React-native-navigation: Cannot find symbol: method getPackages()

[shubham-aneja]

Issue Description

I have set up a new RN project, it was working perfectly fine until I added react-native-navigation. I have followed all the steps provided here
Even after trying a number of solutions I found, nothing seems to be working.
Complete stack trace:
`JS server already running.
Building and installing the app on the device (cd android && ./gradlew installDebug)...

Configure project :app
WARNING: Configuration 'compile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'implementation' and 'api'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018. For more information see: http://d.android.com/r/tools/update-dependency-configurations.html

Configure project :react-native-navigation
downloadRobolectricDependencies /Users/shubhamaneja/shubham/workspace/projects/react/react-native/ecommerce/android/build/robolectric-dependencies
WARNING: Configuration 'compile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'implementation' and 'api'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018. For more information see: http://d.android.com/r/tools/update-dependency-configurations.html
WARNING: Configuration 'testCompile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'testImplementation' and 'testApi'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018. For more information see: http://d.android.com/r/tools/update-dependency-configurations.html
WARNING: Configuration 'testApi' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'testImplementation'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018. For more information see: http://d.android.com/r/tools/update-dependency-configurations.html
WARNING: The specified Android SDK Build Tools version (26.0.2) is ignored, as it is below the minimum supported version (27.0.3) for Android Gradle Plugin 3.1.4.
Android SDK Build Tools 27.0.3 will be used.
To suppress this warning, remove "buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'" from your build.gradle file, as each version of the Android Gradle Plugin now has a default version of the build tools.

Task :app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
/Users/shubhamaneja/shubham/workspace/projects/react/react-native/ecommerce/android/app/src/main/java/com/ecommerce/MainApplication.java:56: error: cannot find symbol
return getPackages();
^
symbol: method getPackages()
location: class MainApplication
1 error

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.

  Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

• 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 0s
28 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 27 up-to-date
Could not install the app on the device, read the error above for details.
Make sure you have an Android emulator running or a device connected and have
set up your Android development environment:
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html`

Steps to Reproduce / Code Snippets / Screenshots

• npm install --save react-native-navation
• Follow these steps
  

  * react-native run-android

Environment

• React Native Navigation version: 1.1.486
• React Native version: 0.57.0
• Platform(s) (iOS, Android, or both?): Android
• Device info (Simulator/Device? OS version? Debug/Release?): Simulater | Debug | Pixel2 Android 6.0 API level 23

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