Android build with WebP and GIF support fails since RN 0.65 (jcenter depedency)

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Description

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When removing jcenter, the android build fails with the following error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:checkDebugAarMetadata'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
   > Could not find com.facebook.fresco:webpsupport:2.1.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
       - file:/Users/yonom/.m2/repository/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
       - file:/Users/yonom/GitHub/test/MyTestApp/node_modules/react-native/android/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
       - file:/Users/yonom/GitHub/test/MyTestApp/node_modules/jsc-android/dist/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
       - https://www.jitpack.io/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
     Required by:
         project :app
   > Could not find com.facebook.fresco:webpsupport:2.1.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
       - file:/Users/yonom/.m2/repository/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
       - file:/Users/yonom/GitHub/test/MyTestApp/node_modules/react-native/android/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
       - file:/Users/yonom/GitHub/test/MyTestApp/node_modules/jsc-android/dist/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
       - https://www.jitpack.io/com/facebook/fresco/webpsupport/2.1.0/webpsupport-2.1.0.pom
     Required by:
         project :app > com.facebook.fresco:animated-webp:2.1.0
   > Could not find com.facebook.fresco:animated-drawable:2.1.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/facebook/fresco/animated-drawable/2.1.0/animated-drawable-2.1.0.pom
       - file:/Users/yonom/.m2/repository/com/facebook/fresco/animated-drawable/2.1.0/animated-drawable-2.1.0.pom
       - file:/Users/yonom/GitHub/test/MyTestApp/node_modules/react-native/android/com/facebook/fresco/animated-drawable/2.1.0/animated-drawable-2.1.0.pom
       - file:/Users/yonom/GitHub/test/MyTestApp/node_modules/jsc-android/dist/com/facebook/fresco/animated-drawable/2.1.0/animated-drawable-2.1.0.pom
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/facebook/fresco/animated-drawable/2.1.0/animated-drawable-2.1.0.pom
       - https://www.jitpack.io/com/facebook/fresco/animated-drawable/2.1.0/animated-drawable-2.1.0.pom
     Required by:
         project :app > com.facebook.fresco:animated-gif:2.0.0 > com.facebook.fresco:animated-base:2.1.0

React Native version:

Run react-native info in your terminal and copy the results here.

System:
    OS: macOS 11.5.2
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1068NG7 CPU @ 2.30GHz
    Memory: 151.99 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.7.0 - /var/folders/4l/5q_1bbc93mb221kpmsz41jth0000gn/T/yarn--1629981704937-0.7811824049039413/node
    Yarn: 1.22.11 - /var/folders/4l/5q_1bbc93mb221kpmsz41jth0000gn/T/yarn--1629981704937-0.7811824049039413/yarn
    npm: 7.21.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 2021.08.02.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 14.5, DriverKit 20.4, macOS 11.3, tvOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 23, 24, 28, 29, 30
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 30.0.2, 30.0.3, 31.0.0, 31.0.0, 31.0.0, 31.0.0, 31.0.0
      System Images: android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 2020.3 AI-203.7717.56.2031.7621141
    Xcode: 12.5.1/12E507 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 1.8.0_292 - /usr/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: ^17.0.2 => 17.0.2 
    react-native: ^0.65.1 => 0.65.1 
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Steps To Reproduce

Provide a detailed list of steps that reproduce the issue.

1. New project npx react-native init
2. add animated gif and webp support as per https://reactnative.dev/docs/image#gif-and-webp-support-on-android
3. Build the app yarn android

Expected Results

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The build should compile successfully.

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android/app/build.gradle

dependencies {
  // For animated GIF support
  implementation 'com.facebook.fresco:animated-gif:2.0.0'

  // For WebP support, including animated WebP
  implementation 'com.facebook.fresco:animated-webp:2.1.0'
  implementation 'com.facebook.fresco:webpsupport:2.0.0'
}

[sallarahmed]

Update your fresco dependency to 2.5.0 in your app.gradle file your gif will work fine

[Yonom]

The documentation has been upgraded to use 2.5.0, these new versions no longer cause issues.

Closing issue