[Android Studio support] Gradle build issue after creating.

[iamchathu]

After creating new native android module, I opened android folder using Android Studio. It added missing gradle files and started the sync process and below error occurs.

INFO: API 'variant.getJavaCompile()' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'variant.getJavaCompileProvider()'.
It will be removed at the end of 2019.

After editing android/build.gradle to below it get fixed.

  android.libraryVariants.all { variant ->
        def name = variant.name.capitalize()
        task "jar${name}"(type: Jar, dependsOn: variant.javaCompileProvider) {
            from variant.javaCompileProvider.get().destinationDir
        }
    }

[brodycj]

Does this mean that you tried to open a generated module with Android Studio?

[iamchathu]

@brodybits yes. I created Android only native module and open android folder from Android Studio and it added a gradle scripts and started to sync.

[brodycj]

Thanks. Marked as an enhancement as I am not yet motivated to support this case.

[brodycj]

The recommended approach is to generate the module with the example, then open the example project with Android Studio. You would likely have to copy artifacts between example/node_modules and android source tree if you develop in this manner.

Using Yarn workspaces (#128) may help us out.

Priority feature development with high-priority private support is available for commercial users, please contact sales@xpbrew.consulting for more details.

[brodycj]

This may be resolved by PR #135 in the 0.11.0 release.

[iamchathu]

@brodybits Any plans to make old version build projects to upgrade to new versions?

[brodycj]

Any plans to make old version build projects to upgrade to new versions?

See #19, with workaround upgrade procedure now documented. I would appreciate if you would report whether or not this build issue is resolved by the upgrade.

I hope to make the upgrade more automatic, no promise of timeline. Priority is given to commercial customers, please contact sales@xpbrew.consulting for more information.

[chetstone]

This is unrelated to Android Studio.
I see the same warning as @iamchathu and I don't use Android Studio.
I upgraded my module to RN 0.61 by creating a new module with this tool, then merging with the previous code. When I use my module in an app and compile with
-Pandroid.debug.obsoleteApi=true I get this warning:

> Configure project :react-native-palette
WARNING: API 'variant.getJavaCompile()' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'variant.getJavaCompileProvider()'.
It will be removed at the end of 2019.
For more information, see https://d.android.com/r/tools/task-configuration-avoidance.
REASON: Called from: /Users/maint/prj/malas/upgrade/node_modules/react-native-palette/android/build.gradle:121
WARNING: Debugging obsolete API calls can take time during configuration. It's recommended to not keep it on at all times.

The offending line 121 is here. It is an exact copy of the line from the new library created with create-react-native-module

[brodycj]

Should be fixed now, I just merged PR #194 and published a new release.

In case of any further issues I would really appreciate a new issue with the standard minimal, reproducible example ([1]).

[1] https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example