Build fails on android with react-native 0.57.1

[VilleMiekkoja]

Bug Report

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Platforms

Android

Versions

• Android: 8.1.0
• react-native-camera: 3.15.1
• react-native: 0.57.1
• react: 16.6.0-alpha.8af6728
• react-navigation: 3.11.1

Description/Current Behaviour

Launching an application with react-native-camera@3.15.1 fails in build phase with following message:

Task :react-native-gesture-handler:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED

...node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerEvent.java:3: error: package android.support.v4.util does not exist. import android.support.v4.util.Pools;

...node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.

Expected Behaviour

Expect build to succeed, as it does when I build with react-native-camera@2.11.2.

So with version 2.11.2, it builds ok. What is weird is that this react-native-camera does not even have react-native-gesture-handler as its dependencies. Still for some reason, it fails for that if I apply the latest version of this library, and works with version 2.11.2.

Steps to Reproduce

Build react-native project for android with following dependencies:
"react": "16.6.0-alpha.8af6728",
"react-native": "^0.57.1",
"react-native-camera": "^3.15.1",
"react-native-gesture-handler": "1.0.17",
"react-navigation": "^3.11.1",

No expo used here.

[VilleMiekkoja]

Tried to reverse jetify this dependency with npx jetify -r. But after that, build fails with error:

node_modules/react-native-camera/android/src/main/java/org/reactnative/camera/RNCameraView.java:10: error: package android.support.v4.content does not exist
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat

Also errors like these then appear:

node_modules/react-native-camera/android/src/main/java/org/reactnative/camera/RNCameraViewHelper.java:31: error: cannot find symbol
{"int", ExifInterface.TAG_BITS_PER_SAMPLE},

Does this mean that the library v3 does not support react-native < 60 atm?

[cristianoccazinsp]

Are you sure you don't have any misconfiguration? android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat should be available if you're using the right code.

I would still highly recommend migrating to RN > 60. Can't help much here since I've never used the reverse jetify.

[fabOnReact]

error: package android.support.v4.content does not exist

michalchudziak/react-native-geolocation#39 (comment)

cannot find symbol{"int", ExifInterface.TAG_BITS_PER_SAMPLE},

facebook/react-native#25173

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions. You may also mark this issue as a "discussion" and i will leave this open.

[fabOnReact]

react native camera supports now "react-native": "^0.59.1". I am closing the issue for now. Thanks