How to fix React Native android build issue "package com.facebook.react.bridge does not exist"

Question

I am getting this error:

Task :@react-native-community_async-storage:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED
/Users/Desktop/node_modules/@react-native-community/async-storage/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/asyncstorage/AsyncLocalStorageUtil.java:10: error: package javax.annotation does not exist
import javax.annotation.Nullable;                       ^
/Users/Desktop/node_modules/@react-native-community/async-storage/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/asyncstorage/AsyncLocalStorageUtil.java:20: error: package com.facebook.react.bridge does not exist
import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
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Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

Answer 1

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In your android/build.gradle, add the following lines

def REACT_NATIVE_VERSION = new File(['node', '--print',"JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync(require.resolve('react-native/package.json'), 'utf-8')).version"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim())

allprojects {
   configurations.all {
       resolutionStrategy {
           force "com.facebook.react:react-native:" + REACT_NATIVE_VERSION
       }
   }
}