React-native-gesture-handler: [error] package android.support.v4.util doesn't exist

[M1seRy]

react-native-gesture-handler error

Hi,
I follow the instruction by the react-navigation website : https://reactnavigation.org/docs/en/getting-started.html to add react-navigation:

yarn add react-navigation

yarn add react-native-gesture-handler

react-native link react-native-gesture-handler

and successfully linked

info Linking "react-native-gesture-handler" iOS dependency info iOS module "react-native-gesture-handler" has been successfully linked info Linking "react-native-gesture-handler" Android dependency info Android module "react-native-gesture-handler" has been successfully linked

and then change the MainActivity.java like the docs it asks.

everything runs fine before adding navigation.

Then run react-native run-android emulator, and error pop up :

xxxx/node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerEvent.java:3: error: package android.support.v4.util doesn't exist import android.support.v4.util.Pools; ^ xxxx/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerEvent.java:19: error: package Pools doesn't exist private static final Pools.SynchronizedPool<RNGestureHandlerEvent> EVENTS_POOL = ^

Your Environment

| software | version
| ---------------- | -------
| react-navigation | ^3.11.0
| react-native | 0.60.0
| node | v10.14.1
| npm or yarn | npm 6.4.1 yarn 1.16.0
| react-native-gesture-handler | ^1.3.0

I try to solve this by search in issues and stackoverflow, but non of them is working for me.
Any advice or help is needed . Thx.

[uttam-reddy]

Try :

1. npm install --save-dev jetifier
2. npx jetify

[M1seRy]

@viru99 Hi, Thx, I have try it with jetifier, another error pop up in package react-native-gesture-handler:

null is not an object (evaluating 'rngesturehandlermodule.default.createGestureHandler')

IMG => RNGestHandlerModule null error

Any solutions?

[uttam-reddy]

Try to stop Metro Bundler server and restart it react-native start
2.react-native link react-native-gesture-handler

[ghost]

@M1seRy Try the workaround for AndroidX: https://github.com/kmagiera/react-native-gesture-handler/issues/670#issuecomment-508745800

[M1seRy]

@localnet thx, I have tried to click the file : node_modules - react-native-gesture-handler then Refactor - Migrate to AndriodX. And rebuild but same error [error img] (https://i.loli.net/2019/07/10/5d25996d4655e23135.png)

Still no solutions, I think Maybe I should switch RN version to under 0.60.

[ghost]

@M1seRy Sorry, I have few experience with React Native and none with Java. Only I can say it worked for me, using [email protected]

PS: Try to clear Watchman cache.

[Jayxiang]

I didn't solve it by using jetifier, but I encountered new problems.

[jdnichollsc]

Because we need to Add gradle backward-compatibility, check details here => https://github.com/kmagiera/react-native-gesture-handler/issues/743

[httol]

https://github.com/mikehardy/jetifier

Call npx jetify run in the postinstall target of your package.json (Any time your dependencies update you have to jetify again)

[jakub-gonet]

This issue was not active for some time so I'm closing it.
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