React-native-ble-plx: Build failed on RN v0.61.5

[chandrasekarvogo]

getting
Error: Command failed: ./gradlew app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081

FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

1: Task failed with an exception.

• Where:
  Build file '/Users/chandrasekar/workspace/hybrid-consumer-app/node_modules/react-native-ble-plx/android/build.gradle' line: 20

• What went wrong:
  A problem occurred evaluating project ':react-native-ble-plx'.

  Failed to apply plugin [id 'groovyx.android']
  Could not create an instance of type groovyx.internal.DefaultAndroidGroovySourceSet.
  Could not find matching constructor for: org.gradle.api.internal.file.DefaultSourceDirectorySet(org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GStringImpl, org.gradle.api.internal.file.BaseDirFileResolver, org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultDirectoryFileTreeFactory)

• Try:

  Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

2: Task failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  A problem occurred configuring project ':react-native-ble-plx'.

  compileSdkVersion is not specified.

• Try:

  Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

• Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 4s

at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:621:11)
at execFileSync (child_process.js:639:15)
at runOnAllDevices (/Users/chandrasekar/workspace/hybrid-consumer-app/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/build/commands/runAndroid/runOnAllDevices.js:94:39)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)

[vaqif14]

In android/app/build.gradle
add multiDexEnabled true
android { .... defaultConfig { ... multiDexEnabled true }

[chandrasekarvogo]

@vaqif14 still the same issue.

[TheHothihi]

@chandrasekarvogo Same problem here.
According to
https://github.com/groovy/groovy-android-gradle-plugin/commit/a336b37fed8d9dbad1087fe010c6a03deb8fdad1

The problem seemed to be coming from groovyx rather than RN / react-native-ble-plx.

[ScreamZ]

Same issue here, I just spotted it after migrating to 0.62.0.

@TheHothihi

0.62 bring
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.0.1-all.zip

Looks like exactly the issue reported by groovy/groovy-android-gradle-plugin@a336b37

@Cierpliwy @dariuszseweryn Any ideas guys ? Work great when using gradle 5.5

[ild-nucleusstudio]

I also got the same error with 0.62.0 today.
Seems like as @ScreamZ pointed out.
Could you guys take a look at it @dariuszseweryn @Cierpliwy ? I really appreciate that.

[r44j]

Same issue here, also on 0.62.0

[chancmg]

seems gradle v6.0 support added in Gradle 6 compatibility and release in [email protected]. This library running in older version. upgrading groovy-android-gradle-plugin might help. @Cierpliwy @dariuszseweryn

[purrsong-km]

I also got same issues with RN 0.62
react-native link react-native-ble-plx doesn't work for android.

[r44j]

seems gradle v6.0 support added in Gradle 6 compatibility and release in [email protected]. This library running in older version. upgrading groovy-android-gradle-plugin might help. @Cierpliwy @dariuszseweryn

Could you please point me to a resource to do that?

[bwindsor]

Downgrading my project to gradle 5.6.4 worked as an interim solution for me. In Android Studio, go to File >> Project Structure. On the project tab change Gradle version to 5.6.4. This modifies gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties to have distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-all.zip.

[ezranbayantemur]

Same problem at 0.62

[ild-nucleusstudio]

Here is my workaround for those who need this package run with latest react native version 0.62.0

As the problem is pointed out with Gradle version < 6, so we should upgrade the build tool and groovy plugin.

Here is a step by step:

1/ Fork this repository
2/ In android folder, open build.gradle:
Update this code:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        google() // This for build tool
        maven {
          url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
        }
    }
    dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.0' // Update build tool gradle
        classpath 'gradle.plugin.org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-android-gradle-plugin:3.0.0' // Update groovy for gradle 6+
    }
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
apply plugin: "org.codehaus.groovy.android" // Update this

2/ Open gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties, update this code:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.2-all.zip  // You can choose your gradle version 6+

3/ Commit and push the code to Github
4/ Install the package with GitHub packager or you can use npm-link (or yalc) to test it locally.
5/ Do the same thing as the installation document.

Note: This is a workaround for this issue while we wait for the author updates his awesome library.
Note: For IOS, we can keep the same or update MultiplatformBleAdapter to the latest version if you want.

Upvote for this comment if it works for your project.

[strawberry-code]

In a more simple way I solved using a solution very similar to the the previous one (no forks required):

1. Edit ./root/android/build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        google() // This for build tool
        maven {
          url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
        }
    }
    dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.0' // Update build tool gradle
        classpath 'gradle.plugin.org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-android-gradle-plugin:3.0.0' // Update groovy for gradle 6+
    }
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
apply plugin: "org.codehaus.groovy.android" // Update this

1. Edit ./roo/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-all.zip // Because I have latest gradle version

I confirm after that I can finally build on Android and now I can use bluetooth plugin APIs.

[nerami]

In a more simple way I solved using a solution very similar to the the previous one (no forks required):

I tried this but it didn't work. Can you provide a repo? Meanwhile, I edited the Gradle files as per @ild-nucleusstudio suggestion and it worked.

[mavaa]

Now that there's a pull request available, I just did this to make it work in my project:

cd ..

# Make sure it's ok do write the following repo to the project's parent folder
git clone [email protected]:chancmg/react-native-ble-plx.git

# Go back into the project dir
cd mybleproject

# Install the project from parent dir
npm install $(npm pack ../react-native-ble-plx | tail -1) --save

[AlexIII]

Method suggested by @strawberry-code works, but to be more clear you should edit build.gradle in node_modules/react-native-ble-plx/android/ and android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties in your project directory.
Bear in mind, this is VERY temporary solution, all the changes in node_modules will be erased after the update and whatnot.

[azuxx]

Downgrading my project to gradle 5.6.4 worked as an interim solution for me. In Android Studio, go to File >> Project Structure. On the project tab change Gradle version to 5.6.4. This modifies gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties to have distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-all.zip.

Downgrading solution worked for me. Anyhow, waiting to get the plugin being supported with Gradle 6.
Thanks🙏🏻

[Cierpliwy]

Please check version 2.0.0. The issue should be solved.

[petr166]

I can confirm that it works on

"react-native": "0.62.2",
"react-native-ble-plx": "^2.0.0",

[Cierpliwy]

Glad to hear that.