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AndroidX support

See original GitHub issue

Environment

React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 10.14.5
      CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3615QM CPU @ 2.30GHz
      Memory: 78.93 MB / 16.00 GB
      Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
    Binaries:
      Node: 8.12.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.12.0/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.16.0 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.4.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.12.0/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 12.2, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 23, 24, 28
        Build Tools: 23.0.1, 23.0.3, 25.0.0, 25.0.1, 25.0.2, 25.0.3, 26.0.1, 26.0.2, 26.0.3, 27.0.0, 27.0.3, 28.0.2, 28.0.3
        System Images: android-26 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 3.4 AI-183.6156.11.34.5522156
      Xcode: 10.2.1/10E1001 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.8.6 => 16.8.6 
      react-native: 0.59.9 => 0.59.9

Steps to Reproduce

add android.useAndroidX=true android.enableJetifier=true

to gradle.properties

and use

react-native run-android

Expected Behavior

Compile and run app

Actual Behavior

It throws

CalendarEvents.java:14: error: cannot find symbol
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
                             ^
  symbol:   class ActivityCompat
  location: package android.support.v4.app

CalendarEvents.java:15: error: package android.support.v4.content does not exist
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;

and other similar errors

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Reactions:7
Comments:16 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

5reactions

irfanshaikh138commented, Jun 18, 2019

I am getting the same error.

Task :react-native-calendar-events:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED error: cannot find symbol import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat; ^ symbol: class ActivityCompat location: package android.support.v4.app

error: package android.support.v4.content does not exist import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;

error: cannot find symbol ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(currentActivity, new String[]{

symbol: variable ActivityCompat location: class CalendarEvents error: cannot find symbol int writePermission = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(reactContext, Manifest.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR);

symbol: variable ContextCompat location: class CalendarEvents

error: cannot find symbol int readPermission = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(reactContext, Manifest.permission.READ_CALENDAR);

symbol: variable ContextCompa

2reactions

yfukscommented, Jul 26, 2019

I just created a PR https://github.com/wmcmahan/react-native-calendar-events/pull/263

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