React-native-background-geolocation: Could not get unknown property 'android' for project ':app' of type org.gradle.api.Project.

[j-mendez]

downgraded gradle and now this issue .All I have done was install@latest and react-native link 'project;

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[AmeerHamzaRiaz]

Anyone have solution for this ?

[mark-slepkov]

I'm having the same. I just enabled gradle3 like it made in there https://github.com/mauron85/react-native-mauron85-background-geolocation-skeleton
I'm not experienced with android development (web only). Can anyone help me please? Thanks.

[AmeerHamzaRiaz]

I had to abandon my project. Just because I couldn't solve this issue :/ https://github.com/mauron85/react-native-background-geolocation/issues/217

[mark-slepkov]

I downgraded buildToolsVersion and `supportLibVersion

ext {
    compileSdkVersion = 26
    targetSdkVersion = 26
    buildToolsVersion = "26.0.2"
    supportLibVersion = "25.3.1"
    googlePlayServicesVersion = "11.8.0"
//    oreoEXPERIMENTAL = "yes"
    gradle3EXPERIMENTAL = "yes"
}

so now it builds but my app crashes right on start.
if I comment this string in MainApplication.java

then no crash on start, but geolocation does not work. ((

[tmaly1980]

@j-mendez Why'd you close this? What was the solution?

[tmaly1980]

OK Turns out for me the issue was in the android-common submodule:

I needed to change in VERSIONS.gradle:

    if (findProject('..:app') != null) {
        applicationId = project('..:app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    } else if (findProject(':app') != null) {
        applicationId = project(':app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    }

to:

    if (findProject('..:app') != null && project('..:app').hasProperty('android')) {
        applicationId = project('..:app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    } else if (findProject(':app') != null && project(':app').hasProperty('android')) {
        applicationId = project(':app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    }

[hesa2020]

@tmaly1980 very nice find.
I think the issue is in settings.gradle

I really wonder why can't it see the android property tho, because for my project it is there.

[j-mendez]

@tmaly1980 sorry, should have posted the solution. Setup your project for AndroidX and it should work.

[hooksoft]

OK Turns out for me the issue was in the android-common submodule:

I needed to change in VERSIONS.gradle:

    if (findProject('..:app') != null) {
        applicationId = project('..:app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    } else if (findProject(':app') != null) {
        applicationId = project(':app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    }

to:

    if (findProject('..:app') != null && project('..:app').hasProperty('android')) {
        applicationId = project('..:app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    } else if (findProject(':app') != null && project(':app').hasProperty('android')) {
        applicationId = project(':app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    }

This worked for me on RN 0.62.2 - thank you. I wonder if I could turn it into patch-module..

[caolong0204]

OK Turns out for me the issue was in the android-common submodule:
I needed to change in VERSIONS.gradle:

    if (findProject('..:app') != null) {
        applicationId = project('..:app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    } else if (findProject(':app') != null) {
        applicationId = project(':app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    }

to:

    if (findProject('..:app') != null && project('..:app').hasProperty('android')) {
        applicationId = project('..:app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    } else if (findProject(':app') != null && project(':app').hasProperty('android')) {
        applicationId = project(':app').android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    }

This worked for me on RN 0.62.2 - thank you. I wonder if I could turn it into patch-module..

Why i don't have file VERSION.gradle in my project?

[caolong0204]

@tmaly1980 sorry, should have posted the solution. Setup your project for AndroidX and it should work.

can you say detail about steps to setup?Please