React-native: Error with react-native run-android for gradle version gradle-2.4-all.zip

[preetb123]

Getting following error in every project that has distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.4-all.zip in android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties. When i change the gradle version to gradle-2.2.1-all.zip, everything works fine.

$ react-native run-android
Starting JS server...
Building and installing the app on the device (cd android && ./gradlew installDebug...
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.gradle.wrapper.BootstrapMainStarter.findLauncherJar(BootstrapMainStarter.java:34)
    at org.gradle.wrapper.BootstrapMainStarter.start(BootstrapMainStarter.java:25)
    at org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:127)
    at org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain.main(GradleWrapperMain.java:61)
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/android-setup.html

[zhouyuexie]

@preetb123 I encountered this problem because just install npm install react-native-vector-icons --save && react-native link.

So i try to change use your way, now it can work, very thanks.

[sunnyraz]

I have tried bt it does not working for me.

[the-simian]

I also experienced this error after using the react-native upgrade, i had to change the file to say
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip

[divyachandana]

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  A problem occurred configuring root project 'AwesomeProject'.

  Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':classpath'.
  Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3.
  Required by:
  :AwesomeProject:unspecified
  Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3.
  Could not get resource 'https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.2.3/gradle-2.2.3.pom'.
  Could not GET 'https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.2.3/gradle-2.2.3.pom'.
  Connect to jcenter.bintray.com:443 [jcenter.bintray.com/108.168.243.150] failed: Connection timed out: connect

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

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 21 mins 38.128 secs

[eaintphyo]

Check my solution =>
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43521533/error-could-not-find-or-load-main-class-org-gradle-wrapper-gradlewrappermain/44154693#44154693

[hramos]

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[rmansouri]

i try this but not work