetpack DataStore Proto codelab, I am not able to build the app as instructed on page 6. Instead I get the following error:

Execution failed for task ':app:generateDebugProto'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:protobufToolsLocator_protoc'.
   > Could not find protoc-3.14.0-osx-aarch_64.exe (com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.14.0).
     Searched in the following locations:
         https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/google/protobuf/protoc/3.14.0/protoc-3.14.0-osx-aarch_64.exe

Possible solution:
 - Declare repository providing the artifact, see the documentation at https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/declaring_repositories.html

Fix

Starting with version 3.17.3, protoc added support for M1 Macs. The documentation on page 5 needs to be udpated to use protoc with at least v3.17.3 instead of 3.14.0. The current stable version is 3.19.1:

protobuf {
    protoc {
        artifact = "com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.19.1"
    }

    // Generates the java Protobuf-lite code for the Protobufs in this project. See
    // https://github.com/google/protobuf-gradle-plugin#customizing-protobuf-compilation
    // for more information.
    generateProtoTasks {
        all().each { task ->
            task.builtins {
                java {
                    option 'lite'
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

android / codelab-android-datastore

Protoc can not be executed on M1 based Macs #43

Fix