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Gradle's copyDownloadableDepsToLibs is broken, thus a buck based android build fails

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Description

Following the _BUCK header docs from a fresh react-native template fails to copy any libs into libs via ./gradlew :app:copyDownloadableDepsToLibs. The project is freshly created from npx react-native init gradletest --template react-native-template-typescript

React Native version:

System:
    OS: Linux 4.19 Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa)
    CPU: (24) x64 AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor
    Memory: 18.31 GB / 50.14 GB
    Shell: 5.0.17 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.9.0 - /tmp/yarn--1615972262648-0.7182059958157456/node
    Yarn: 1.22.5 - /tmp/yarn--1615972262648-0.7182059958157456/yarn
    npm: 6.14.8 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.9.0/bin/npm
    Watchman: Not Found
  SDKs:
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 28, 29
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 29.0.3
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: Not Found
  Languages:
    Java: 1.8.0_282 - /usr/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 
    react-native: 0.64.0 => 0.64.0 
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Steps To Reproduce

Provide a detailed list of steps that reproduce the issue.

Follow the _BUCK header comment and run ./gradlew :app:copyDownloadableDepsToLibs

Expected Results

Gradle copies deps to libs.

Actual results

Gradle finds no sources to copy:

> Task :app:copyDownloadableDepsToLibs NO-SOURCE
Task :app:copyDownloadableDepsToLibs in app Starting
Skipping task ':app:copyDownloadableDepsToLibs' as it has no source files and no previous output files.
Task :app:copyDownloadableDepsToLibs in app Finished
:app:copyDownloadableDepsToLibs (Thread[Execution worker for ':',5,main]) completed. Took 0.005 secs.

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:5 (1 by maintainers)

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Zeus-Syedcommented, Aug 4, 2021

@farcaller what is the solution for this issue? i am facing the same issue.

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cortinicocommented, Nov 25, 2022

I’m closing this as this logic was completely removed and cleaned up in 0.71 on exactly to avoid problems like the one you’re facing.

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