React-native-background-geolocation: Failing to build - Manifest merger failed

[dakkafex]

Your Environment

• Plugin version: 3.0.9
• Platform: Android
• OS version: 9.0
• Device manufacturer / model: Emulated Pixel 3
• React Native version (react-native -v): 0.59.8
• Plugin config
  ```javascript
  N/A

## Expected Behavior
<!--- Tell us what should happen -->
App should build without issues

## Actual Behavior
<!--- Tell us what happens instead -->
App fails to build with error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.
  > Manifest merger failed : Attribute application@appComponentFactory value=(android.support.v4.app.CoreComponentFactory) from [com.android.support:support-compat:28.0.0] AndroidManifest.xml:22:18-91
  is also present at [androidx.core:core:1.0.0] AndroidManifest.xml:22:18-86 value=(androidx.core.app.CoreComponentFactory).
  Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:appComponentFactory"' to element at AndroidManifest.xml:7:5-117 to override.

## Steps to Reproduce
<!--- reproduce this issue; include code to reproduce, if relevant -->
1. Install plugin with yarn
2. link the plugin with the react-native link command
3. Follow the instructions on the linking page for RN <= 0.59
4. build the app with either android studio or the react-native run-android command

## Context
<!--- What were you trying to do? -->
Trying to install the plugin and see if the installation has not broken the build

## Debug logs
<!-- include iOS / Android logs
- ios XCode logs,
- use #getLog #emailLog methods (@see docs)
- Android: $ adb logcat -s TSLocationManager
-->
<details><summary>Logs</summary>

``` <!-- Syntax highlighting:  DO NOT REMOVE -->
N/A

[christocracy]

Paste the following files:

• android/build.gradle
• android/app/build.gradle

[christocracy]

and to find out why your app is loading androidx dependencies (I thought that was a 0.60 only), run the following:

$ cd android
$ ./gradlew app:dependencies

[mikehardy]

jetifier has a reverse mode (jetify -r) because during this transition libraries will be one-by-one making breaking changes and pulling in androidx, the reverse mode does the standard mapping but in reverse to keep you aligned with support libraries until you move your app to RN0.60. Could be that...

[dakkafex]

Regarding the androidX dependencies... its spits out over 3000 lines and it looks like pretty much every package is using it, im not sure how to interpret the output

Paste the following files:

• android/build.gradle
• android/app/build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
        minSdkVersion = 16
        compileSdkVersion = 28
        targetSdkVersion = 28
        supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"
        googlePlayServicesVersion = "16.0.0"
        googlePlayServicesLocationVersion = "17.0.0"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.2'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
        classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.25.4'

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

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
        jcenter()
        google()
        maven {
            // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
        }
        maven { url 'https://maven.google.com' }
        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
        maven {
            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/libs"
        }
        maven {
            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native-background-fetch/android/libs"
        }
    }
}

app/build.gradle

apply plugin: "com.android.application"

import com.android.build.OutputFile

project.ext.react = [
    entryFile: "index.js"
]

apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"

/**
 * Set this to true to create two separate APKs instead of one:
 *   - An APK that only works on ARM devices
 *   - An APK that only works on x86 devices
 * The advantage is the size of the APK is reduced by about 4MB.
 * Upload all the APKs to the Play Store and people will download
 * the correct one based on the CPU architecture of their device.
 */
def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false

/**
 * Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
 */
def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false

android {
    purgeBackgroundGeolocationDebugResources(applicationVariants)
    compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.whosthat_app"
        minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
        targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
        versionCode 12
        versionName "0.1.12 - Aegwynn"
        multiDexEnabled true
        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
    }
    splits {
        abi {
            reset()
            enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
            universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
            include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
        }
    }
    signingConfigs {
        release {
            if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE')) {
                storeFile file(MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
                storePassword MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
                keyAlias MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
                keyPassword MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
            }
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
            multiDexKeepFile file('multidex-config.txt')
        }
    }
    // 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:
            // http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide/apk-splits
            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) * 1048576 + defaultConfig.versionCode
            }
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation project(':react-native-background-fetch')
    implementation project(':react-native-background-geolocation')
    implementation project(':react-native-image-crop-picker')
    implementation project(':react-native-firebase')
    implementation project(':react-native-image-picker')
    implementation project(':react-native-svg')
    implementation project(':react-native-maps')
    implementation project(':react-native-vector-icons')
    implementation project(':@react-native-community_async-storage')
    implementation project(':react-native-gesture-handler')
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${rootProject.ext.supportLibVersion}"
    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
    // Firebase dependencies
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.1.0"
    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.8"
    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:16.2.1"
    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:18.2.0"
    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:16.1.0"
    implementation('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.9.9@aar') {
        transitive = true
    }
    compile project(':react-native-geolocation-service')
}

// Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
// puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use
task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
    from configurations.compile
    into 'libs'
}
// TODO: fabric will be end of life soon for crashlytics
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
apply plugin: "io.fabric"
// [Added by react-native-background-geolocation] Purge debug sounds from release build.
def purgeBackgroundGeolocationDebugResources(applicationVariants) {
    if ((rootProject.ext.has("removeBackgroundGeolocationDebugSoundsInRelease")) && (rootProject.ext.removeBackgroundGeolocationDebugSoundsInRelease == false)) return
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        if (variant.buildType.name == "release") {
            println("[react-native-background-geolocation] Purging debug resources in release build")
            variant.mergeResources.doLast {
                delete(fileTree(dir: variant.mergeResources.outputDir, includes: ["raw_tslocationmanager*"]))
            }
        }
    }
}

[christocracy]

Are you telling me that you started having this problem only after adding background-Geolocation?

[dakkafex]

correct

[christocracy]

Show me the result of ./gradlew app:dependencies

[christocracy]

background-geolocation doesn't import androidx dependencies when your ext.supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"

[dakkafex]

https://pastebin.com/51BUx2KB

the top is cut off because my terminal wont go any deeper

[l1zard]

I have same issue with 0.59.9

[christocracy]

@dakkafex You only need to observe any of the dependency trees:

+--- project :react-native-geolocation-service
+--- androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.0
+--- androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0
|    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0
|    |    |    \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.0.0
|    |    |    +--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common:2.0.0
|    |    |    |    \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    +--- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.0.0
|    |    |    |    \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    \--- androidx.versionedparcelable:versionedparcelable:1.0.0
|    |         +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |         \--- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0 (*)
|    +--- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0 (*)
|    +--- androidx.cursoradapter:cursoradapter:1.0.0
|    |    \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    +--- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    +--- androidx.documentfile:documentfile:1.0.0
|    |    |    \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.loader:loader:1.0.0
|    |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    +--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata:2.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:2.0.0
|    |    |    |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    |    \--- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-core:2.0.0
|    |    |    |    |    +--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common:2.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    |    |    +--- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    |    |    \--- androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:2.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    |    \--- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    \--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.0.0
|    |    |         \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.localbroadcastmanager:localbroadcastmanager:1.0.0
|    |    |    \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    \--- androidx.print:print:1.0.0
|    |         \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    +--- androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    +--- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0
|    |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    +--- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    +--- androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    \--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    +--- androidx.viewpager:viewpager:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    |    \--- androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    +--- androidx.coordinatorlayout:coordinatorlayout:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    |    \--- androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    +--- androidx.drawerlayout:drawerlayout:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    |    \--- androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    +--- androidx.slidingpanelayout:slidingpanelayout:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    |    \--- androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    +--- androidx.interpolator:interpolator:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    +--- androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    |    \--- androidx.interpolator:interpolator:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    +--- androidx.asynclayoutinflater:asynclayoutinflater:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    |    |    \--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    |    \--- androidx.cursoradapter:cursoradapter:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    +--- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.loader:loader:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    \--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.0.0 (*)
|    +--- androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    \--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    \--- androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable-animated:1.0.0
|         +--- androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable:1.0.0 (*)
|         \--- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
+--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common:2.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.versionedparcelable:versionedparcelable:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.cursoradapter:cursoradapter:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.documentfile:documentfile:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.loader:loader:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata:2.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:2.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-core:2.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.localbroadcastmanager:localbroadcastmanager:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.print:print:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.viewpager:viewpager:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.coordinatorlayout:coordinatorlayout:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.drawerlayout:drawerlayout:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.slidingpanelayout:slidingpanelayout:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.interpolator:interpolator:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.asynclayoutinflater:asynclayoutinflater:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable-animated:1.0.0 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:17.0.0
|    +--- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0 (*)
|    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    +--- androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 (*)
|    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:17.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    \--- androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 (*)
|    \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:17.0.0
|         \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:17.0.0 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:17.0.0 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:17.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.0
+--- com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.12.1
|    \--- com.squareup.okio:okio:1.15.0
+--- com.squareup.okio:okio:1.15.0
+--- com.facebook.react:react-native:0.59.8
|    +--- com.facebook.infer.annotation:infer-annotation:0.11.2
|    |    \--- com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.1 -> 3.0.2
|    +--- javax.inject:javax.inject:1
|    +--- com.facebook.fresco:fresco:1.10.0
|    |    +--- com.facebook.fresco:fbcore:1.10.0
|    |    +--- com.facebook.fresco:drawee:1.10.0
|    |    |    +--- com.facebook.fresco:fbcore:1.10.0
|    |    |    \--- com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline:1.10.0
|    |    |         +--- com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline-base:1.10.0
|    |    |         |    +--- com.facebook.soloader:soloader:0.5.0 -> 0.6.0
|    |    |         |    +--- com.parse.bolts:bolts-tasks:1.4.0
|    |    |         |    \--- com.facebook.fresco:fbcore:1.10.0
|    |    |         +--- com.facebook.soloader:soloader:0.5.0 -> 0.6.0
|    |    |         +--- com.parse.bolts:bolts-tasks:1.4.0
|    |    |         \--- com.facebook.fresco:fbcore:1.10.0
|    |    +--- com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline:1.10.0 (*)
|    |    \--- com.facebook.soloader:soloader:0.5.0 -> 0.6.0
|    +--- com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline-okhttp3:1.10.0
|    |    +--- com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.10.0 -> 3.12.1 (*)
|    |    +--- com.facebook.fresco:fbcore:1.10.0
|    |    \--- com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline:1.10.0 (*)
|    +--- com.facebook.soloader:soloader:0.6.0
|    +--- com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2
|    +--- com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.12.1 (*)
|    +--- com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection:3.12.1
|    |    \--- com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.12.1 (*)
|    +--- com.squareup.okio:okio:1.15.0
|    \--- androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 (*)
+--- com.facebook.infer.annotation:infer-annotation:0.11.2 (*)
+--- com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2
+--- javax.inject:javax.inject:1
+--- com.facebook.fresco:fresco:1.10.0 (*)
+--- com.facebook.fresco:fbcore:1.10.0
+--- com.facebook.fresco:drawee:1.10.0 (*)
+--- com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline:1.10.0 (*)
+--- com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline-base:1.10.0 (*)
+--- com.facebook.soloader:soloader:0.6.0
+--- com.parse.bolts:bolts-tasks:1.4.0
+--- com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline-okhttp3:1.10.0 (*)
+--- com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection:3.12.1 (*)
+--- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0
|    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    +--- androidx.media:media:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
|    |    +--- androidx.core:core:1.0.0 (*)
|    |    \--- androidx.versionedparcelable:versionedparcelable:1.0.0 (*)
|    +--- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0 (*)
|    +--- androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0 (*)
|    \--- androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 (*)
+--- androidx.media:media:1.0.0 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.8
|    \--- com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:16.4.0
|         +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement:16.4.0
|         |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.2.0 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-base:[16.4.0] -> 16.4.0
|         |    |    \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.2.0 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-impl:[16.4.0] -> 16.4.0
|         |    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-identifier:16.0.0
|         |    |    |    \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.2.0 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-base:[16.4.0] -> 16.4.0 (*)
|         |    |    \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-stats:16.0.1
|         |    |         \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-stats:16.0.1 (*)
|         +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-api:16.4.0
|         |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.2.0 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-base:[16.4.0] -> 16.4.0 (*)
|         |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-impl:[16.4.0] -> 16.4.0 (*)
|         |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-sdk-api:[16.4.0] -> 16.4.0
|         |    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.2.0 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    |    \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-base:[16.4.0] -> 16.4.0 (*)
|         |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    +--- com.google.firebase:firebase-common:16.0.3 -> 16.1.0
|         |    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    |    \--- com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations:1.6
|         |    +--- com.google.firebase:firebase-iid:17.0.3
|         |    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-stats:16.0.1 (*)
|         |    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    |    +--- com.google.firebase:firebase-common:16.0.3 -> 16.1.0 (*)
|         |    |    \--- com.google.firebase:firebase-iid-interop:16.0.1
|         |    |         +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    |         \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         |    \--- com.google.firebase:firebase-measurement-connector:17.0.1
|         |         \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|         \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-sdk:16.4.0
|              +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.2.0 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|              +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-base:[16.4.0] -> 16.4.0 (*)
|              +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-impl:[16.4.0] -> 16.4.0 (*)
|              \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-sdk-api:[16.4.0] -> 16.4.0 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:16.4.0 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement:16.4.0 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-base:16.4.0 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-impl:16.4.0 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-identifier:16.0.0 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-stats:16.0.1 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-api:16.4.0 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-sdk-api:16.4.0 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-common:16.1.0 (*)
+--- com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations:1.6
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-iid:17.0.3 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-iid-interop:16.0.1 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-measurement-connector:17.0.1 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-sdk:16.4.0 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:16.2.1
|    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.1.0 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-flags:16.0.1
|    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    |    \--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    +--- com.google.firebase:firebase-auth-interop:16.0.1
|    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    |    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    |    \--- com.google.firebase:firebase-common:16.0.3 -> 16.1.0 (*)
|    \--- com.google.firebase:firebase-common:16.0.3 -> 16.1.0 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-flags:16.0.1 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-auth-interop:16.0.1 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:18.2.0
|    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    +--- com.google.firebase:firebase-auth-interop:16.0.1 (*)
|    +--- com.google.firebase:firebase-common:16.1.0 (*)
|    +--- com.google.firebase:firebase-database-collection:16.0.1
|    +--- com.google.firebase:protolite-well-known-types:16.0.1
|    |    \--- com.google.protobuf:protobuf-lite:3.0.1
|    +--- com.google.guava:listenablefuture:9999.0-empty-to-avoid-conflict-with-guava
|    +--- com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.7.5
|    |    \--- com.squareup.okio:okio:1.6.0 -> 1.15.0
|    +--- io.grpc:grpc-android:1.16.1
|    |    \--- io.grpc:grpc-core:[1.16.1] -> 1.16.1
|    |         +--- io.grpc:grpc-context:1.16.1
|    |         +--- com.google.code.gson:gson:2.7
|    |         +--- com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.2.0
|    |         +--- com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2
|    |         +--- org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-annotations:1.17
|    |         +--- com.google.guava:guava:26.0-android
|    |         |    +--- org.checkerframework:checker-compat-qual:2.5.2
|    |         |    \--- com.google.j2objc:j2objc-annotations:1.1
|    |         +--- io.opencensus:opencensus-api:0.12.3
|    |         |    \--- com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.2.0
|    |         \--- io.opencensus:opencensus-contrib-grpc-metrics:0.12.3
|    |              +--- com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.2.0
|    |              \--- io.opencensus:opencensus-api:0.12.3 (*)
|    +--- io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.16.1
|    |    +--- io.grpc:grpc-core:[1.16.1] -> 1.16.1 (*)
|    |    +--- com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.5.0 -> 2.7.5 (*)
|    |    \--- com.squareup.okio:okio:1.13.0 -> 1.15.0
|    +--- io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite:1.16.1
|    |    +--- io.grpc:grpc-core:1.16.1 (*)
|    |    +--- com.google.protobuf:protobuf-lite:3.0.1
|    |    \--- com.google.guava:guava:26.0-android (*)
|    \--- io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.16.1
|         \--- io.grpc:grpc-core:1.16.1 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-database-collection:16.0.1
+--- com.google.firebase:protolite-well-known-types:16.0.1 (*)
+--- com.google.protobuf:protobuf-lite:3.0.1
+--- com.google.guava:listenablefuture:9999.0-empty-to-avoid-conflict-with-guava
+--- com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.7.5 (*)
+--- io.grpc:grpc-android:1.16.1 (*)
+--- io.grpc:grpc-core:1.16.1 (*)
+--- io.grpc:grpc-context:1.16.1
+--- com.google.code.gson:gson:2.7
+--- com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.2.0
+--- org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-annotations:1.17
+--- com.google.guava:guava:26.0-android (*)
+--- org.checkerframework:checker-compat-qual:2.5.2
+--- com.google.j2objc:j2objc-annotations:1.1
+--- io.opencensus:opencensus-api:0.12.3 (*)
+--- io.opencensus:opencensus-contrib-grpc-metrics:0.12.3 (*)
+--- io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.16.1 (*)
+--- io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite:1.16.1 (*)
+--- io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.16.1 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:16.1.0
|    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    +--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:16.0.1 -> 17.0.0 (*)
|    \--- com.google.firebase:firebase-common:16.1.0 (*)
+--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.9.9
|    +--- io.fabric.sdk.android:fabric:1.4.8
|    +--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:beta:1.2.10
|    +--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics-core:2.6.8
|    |    +--- io.fabric.sdk.android:fabric:1.4.8
|    |    \--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:answers:1.4.7
|    |         \--- io.fabric.sdk.android:fabric:1.4.8
|    \--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:answers:1.4.7 (*)
+--- io.fabric.sdk.android:fabric:1.4.8
+--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:beta:1.2.10
+--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics-core:2.6.8 (*)
+--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:answers:1.4.7 (*)
+--- project :react-native-background-fetch
+--- project :react-native-background-geolocation
+--- project :react-native-image-crop-picker
+--- project :react-native-firebase
|    +--- com.facebook.react:react-native:+ -> 0.59.8 (*)
|    \--- com.android.support:support-v4:28.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0 (*)
+--- project :react-native-image-picker
+--- project :react-native-svg
+--- project :react-native-maps
+--- project :react-native-vector-icons
+--- project :@react-native-community_async-storage
+--- project :react-native-gesture-handler
+--- com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0 -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 (*)
+--- com.facebook.react:react-native:+ -> 0.59.8 (*)
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.1.0 -> 17.0.0 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.8 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:16.2.1 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:18.2.0 (*)
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:16.1.0 (*)
\--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.9.9 (*)

[christocracy]

@dakkafex In your ext block in android/build.gradle, try setting googlePlayServicesLocationVersion = "16.0.0"

[dakkafex]

that did the trick.

Worth noting that in the <=0.59 section in the instructions?

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