fails to build Android with React Native 0.72.0

[dhan azam]

Hi, I created a new vanilla project with react native 0.71.11 and added "@hmscore/react-native-hms-map"

Everything worked well.
However, after upgrading to React Native 0.72.0, the build fails on android and throw the following error

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

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

Failed to notify project evaluation listener.
Could not create task ':app:transformClassesWithAPMSPluginForDebug'.
> Cannot use @TaskAction annotation on method IncrementalTransformTask.transform() because interface org.gradle.api.tasks.incremental.IncrementalTaskInputs is not a valid parameter to an action method.
com.android.tools.build:gradle is no set in the build.gradle file

I also followed the given example from react-native-hms-map repo, still having this issues.
I suppose this isn't library bug but rather an issue with the new build system in general ?

here my full source code https://github.com/dhanazam/huaweiRN

thanks

[Johan du Toit]

Facing the same on this side, but that's using any of the HMS packages.

0.72.0 introduces the following change that triggers this (note the lack of version specified)

classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle")

[Łukasz Gurdek]

Hi, this is affecting us too. I cannot see any reasonable workaround as the AGCP plugin doesn't seem to be open source. We are probably gonna stop providing new updates for AppGallery users.

[Alf]

Has anyone found a solution to this?

[thelazydude00]

I manage to build successfully with rn 0.72.5.

package.json
"@hmscore/react-native-hms-push": "^6.10.0-300",

In root/gradle, I use this version

classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.1")
classpath("com.huawei.agconnect:agcp:1.9.1.301")

[Lukasz Modzelewski]

I tried with ads and location and its not working. It's critical for us to find solution for that or we will have to stop updating app inside huawei store.

We use this 2 packages, already updated to the newest version:

        "@hmscore/react-native-hms-ads": "^13.4.65-300",
        "@hmscore/react-native-hms-location": "^6.12.0-300",

Based on version changes it should work with rn72.

I've tried add version to classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.1") and 7.3.1

I've also tried with different agconnect versions but with no success:
classpath "com.huawei.agconnect:agcp:1.9.1.301"
(tried 1.9.0.300, 1.6.0.300, with 1.5.2.300 it go further with diff errors, but i guess its super old)

Before adding gradle version it's same error as in question:

A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> Failed to apply plugin 'com.huawei.agconnect'.
   > com.android.tools.build:gradle is no set in the root build.gradle file

After eg. classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.1"):

A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
> Could not create task ':app:transformClassesWithAPMSPluginForDebug'.
   > Cannot use @TaskAction annotation on method IncrementalTransformTask.transform() because interface org.gradle.api.tasks.incremental.IncrementalTaskInputs is not a valid parameter to an action method.

[Lukasz Modzelewski]

Finally after checking out this location integration example - which would nevertheless be nice to update based on the new app from create-app... I found mix that is building with success on our project:

1. I've updated push plugin from: 6.9.0.300 to 6.11.0.300 iside android/app/build.gradle:
   implementation "com.huawei.hms:push:6.11.0.300"

2. In android/build.gradle I set gradle version and used 1.9.1.301 for agconnect:

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "33.0.0"
        kotlinVersion = '1.6.21'
        minSdkVersion = 23
        compileSdkVersion = 33
        targetSdkVersion = 33
        excludeAppGlideModule = true  
        ndkVersion = "23.1.7779620"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        mavenCentral()
        maven { url 'https://developer.huawei.com/repo/' }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.1")
        classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.15'
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion"
        classpath "com.huawei.agconnect:agcp:1.9.1.301"
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        maven { url 'https://developer.huawei.com/repo/' }
    }
}

3. In android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties I changed version from:
   distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.1-all.zip
   to
   distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5-bin.zip

package.json:
"@hmscore/react-native-hms-ads": "^13.4.65-300",
"@hmscore/react-native-hms-location": "^6.12.0-300",
"react-native": "0.72.6",