Execution failed for task ':react-native-push-notification:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'

[ahmedu007]

Hi,

I'm sorry if this has been resolved already, but I've been stuck with this for a while now. I've installed the package, and did the link as per the README. Added the extra info in the AndroidManifest.xml after doing a link. I even tried to install the package and do a manual installation for android. It keeps failing to build.

My build.gradle looks like this

defaultConfig { applicationId "exampleProject" minSdkVersion 16 targetSdkVersion 22 versionCode 1 versionName "1.0" ndk { abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86" } }

The error that I get is:

:react-native-push-notification:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac
:react-native-push-notification:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac - is not incremental (e.g. outputs have changed, no previous execution, etc.).
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:7: error: cannot find symbol
import android.app.NotificationChannel;
                  ^
  symbol:   class NotificationChannel
  location: package android.app
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:162: error: constructor Builder in class Builder cannot be applied to given types;
            NotificationCompat.Builder notification = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context, NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID)
                                                      ^
  required: Context
  found: Context,String
  reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:480: error: cannot find symbol
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
                                                       ^
  symbol:   variable O
  location: class VERSION_CODES
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:488: error: cannot find symbol
        int importance = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT;
                                            ^
  symbol:   variable IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT
  location: class NotificationManager
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:489: error: cannot find symbol
        NotificationChannel channel = new NotificationChannel(NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID, name, importance);
        ^
  symbol:   class NotificationChannel
  location: class RNPushNotificationHelper
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:489: error: cannot find symbol
        NotificationChannel channel = new NotificationChannel(NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID, name, importance);
                                          ^
  symbol:   class NotificationChannel
  location: class RNPushNotificationHelper
Note: /Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/helpers/ApplicationBadgeHelper.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
6 errors
:react-native-push-notification:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':react-native-push-notification:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[firehand33]

I got this error too after updated to version 3.1.1

[giankotarola]

@ahmedu007 I think that error is referred to #801 and also @Danferd is right, I had to downgrade to version 3.0.2

[Gp2mv3]

You need to use at least SDK 26. Your app will not be accepted on Play store if you target an older SDK than 26.

[giankotarola]

@Gp2mv3 any reason why Play store would reject the app? And downgrading to the version 3.0.2, Would I have problems with Play store?

[Gp2mv3]

The first sentence of this page: https://developer.android.com/distribute/best-practices/develop/target-sdk 😉

[giankotarola]

@Gp2mv3 thanks 😬!!

[karlmacz-08]

@Gp2mv3 is it only the targetSdkVersion that i must update to 26 or compileSdkVersion also?

[firehand33]

I'm using targetSdkVersion 26 but still failed to sign the apk.

compileSdkVersion: 26
minSdkVersion: 16
targetSdkVersion: 26

[lordofflakes]

Just fixed it by adding this to android/build.gradle file:

subprojects {
    afterEvaluate {project ->
        if (project.hasProperty("android")) {
            android {
                compileSdkVersion 27
                buildToolsVersion "27.0.2"
            }
        }
    }
}

[ahmedu007]

Going back to 3.0.2 fixed the issue. I've also updated the SDK to use 27 now. But it still wont build on the latest version. The same error comes back

[shidil]

Fixed this issue by following instructions in the First step of Android manual installation

In your android/build.gradle

ext {
    ...
    compileSdkVersion = <Your compile SDK version> // default: 23
    buildToolsVersion = "<Your build tools version>" // default: "23.0.1"
    targetSdkVersion = <Your target SDK version> // default: 23
    supportLibVersion = "<Your support lib version>" // default: 23.1.1
}

[superandrew213]

Im using :

compileSdkVersion 27
buildToolsVersion "27.0.3"
minSdkVersion 23
targetSdkVersion 27

and still get this error.

[ahmedu007]

I've already got that in the android/build.gradle

        compileSdkVersion 27
        buildToolsVersion "27.0.3"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 27
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        ndk {
            abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
        }

[neel132-zz]

I solved this issue by keeping the version same both side.

Inside my project:

android/build.gradle:

dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
    }

android/app/build.gradle:

    compileSdkVersion 26
    buildToolsVersion "26.0.2"
       ...
    defaultConfig {
        ...
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 22
        ...
    }

Inside react-native-push-notification/android/build.gradle

dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'  //-----> Changed this from 2.1.3
 }
def DEFAULT_COMPILE_SDK_VERSION = 26           //Changed
def DEFAULT_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION = "26.0.2"    //Changed
def DEFAULT_TARGET_SDK_VERSION = 22           //Changed
def DEFAULT_SUPPORT_LIB_VERSION = "26.+"       //Changed
def DEFAULT_GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION = "+"
def DEFAULT_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_VERSION = "+"