Unable to build - more than one library with package name 'com.google.android.gms.license'

Current behavior

react-native run-android

:react-native-device-info:processReleaseManifest :react-native-device-info:processReleaseResources FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: Execution failed for task ‘:react-native-device-info:processReleaseResources’.

Error: more than one library with package name ‘com.google.android.gms.license’

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 42.342 secs

Expected behavior

It was working fine the previous day. no changes was made to build.gradle files

dependecies

dependencies {
    compile project(':react-native-splash-screen')
    compile project(':react-native-svg')
    compile project(':react-native-linear-gradient')
    compile 'com.facebook.fresco:fresco:1.5.0'
    compile 'com.facebook.fresco:animated-gif:1.5.0'
    compile project(':react-native-fetch-blob')
    compile group: 'net.lingala.zip4j', name: 'zip4j', version: '1.3.2'
    compile project(':appcenter-crashes')
    compile project(':appcenter-analytics')
    compile project(':appcenter')
    compile project(':react-native-code-push')
    compile project(':react-native-sentry')
    compile 'com.amplitude:android-sdk:2.13.4'
    compile project(':react-native-amplitude-analytics')
    compile project(':react-native-fbsdk')
    compile(project(":react-native-google-signin")){
      exclude group: "com.google.android.gms" // very important
    }
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:9.2.1' // should be at least 9.0.0
    compile project(':react-native-orientation-locker')
    compile(project(':react-native-device-info')) {
      exclude group: "com.google.android.gms" // very important
    }
    compile project(':react-native-vector-icons')
    compile fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.0.2"
    compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
}

[GaudamThiyagarajan]

allprojects {
    repositories {
        configurations.all {
            resolutionStrategy {
                force "com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:11.8.0"
            }
        }
        ....
   }
}

adding this to my android/build.gradle file fixed the issue.

looks like something to do with new release of Google Play services 12.0.0(released at March 20, 2018)

note: I had to add force “com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:11.8.0” as i was using google sign in.

[machour]

Hi @GaudamThiyagarajan,

Instead of the resolutionStrategy thing, could you try defining the following variable in your android/build.gradle file:

ext { googlePlayServicesVersion = “11.8.0” }

that would tell react-native-device-info to use that version for com.google.android.gms.

Let me know if that fixes the issue for you so that I can make this clearer in the README (it’s actually hidden under Android linking)