Build failed 'A problem occurred configuring project ':react-native-reanimated'. in React native project

Question

I am trying to run project with command,

npx react-native run-android

and found this as an error: FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where: Build file 'C:\Users\Documents\project\project_Workspace\projectname\node_modules\react-native-reanimated\android\build.gradle' line: 69

• What went wrong: A problem occurred configuring project ':react-native-reanimated'.

java.io.IOException: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect

• Try: Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

• Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 33s stuck to resolve this error. Help me to resolve this error.

Answer 1

this problem happened in windows because of slashes

in your project folder navigate to android and open local.properties file

replace

sdk.dir=C:\Users\\<userName>\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk

with

sdk.dir=C:\\Users\\<userName>\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk

and it will work correctly