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Build fails on Android. RNGestureHandlerPackage not found

See original GitHub issue

Description

I’m trying to build my app for android by doing ./gradlew bundlerelease, but I am getting errors. (See below for details)

Steps To Reproduce

Follow installation instructions here: https://docs.swmansion.com/react-native-gesture-handler/docs/#installation
Try to build the android app by doing ./gradlew bundlerelease

Expected behavior

App builds successfully

Actual behavior

App does not build.

Getting the following error:

> Task :app:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED
/Users/humad-home/tvproject-mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/serializdmobile/MainApplication.java:11: error: cannot find symbol
import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.RNGestureHandlerPackage;
                                   ^
  symbol:   class RNGestureHandlerPackage
  location: package com.swmansion.gesturehandler
/Users/humad-home/tvproject-mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/serializdmobile/MainApplication.java:12: error: cannot find symbol
import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.RNGestureHandlerPackage;
                                   ^
  symbol:   class RNGestureHandlerPackage
  location: package com.swmansion.gesturehandler
/Users/humad-home/tvproject-mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/serializdmobile/MainApplication.java:13: error: cannot find symbol
import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.RNGestureHandlerPackage;
                                   ^
  symbol:   class RNGestureHandlerPackage
  location: package com.swmansion.gesturehandler
/Users/humad-home/tvproject-mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/serializdmobile/MainApplication.java:14: error: cannot find symbol
import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.RNGestureHandlerPackage;
                                   ^
  symbol:   class RNGestureHandlerPackage
  location: package com.swmansion.gesturehandler
/Users/humad-home/tvproject-mobile/android/app/build/generated/rncli/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/PackageList.java:33: error: cannot find symbol
import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.RNGestureHandlerPackage;
                                   ^
  symbol:   class RNGestureHandlerPackage
  location: package com.swmansion.gesturehandler
/Users/humad-home/tvproject-mobile/android/app/build/generated/rncli/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/PackageList.java:104: error: cannot find symbol
      new RNGestureHandlerPackage(),
          ^
  symbol:   class RNGestureHandlerPackage
  location: class PackageList
Note: /Users/humad-home/tvproject-mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/serializdmobile/MainActivity.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
6 errors

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

Package versions

React: 16.13.1
React Native: 0.63.4
React Native Gesture Handler: git://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-gesture-handler.git#5572e8d65d73889f0bdb91f5aaa33cc1958971cd
(For React Native Gesture Handler, I’m on the above commit which fixes modal issues)

Other notes

This is only an issue with Android. The iOS app builds perfectly. I was able to build the Android app a few days ago. Not sure why it has stopped building now. I can’t find anything in my project’s commit history that indicates a breaking change.