React-native-notifications: error building on android : constructor RNNotificationsPackage in class RNNotificationsPackage cannot be applied to given types

[bluetiger30]

Hi I'm trying to build the app on android , but I''m getting the follwoing error :
error: constructor RNNotificationsPackage in class RNNotificationsPackage cannot be applied to given types;
required: Application
found: no arguments
reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
the error is located in the android\app\src\mainjava\com\test\MainApplication.java :
`import android.app.Application;

import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
import com.oblador.keychain.KeychainPackage;
import com.bitgo.randombytes.RandomBytesPackage;
import com.wix.reactnativenotifications.RNNotificationsPackage;
import com.ibeacon.simulator.BeaconBroadcastPackage;
import com.mackentoch.beaconsandroid.BeaconsAndroidPackage;
import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
import com.facebook.react.shell.MainReactPackage;
import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {

private final ReactNativeHost mReactNativeHost = new ReactNativeHost(this) {
@Override
public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
return BuildConfig.DEBUG;
}

@Override
protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
  return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
      new MainReactPackage(),
        new KeychainPackage(),
        new RandomBytesPackage(),
        new RNNotificationsPackage(),
        new BeaconBroadcastPackage(),
        new BeaconsAndroidPackage()
  );
}

@Override
protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
  return "index";
}

};

@Override
public ReactNativeHost getReactNativeHost() {
return mReactNativeHost;
}

@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
SoLoader.init(this, /* native exopackage */ false);
}
}
`

[andrzejbe]

in your MainApplication.java
replace: new RNNotificationsPackage(),
with: new RNNotificationsPackage(MainApplication.this),

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[Bilal-Abdeen]

I got this error with react-native 0.61.2 and react-native-notifications 2.1.5. It was fixed by making 2 changes.

Change#1:
Applying the following change in the file \android\app\src\mainjava....\MainApplication.java

......
@Override
protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
  @SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
  List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
  // packages.add(new RNNotificationsPackage()); // REMOVE this 
  packages.add(new RNNotificationsPackage(MainApplication.this)); // ADD this
  return packages;
}
.....

Change#2:
Creating a file in the project's root folder (the folder where package.json is)

The file name:
react-native.config.js

File contents:

module.exports = {
  dependencies: {
    'react-native-notifications': {
      platforms: {
        android: null
      },
    },
  },
}

[matheusbaumgart]

I'm still getting:
constructor RNNotificationsPackage in class RNNotificationsPackage cannot be applied to given types; new RNNotificationsPackage(), ^ required: Application found: no arguments reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length

Even after those changes :(

[Bilal-Abdeen]

Try the following:
packages.add(new RNNotificationsPackage(MainApplication.this));

instead of the following:
packages.add(new RNNotificationsPackage(this.getApplication()));

[matheusbaumgart]

Try the following:
packages.add(new RNNotificationsPackage(MainApplication.this));

instead of the following:
packages.add(new RNNotificationsPackage(this.getApplication()));

Thanks @Bilal-Abdeen, I've tried that too, same error :(

[Bilal-Abdeen]

@matheusbaumgart I am sorry, mate. I am not sure what could be the reason for this. I suggest you double-check "Change#2" in my post (above).

[matheusbaumgart]

@Bilal-Abdeen I've recreated the file and it now works, mysteriously. I'm going back to another PN library as this one doesn't have Android Scheduled PN :(

Thanks for your help

[Bilal-Abdeen]

@matheusbaumgart It is great that you got it to work.
I am not sure what functionality does Android Scheduled PN entail, and you don't need to tell me (as it is outside the scope of this issue)!
However, I just thought of letting you know that I am using Google Cloud Functions to "send" notifications, and this library (React-Native-Notifications) to "receive" these notifications. I do NOT need scheduling. If I did, I would probably investigate doing it using Google Cloud Functions. If you could not find a library that does what you need, you might want to consider the combination of Google Cloud Functions and this library.

[Rutvik17]

I am having this issue after trying all the solutions mentioned above but it still does not work, i am on
react-native: 0.60.6
react-native-notifications: 1.1.17
Anyone know how to solve this ?

error: constructor RNNotificationsPackage in class RNNotificationsPackage cannot be applied to given types; new RNNotificationsPackage(), ^ required: Application found: no arguments reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length