Build fails with react native 0.65 (android only)

Bug

Android build fails when using react-native-video with react native 0.65.

Platform

Which player are you experiencing the problem on:

• Android ExoPlayer (I guess that’s the default?)

Environment info

React native info output:

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
    OS: macOS 11.5.2
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz
    Memory: 33.53 MB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.4.0 - /var/folders/r4/pdxxhfbj3cqg_0n5th1p2t400000gn/T/yarn--1629982469013-0.5589450802855631/node
    Yarn: 1.22.11 - /var/folders/r4/pdxxhfbj3cqg_0n5th1p2t400000gn/T/yarn--1629982469013-0.5589450802855631/yarn
    npm: 7.18.1 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 2021.08.02.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.10.2 - /Users/jafar/.rbenv/shims/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: DriverKit 21.0, iOS 15.0, macOS 12.0, tvOS 15.0, watchOS 8.0
    Android SDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 2020.3 AI-203.7717.56.2031.7621141
    Xcode: 13.0/13A5212g - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 12.0.2 - /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
✨  Done in 2.86s.

Library version: 5.1.1

Steps To Reproduce

1. npx react-native init TestRNVideo
2. yarn install react-native-video
3. yarn android

$ yarn android
yarn run v1.22.11
$ react-native run-android
info Running jetifier to migrate libraries to AndroidX. You can disable it using "--no-jetifier" flag.
Jetifier found 898 file(s) to forward-jetify. Using 12 workers...
info JS server already running.
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully
info Launching emulator...
info Successfully launched emulator.
info Installing the app...
Starting a Gradle Daemon, 1 incompatible Daemon could not be reused, use --status for details
> Task :app:mergeDebugAssets FAILED
8 actionable tasks: 8 executed

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugAssets'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
   > Could not find com.yqritc:android-scalablevideoview:1.0.4.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
       - file:/[...]/.m2/repository/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
       - file:/[...]/test/TestRNVideo/node_modules/react-native/android/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
       - file:/[...]/test/TestRNVideo/node_modules/jsc-android/dist/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
       - https://www.jitpack.io/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
     Required by:
         project :app > project :react-native-video

* Try:
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BUILD FAILED in 14s

error Failed to install the app. Make sure you have the Android development environment set up: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup.
Error: Command failed: ./gradlew app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugAssets'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
   > Could not find com.yqritc:android-scalablevideoview:1.0.4.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
       - file:/[...]/.m2/repository/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
       - file:/[...]/test/TestRNVideo/node_modules/react-native/android/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
       - file:/[...]/test/TestRNVideo/node_modules/jsc-android/dist/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
       - https://www.jitpack.io/com/yqritc/android-scalablevideoview/1.0.4/android-scalablevideoview-1.0.4.pom
     Required by:
         project :app > project :react-native-video

* Try:
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* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 14s

    at makeError (/[...]/test/TestRNVideo/node_modules/execa/index.js:174:9)
    at /[...]/test/TestRNVideo/node_modules/execa/index.js:278:16
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async runOnAllDevices (/[...]/test/TestRNVideo/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/build/commands/runAndroid/runOnAllDevices.js:106:5)
    at async Command.handleAction (/[...]/test/TestRNVideo/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/index.js:186:9)
info Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

Expected behaviour

1. It builds without error.

[wbroek]

I would advice to define the package so other dependencies are not fetched/taken from jCenter anymore. Because jCenter does not allow any updates anymore of any package all other packages should be taken from mavenCentral for example.

You can add jcenter to android/build.gradle like this:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        .... # Keep the rest
        jcenter() {
            content {
                includeModule("com.yqritc", "android-scalablevideoview")
            }
        }
    }
}

Hopefully somebody updates android-scalablevideoview to use another repository

[wouterds]

jcenter() was removed in favor of mavenCentral() in 0.65, add it back to allprojects.repositories and it’ll magically work again.