React-native-svg: 'Cannot find symbol' in 5.1.8

[kimhafr]

Hi,

We get the following error in versjon 5.1.8:

:react-native-svg:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac - is not incremental (e.g. outputs have changed, no previous execution, etc.).
/Users/kimmartinsen/Projects/Entur/entur-clients/native/node_modules/react-native-svg/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgView.java:50: error: cannot find symbol
    private long mGestureStartTime = TouchEvent.UNSET;
                                               ^
  symbol:   variable UNSET
  location: class TouchEvent
/Users/kimmartinsen/Projects/Entur/entur-clients/native/node_modules/react-native-svg/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgView.java:124: error: method obtain in class TouchEvent cannot be applied to given types;
            TouchEvent.obtain(
                      ^
  required: int,TouchEventType,MotionEvent,float,float,TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper
  found: int,TouchEventType,MotionEvent,long,float,float,TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper
  reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
/Users/kimmartinsen/Projects/Entur/entur-clients/native/node_modules/react-native-svg/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgView.java:161: error: cannot find symbol
            mGestureStartTime = TouchEvent.UNSET;
                                          ^
  symbol:   variable UNSET
  location: class TouchEvent
/Users/kimmartinsen/Projects/Entur/entur-clients/native/node_modules/react-native-svg/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgView.java:165: error: cannot find symbol
            mGestureStartTime = TouchEvent.UNSET;
                                          ^
  symbol:   variable UNSET
  location: class TouchEvent
4 errors
:react-native-svg:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED

Had to downgrade to 5.1.7 to have it working again

[skibz]

i can confirm that downgrading to 5.1.7 solves the problem

[magicismight]

5.1.8 only support react-native>=0.44.0