GoogleCastPackage.java:29: error: method does not override or implement a method from a supertype

[jedashford]

After following the instructions for only Android. I get this when building. Confirmed that build works before changes. I've reverted the install and tried again from fresh. Get stuck on this every time.

:react-native-google-cast:javaPreCompileDebug UP-TO-DATE /node_modules/react-native-google-cast/android/src/main/java/com/googlecast/GoogleCastPackage.java:29: error: method does not override or implement a method from a supertype @Override ^ 1 error :react-native-google-cast:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED

[petrbela]

Hey Jed! What version of React Native are you using?

[jedashford]

Howdy! "react-native": "0.55.4"

[jedashford]

I'm 2 weeks new to react, but 5 years deep into Android. It appears that React made a breaking change and the @Override needs to be removed (which fixed my build issue). BUT looks like I cannot extend GoogleCastActivity as the MainActivity is extending ReactActivity. I'm trying now to initialize CastContext.getSharedInstance(this) but I don't appear to have access to the context in MainActivty which is weird since ReactActivity extends Activity...

Final error may help lead me to the issue...

       ...
     Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.googlecast.GoogleCastOptionsProvider" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.vidangel-3TPkPUmsgEtfVDCE2bvooA==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.vidangel-3TPkPUmsgEtfVDCE2bvooA==/lib/x86, /data/app/com.vidangel-3TPkPUmsgEtfVDCE2bvooA==/base.apk!/lib/x86, /system/lib, /vendor/lib]]
        at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:125)```

[petrbela]

Yeah, there are some breaking changes in 0.55 (unfortunately not so uncommon with RN releases). Funny thing is @override on that method wasn't required before I think RN 0.40 :)

MainActivity needs to extend GoogleCastActivity for the Cast SDK to work (read the bottom of https://github.com/flextv/react-native-google-cast#android-setup). I think the GoogleCastOptionsProvider error is caused by that. I'm not sure when I'll have more time to look into this; if you find a solution please feel free to open a pull request.

[petrbela]

Actually, the GoogleCastOptionsProvider is defined by this library. I'd check whether you compile it properly. Check the example project for how to configure gradle.

[jedashford]

Apparently I'm new to npm also... npm install flextv/react-native-google-cast

NOT

npm install react-native-google-cast

I think that did it. Figured it out when inspecting the npm package because the files were missing on install :) Thanks for being engaged. We're hopeful to use this and have a ton of customers on chromecast. We'll certainly help maintain it if we push to production.

[petrbela]

Oh yeah, we haven't published this new version on npm yet. Hopefully, I'll have some time to finish it soon (but you know, startups...)

So the @override is okay to be left as is?

[jedashford]

I believe so, working through some other issues to get an initial test, but I don't see any build issues after a clean install.

[petrbela]

Great!