Execution failed for task ':react-native-push-notification:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'

Hi,

I’m sorry if this has been resolved already, but I’ve been stuck with this for a while now. I’ve installed the package, and did the link as per the README. Added the extra info in the AndroidManifest.xml after doing a link. I even tried to install the package and do a manual installation for android. It keeps failing to build.

My build.gradle looks like this

defaultConfig { applicationId "exampleProject" minSdkVersion 16 targetSdkVersion 22 versionCode 1 versionName "1.0" ndk { abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86" } }

The error that I get is:

:react-native-push-notification:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac
:react-native-push-notification:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac - is not incremental (e.g. outputs have changed, no previous execution, etc.).
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:7: error: cannot find symbol
import android.app.NotificationChannel;
                  ^
  symbol:   class NotificationChannel
  location: package android.app
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:162: error: constructor Builder in class Builder cannot be applied to given types;
            NotificationCompat.Builder notification = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context, NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID)
                                                      ^
  required: Context
  found: Context,String
  reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:480: error: cannot find symbol
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
                                                       ^
  symbol:   variable O
  location: class VERSION_CODES
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:488: error: cannot find symbol
        int importance = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT;
                                            ^
  symbol:   variable IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT
  location: class NotificationManager
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:489: error: cannot find symbol
        NotificationChannel channel = new NotificationChannel(NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID, name, importance);
        ^
  symbol:   class NotificationChannel
  location: class RNPushNotificationHelper
/Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/modules/RNPushNotificationHelper.java:489: error: cannot find symbol
        NotificationChannel channel = new NotificationChannel(NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID, name, importance);
                                          ^
  symbol:   class NotificationChannel
  location: class RNPushNotificationHelper
Note: /Users/umair/Desktop/Projects/*****/node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android/src/main/java/com/dieam/reactnativepushnotification/helpers/ApplicationBadgeHelper.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
6 errors
:react-native-push-notification:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':react-native-push-notification:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[flutterq]

[Solved] How to solve Task :react-native-push-notification:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED, using latest version only

[GabrielScalici]

after manual link on android, install older version with “npm install --save react-native-push-notification@2.0.1” fixed Javac issue