diff --git a/java/dagger/hilt/android/internal/testing/EarlySingletonComponentCreator.java b/java/dagger/hilt/android/internal/testing/EarlySingletonComponentCreator.java
index 8e61e4aff01..1dbb73ab16a 100644
--- a/java/dagger/hilt/android/internal/testing/EarlySingletonComponentCreator.java
+++ b/java/dagger/hilt/android/internal/testing/EarlySingletonComponentCreator.java
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ public abstract class EarlySingletonComponentCreator {
   private static final String EARLY_SINGLETON_COMPONENT_CREATOR_IMPL =
       "dagger.hilt.android.internal.testing.EarlySingletonComponentCreatorImpl";
 
+  private static final String ERROR_MSG =
+      "The EarlyComponent was requested but does not exist. Check that you have annotated "
+          + "your test class with @HiltAndroidTest and that the processor is running over your "
+          + "test.";
+
   static Object createComponent() {
     try {
       return Class.forName(EARLY_SINGLETON_COMPONENT_CREATOR_IMPL)
@@ -30,16 +35,19 @@ static Object createComponent() {
           .getDeclaredConstructor()
           .newInstance()
           .create();
-    } catch (ClassNotFoundException
-        | NoSuchMethodException
-        | IllegalAccessException
-        | InstantiationException
-        | InvocationTargetException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(
-          "The EarlyComponent was requested but does not exist. Check that you have annotated "
-              + "your test class with @HiltAndroidTest and that the processor is running over your "
-              + "test.",
-          e);
+    // We catch each individual exception rather than using a multicatch because multi-catch will
+    // get compiled to the common but new super type ReflectiveOperationException, which is not
+    // allowed on API < 19. See b/187826710.
+    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(ERROR_MSG, e);
+    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(ERROR_MSG, e);
+    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(ERROR_MSG, e);
+    } catch (InstantiationException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(ERROR_MSG, e);
+    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(ERROR_MSG, e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/java/dagger/hilt/android/internal/testing/TestComponentDataSupplier.java b/java/dagger/hilt/android/internal/testing/TestComponentDataSupplier.java
index b6f8b0b455d..b1234ddb04e 100644
--- a/java/dagger/hilt/android/internal/testing/TestComponentDataSupplier.java
+++ b/java/dagger/hilt/android/internal/testing/TestComponentDataSupplier.java
@@ -32,22 +32,31 @@ static TestComponentData get(Class<?> testClass) {
           .getDeclaredConstructor()
           .newInstance()
           .get();
-    } catch (ClassNotFoundException
-        | NoSuchMethodException
-        | IllegalAccessException
-        | InstantiationException
-        | InvocationTargetException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(
-          String.format(
-              "Hilt test, %s, is missing generated file: %s. Check that the test class is "
-                  + " annotated with @HiltAndroidTest and that the processor is running over your"
-                  + " test.",
-              testClass.getSimpleName(),
-              generatedClassName),
-          e);
+    // We catch each individual exception rather than using a multicatch because multi-catch will
+    // get compiled to the common but new super type ReflectiveOperationException, which is not
+    // allowed on API < 19. See b/187826710.
+    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(errorMessage(testClass, generatedClassName), e);
+    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(errorMessage(testClass, generatedClassName), e);
+    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(errorMessage(testClass, generatedClassName), e);
+    } catch (InstantiationException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(errorMessage(testClass, generatedClassName), e);
+    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(errorMessage(testClass, generatedClassName), e);
     }
   }
 
+  private static String errorMessage(Class<?> testClass, String generatedClassName) {
+    return String.format(
+        "Hilt test, %s, is missing generated file: %s. Check that the test class is "
+            + " annotated with @HiltAndroidTest and that the processor is running over your"
+            + " test.",
+        testClass.getSimpleName(),
+        generatedClassName);
+  }
+
   private static String getEnclosedClassName(Class<?> testClass) {
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     Class<?> currClass = testClass;