Installing SQLite Native plugin causes compile error on Ionic 2

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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I am using ionic 2.1.12.

I installed native SQLite plugin into my project:
ionic plugin add cordova-sqlite-storage

I built the project for android platform:
ionic build android

I got this error message:
Execution failed for task ‘:transformNative_libsWithStripDebugSymbolForDebug’.

java.lang.NullPointerException (no error message)