React-native-track-player: android build error due to library support-v4

[djmMax]

I cannot build for android. I've this output

:react-native-track-player:incrementalReleaseJavaCompilationSafeguard UP-TO-DATE
:react-native-track-player:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac
:react-native-track-player:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac - is not incremental (e.g. outputs have changed, no previous execution, etc.).
/home/user/Workspace/react-native-track-player/example/node_modules/react-native-track-player/android/src/main/java/guichaguri/trackplayer/metadata/components/MediaNotification.java:20: error: package android.support.v4.media.app.NotificationCompat does not exist
import android.support.v4.media.app.NotificationCompat.MediaStyle;
                                                      ^
/home/user/Workspace/react-native-track-player/example/node_modules/react-native-track-player/android/src/main/java/guichaguri/trackplayer/metadata/components/MediaNotification.java:42: error: cannot find symbol
    private MediaStyle style;
            ^
  symbol:   class MediaStyle
  location: class MediaNotification
/home/user/Workspace/react-native-track-player/example/node_modules/react-native-track-player/android/src/main/java/guichaguri/trackplayer/metadata/components/MediaNotification.java:58: error: constructor Builder in class Builder cannot be applied to given types;
        this.nb = new Builder(context, "trackplayer");
                  ^
  required: Context
  found: Context,String
  reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
/home/user/Workspace/react-native-track-player/example/node_modules/react-native-track-player/android/src/main/java/guichaguri/trackplayer/metadata/components/MediaNotification.java:59: error: cannot find symbol
        this.style = new MediaStyle().setMediaSession(session.getSessionToken());
                         ^
  symbol:   class MediaStyle
  location: class MediaNotification
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
4 errors
:react-native-track-player:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':react-native-track-player:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

* Try:
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When I try to add support-v4 library I've this error:

* Where:
Build file '/home/user/Workspace/react-native-track-player/example/android/build.gradle' line: 38

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'example'.
> Could not find method compile() for arguments [com.android.support:support-v4:+] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

[mursang]

same issue here

[mursang]

hey @djmMax I just fixed it by adjusting some parameters on react-native-track-player's build gradle file.

Just added these rows:

dependencies {
...
compile 'com.android.support:support-media-compat:26.+'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.0.0'
}

and updated compileSdkVersion to 27 and buildToolsVersion to 26.0.2
Not sure if it's a good fix, but my app works fine now.
Can you try it?

[yogeshmoradiya121]

@mursang can you provide build.gradle full file???

[finkbit]

I'm also having this issue.

[khoinv]

I faced same trouble, and i tried with version 0.2.4, it is working property.

[mursang]

hey @yogeshmoradiya121 here's my RNTrackPlayer's gradle file:

import groovy.json.JsonSlurper

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.1'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

boolean exoplayer = false, cache = false, auto = false;
boolean dash = false, hls = false, smoothstreaming = false;

File file = file('../../../track-player.json')
if(file.exists()) {
    def json = new JsonSlurper().parseText(file.text)
    cache = json.cache ?: cache
    dash = json.dash ?: dash
    hls = json.hls ?: hls
    smoothstreaming = json.smoothstreaming ?: smoothstreaming
    auto = json.auto ?: auto

    exoplayer = json.exoplayer || dash || hls || smoothstreaming
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 27
    buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 16 // RN's minimum version
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        ndk {
            abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
        }

        consumerProguardFiles 'proguard-rules.txt'
    }

    buildTypes {
        buildTypes.each {
            def autoMd = auto ? 'com.google.android.gms.car.application' : 'disabled.car.application'
            it.manifestPlaceholders = [autoMetadata: autoMd]
        }
    }
}

repositories {
    maven {
        // As RN is not updated in jcenter anymore, we'll have to grab it from npm
        url "../node_modules/react-native/android"
    }
    mavenCentral()
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    //noinspection GradleDynamicVersion
    compile 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'

    // ExoPlayer Core
    if(exoplayer) {
        compile 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-core:r2.4.3'
    } else {
        provided 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-core:r2.4.3'
    }

    // ExoPlayer DASH
    if(dash) {
        compile 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-dash:r2.4.3'
    } else {
        provided 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-dash:r2.4.3'
    }

    // ExoPlayer HLS
    if(hls) {
        compile 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-hls:r2.4.3'
    } else {
        provided 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-hls:r2.4.3'
    }

    // ExoPlayer SmoothStreaming
    if(smoothstreaming) {
        compile 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-smoothstreaming:r2.4.3'
    } else {
        provided 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-smoothstreaming:r2.4.3'
    }

    // Caching (for the default Android player)
    if(cache && !exoplayer) {
        compile 'com.danikula:videocache:2.7.0'
    } else {
        provided 'com.danikula:videocache:2.7.0'
    }

    // Make sure we're using at least the support library 23.2.0, not 23.0.1
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.2.0'
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-media-compat:26.+'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.0.0'

}

I'm using RN 0.55.2 and Track Player v0.2.5

[rmilejcz]

@khoinv is correct, I just did yarn remove react-native-track-player and then yarn add [email protected] and my app compiles now no need to relink anything

[djmMax]

With react-native 0.56.0 track-player work well.

[dcvz]

This should be resolved with the latest release v.1.0.0