[🐛] Android build failed

[wbalogun]

What happened?

Android build failed with the error blow:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':react-native-google-mobile-ads:compileDebugKotlin'.
> A failure occurred while executing org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.GradleCompilerRunnerWithWorkers$GradleKotlinCompilerWorkAction
   > Compilation error. See log for more details

Platforms

Only on Android

React Native Info

Node:
    version: 20.10.0
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/node
  Yarn: Not Found
  npm:
    version: 10.2.3
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2024.01.22.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods:
    version: 1.15.2
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 24.2
      - iOS 18.2
      - macOS 15.2
      - tvOS 18.2
      - visionOS 2.2
      - watchOS 11.2
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 2021.3 AI-213.7172.25.2113.9123335
  Xcode:
    version: 16.2/16C5032a
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 11.0.17
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 2.6.10
    path: /Users/xxx/.rbenv/shims/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react:
    installed: 18.2.0
    wanted: 18.2.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.72.12
    wanted: 0.72.12
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: false
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: false

Are your using Typescript?

• My project is using Typescript

package.json

{
...
"dependencies": {
    ...
    "react-native-google-mobile-ads": "14.8.1",
    "react-native": "0.72.12",
    "react": "18.2.0",
    ...
}
...
}

app.json

"react-native-google-mobile-ads": {
    "android_app_id": "ca-app-pub-xxx~yyy",
    "ios_app_id": "ca-app-pub-xxx~yyy",
    "delay_app_measurement_init": false,
    "optimize_initialization": true,
    "optimize_ad_loading": true,
    "user_tracking_usage_description": "This identifier will be used to deliver personalized ads to you.",
    "sk_ad_network_items": [
      "cstr6suwn9.skadnetwork",
      "4fzdc2evr5.skadnetwork",
      "2fnua5tdw4.skadnetwork",
      "ydx93a7ass.skadnetwork",
      "p78axxw29g.skadnetwork",
      "v72qych5uu.skadnetwork",
      "ludvb6z3bs.skadnetwork",
      "cp8zw746q7.skadnetwork",
      "3sh42y64q3.skadnetwork",
      "c6k4g5qg8m.skadnetwork",
      "s39g8k73mm.skadnetwork",
      "3qy4746246.skadnetwork",
      "hs6bdukanm.skadnetwork",
      "mlmmfzh3r3.skadnetwork",
      "v4nxqhlyqp.skadnetwork",
      "wzmmz9fp6w.skadnetwork",
      "su67r6k2v3.skadnetwork",
      "yclnxrl5pm.skadnetwork",
      "7ug5zh24hu.skadnetwork",
      "gta9lk7p23.skadnetwork",
      "vutu7akeur.skadnetwork",
      "y5ghdn5j9k.skadnetwork",
      "v9wttpbfk9.skadnetwork",
      "n38lu8286q.skadnetwork",
      "47vhws6wlr.skadnetwork",
      "kbd757ywx3.skadnetwork",
      "9t245vhmpl.skadnetwork",
      "a2p9lx4jpn.skadnetwork",
      "22mmun2rn5.skadnetwork",
      "4468km3ulz.skadnetwork",
      "2u9pt9hc89.skadnetwork",
      "8s468mfl3y.skadnetwork",
      "ppxm28t8ap.skadnetwork",
      "uw77j35x4d.skadnetwork",
      "pwa73g5rt2.skadnetwork",
      "578prtvx9j.skadnetwork",
      "4dzt52r2t5.skadnetwork",
      "tl55sbb4fm.skadnetwork",
      "e5fvkxwrpn.skadnetwork",
      "8c4e2ghe7u.skadnetwork",
      "3rd42ekr43.skadnetwork",
      "3qcr597p9d.skadnetwork"
    ]
  }

ios/Podfile

android/build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
// https://github.com/DylanVann/react-native-fast-image/blob/main/docs/app-glide-module.md
project.ext {
    excludeAppGlideModule = true
}

buildscript {
    ext {
        compileSdkVersion = findProperty("android.compileSdkVersion") as Integer
        targetSdkVersion = findProperty("android.targetSdkVersion") as Integer
        minSdkVersion = findProperty("android.minSdkVersion") as Integer

        buildToolsVersion = findProperty("android.buildToolsVersion") as String
        supportLibVersion = findProperty("android.supportLibVersion") as String
        ndkVersion = findProperty("android.ndkVersion") as String
        kotlinVersion = '1.6.20'
        googlePlayServicesVersion = "17.0.0"
        googlePlayServicesLocationVersion = "21.0.1"  // Or higher.
    }

    repositories {
        jcenter()
        google()
    }

    dependencies {
      classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle")
      classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
      classpath('de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:5.0.1')
      classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.14'
      classpath "com.bugsnag:bugsnag-android-gradle-plugin:7.+"
      classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion"

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }

    // Fixes this issue  -> In order to compile Java 9+ source, please set compileSdkVersion to 30 or above
    // Sets compileSdkVersion for each subproject to the main version
    subprojects { subproject ->
        afterEvaluate{
            if((subproject.plugins.hasPlugin('android') || subproject.plugins.hasPlugin('android-library'))) {
                android {
                    compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
                    buildToolsVersion rootProject.ext.buildToolsVersion
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()

        google()
        jcenter()
        // Custom

       
    }
}

android/app/build.gradle

apply plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"

import com.android.build.OutputFile

/**
 * This is the configuration block to customize your React Native Android app.
 * By default you don't need to apply any configuration, just uncomment the lines you need.
 */

react {
//    bundleInInternalTest = true
//    bundleInStaging = true
    /* Folders */
    //   The root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives. Default is '..'
    // root = file("../")
    //   The folder where the react-native NPM package is. Default is ../node_modules/react-native
    // reactNativeDir = file("../node-modules/react-native")
    //   The folder where the react-native Codegen package is. Default is ../node_modules/react-native-codegen
    // codegenDir = file("../node-modules/react-native-codegen")
    //   The cli.js file which is the React Native CLI entrypoint. Default is ../node_modules/react-native/cli.js
    // cliFile = file("../node_modules/react-native/cli.js")
    /* Variants */
    //   The list of variants to that are debuggable. For those we're going to
    //   skip the bundling of the JS bundle and the assets. By default is just 'debug'.
    //   If you add flavors like lite, prod, etc. you'll have to list your debuggableVariants.
    // debuggableVariants = ["liteDebug", "prodDebug"]
    /* Bundling */
    //   A list containing the node command and its flags. Default is just 'node'.
    // nodeExecutableAndArgs = ["node"]
    //
    //   The command to run when bundling. By default is 'bundle'
    // bundleCommand = "ram-bundle"
    //
    //   The path to the CLI configuration file. Default is empty.
    // bundleConfig = file(../rn-cli.config.js)
    //
    //   The name of the generated asset file containing your JS bundle
    // bundleAssetName = "MyApplication.android.bundle"
    //
    //   The entry file for bundle generation. Default is 'index.android.js' or 'index.js'
    entryFile = file("../../index.ts")
    //
    //   A list of extra flags to pass to the 'bundle' commands.
    //   See https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/docs/commands.md#bundle
    // extraPackagerArgs = []
    /* Hermes Commands */
    //   The hermes compiler command to run. By default it is 'hermesc'
    // hermesCommand = "$rootDir/my-custom-hermesc/bin/hermesc"
    //
    //   The list of flags to pass to the Hermes compiler. By default is "-O", "-output-source-map"
    // hermesFlags = ["-O", "-output-source-map"]
}

/**
 * Set this to true to create four separate APKs instead of one,
 * one for each native architecture. This is useful if you don't
 * use App Bundles (https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle/)
 * and want to have separate APKs to upload to the Play Store.
 */
def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = true

apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle"

/**
 * Set this to true to Run Proguard on Release builds to minify the Java bytecode.
 */
def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false

/**
 * The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore (JSC)
 *
 * For example, to use the international variant, you can use:
 * `def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc-intl:+'`
 *
 * The international variant includes ICU i18n library and necessary data
 * allowing to use e.g. `Date.toLocaleString` and `String.localeCompare` that
 * give correct results when using with locales other than en-US.  Note that
 * this variant is about 6MiB larger per architecture than default.
 */
def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'

/**
 * Private function to get the list of Native Architectures you want to build.
 * This reads the value from reactNativeArchitectures in your gradle.properties
 * file and works together with the --active-arch-only flag of react-native run-android.
 */
def reactNativeArchitectures() {
    def value = project.getProperties().get("reactNativeArchitectures")
    return value ? value.split(",") : ["armeabi-v7a", "x86", "x86_64", "arm64-v8a"]
}

android {
    ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion
    compileSdkVersion rootProject.findProperty("android.compileSdkVersion") as Integer
    buildToolsVersion rootProject.findProperty("android.buildToolsVersion") as String

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

    /*
      Required to enable us to build the bundled
      Facetec lib from react-native-facetec.
      Solution found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/58602329
    */
    packagingOptions {
      pickFirst '**/*.so'
      exclude 'META-INF/androidx.*'
      exclude 'androidx.*'
      exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
    }

    defaultConfig {
        manifestPlaceholders = [
           // ...
        ]
        minSdkVersion rootProject.findProperty("android.minSdkVersion") as Integer
        targetSdkVersion rootProject.findProperty("android.targetSdkVersion") as Integer

        applicationId findProperty("android.applicationId") as String
        versionCode findProperty("android.versionCode") as Integer
        versionName findProperty("android.versionName") as String

        missingDimensionStrategy 'react-native-camera', 'general'

        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    signingConfigs {
        release {
           ...
        }
    }
    splits {
        abi {
            reset()
            enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
            universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
            include (*reactNativeArchitectures())
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
        }
    }

    bundle {
        density.enableSplit = true
        abi.enableSplit = true
        language.enableSplit = false
    }

    packagingOptions {
        pickFirst "lib/armeabi-v7a/libc++_shared.so"
        pickFirst "lib/arm64-v8a/libc++_shared.so"
        pickFirst "lib/x86/libc++_shared.so"
        pickFirst "lib/x86_64/libc++_shared.so"
    }

    // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputs.each { output ->
            // For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
            // https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits.html
            def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a": 1, "x86": 2, "arm64-v8a": 3, "x86_64": 4]
            def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
            if (abi != null) {  // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
                output.versionCodeOverride = versionCodes.get(abi) * 1 + defaultConfig.versionCode
            }
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    // The version of react-native is set by the React Native Gradle Plugin
    implementation("com.facebook.react:react-android")

    implementation("androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0")

    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")
    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-network-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
        exclude group:'com.squareup.okhttp3', module:'okhttp'
    }

    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-fresco-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")

    if (hermesEnabled.toBoolean()) {
        implementation("com.facebook.react:hermes-android")
    } else {
        implementation jscFlavor
    }

    // Custom
    implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
    implementation "androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1"

    // Android 4.X needs this else there is an OKHTTP Class
    // https://github.com/square/okhttp/issues/4622#issuecomment-588261353
    implementation("com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.7.1")
    implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.12.8")
    implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.12.8"

    implementation ('com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:20.1.3')
    implementation ('com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision-common:19.1.3')
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:18.2.0"
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:21.0.0"
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:21.0.1'

}

configurations.all {
   resolutionStrategy.force 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0' // old dependencies version;
   resolutionStrategy.force 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.1'
   resolutionStrategy.force 'com.google.android.material:material:1.6.0'
   resolutionStrategy {
     eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
       // ...
     }
   }
}

apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'


bugsnag {
    uploadReactNativeMappings = true
}

android/settings.gradle

rootProject.name = 'AppName'

apply from: file("../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle(settings)
include ':app'

includeBuild('../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin')

AndroidManifest.xml

[wbalogun]

I think this is related to the incompatibility of the Reactnative and react-native-google-mobile-ads versions although it works on iOS.

PS: I updated the Kotlin version but got an error related to incompatible method signatures in the React Native UI Manager classes that the ads library is trying to use.

I see there's an existing discussion around detailing supported versions #688