Task :app:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED : cannot find symbol import com.reactnativemmkv.MmkvModulePackage

[jimfangx]

Hello,

I am running into a cannot find symbol import com.reactnativemmkv.MmkvModulePackage; error when building for android release. It seems to be related to the react-native-reanimated library but the error stems from the react-native-mmkv package.

Here is my package.json:

{
  "name": "green-cents",
  "version": "1.0.2",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "android": "react-native run-android",
    "ios": "react-native run-ios",
    "start": "react-native start",
    "test": "jest",
    "lint": "eslint ."
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@react-native-community/masked-view": "^0.1.11",
    "@react-native/metro-config": "^0.72.11",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^5.9.4",
    "@react-navigation/stack": "^5.14.5",
    "@sentry/react-native": "^2.6.0",
    "react": "18.2.0",
    "react-native": "0.72.4",
    "react-native-confetti-cannon": "^1.5.2",
    "react-native-currency-input": "^1.0.1",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.10.3",
    "react-native-get-random-values": "^1.7.0",
    "react-native-gradle-plugin": "^0.71.19",
    "react-native-mmkv": "^2.10.1",
    "react-native-reanimated": "^3.4.2",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "^3.2.0",
    "react-native-screens": "^3.4.0",
    "react-native-segmented-control-tab": "^3.4.1",
    "react-native-vector-icons": "^8.1.0",
    "uuid": "^8.3.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.12.9",
    "@babel/runtime": "^7.12.5",
    "@react-native-community/eslint-config": "^2.0.0",
    "babel-jest": "^26.6.3",
    "eslint": "7.14.0",
    "jest": "^26.6.3",
    "metro-config": "^0.78.1",
    "metro-react-native-babel-preset": "^0.64.0",
    "react-test-renderer": "17.0.1"
  },
  "jest": {
    "preset": "react-native"
  }
}

app/build.gradle:

apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"
apply plugin: "com.android.application"

/**
 * This is the configuration block to customize your React Native Android app.
 * By default you don't need to apply any configuration, just uncomment the lines you need.
 */
react {
    /* Folders */
    //   The root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives. Default is '..'
    // root = file("../")
    //   The folder where the react-native NPM package is. Default is ../node_modules/react-native
    // reactNativeDir = file("../node_modules/react-native")
    //   The folder where the react-native Codegen package is. Default is ../node_modules/@react-native/codegen
    // codegenDir = file("../node_modules/@react-native/codegen")
    //   The cli.js file which is the React Native CLI entrypoint. Default is ../node_modules/react-native/cli.js
    // cliFile = file("../node_modules/react-native/cli.js")

    /* Variants */
    //   The list of variants to that are debuggable. For those we're going to
    //   skip the bundling of the JS bundle and the assets. By default is just 'debug'.
    //   If you add flavors like lite, prod, etc. you'll have to list your debuggableVariants.
    // debuggableVariants = ["liteDebug", "prodDebug"]

    /* Bundling */
    //   A list containing the node command and its flags. Default is just 'node'.
    // nodeExecutableAndArgs = ["node"]
    //
    //   The command to run when bundling. By default is 'bundle'
    // bundleCommand = "ram-bundle"
    //
    //   The path to the CLI configuration file. Default is empty.
    // bundleConfig = file(../rn-cli.config.js)
    //
    //   The name of the generated asset file containing your JS bundle
    // bundleAssetName = "MyApplication.android.bundle"
    //
    //   The entry file for bundle generation. Default is 'index.android.js' or 'index.js'
    // entryFile = file("../js/MyApplication.android.js")
    //
    //   A list of extra flags to pass to the 'bundle' commands.
    //   See https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/docs/commands.md#bundle
    // extraPackagerArgs = []

    /* Hermes Commands */
    //   The hermes compiler command to run. By default it is 'hermesc'
    // hermesCommand = "$rootDir/my-custom-hermesc/bin/hermesc"
    //
    //   The list of flags to pass to the Hermes compiler. By default is "-O", "-output-source-map"
    // hermesFlags = ["-O", "-output-source-map"]
}

/**
 * Set this to true to Run Proguard on Release builds to minify the Java bytecode.
 */
def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false

/**
 * The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore (JSC)
 *
 * For example, to use the international variant, you can use:
 * `def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc-intl:+'`
 *
 * The international variant includes ICU i18n library and necessary data
 * allowing to use e.g. `Date.toLocaleString` and `String.localeCompare` that
 * give correct results when using with locales other than en-US. Note that
 * this variant is about 6MiB larger per architecture than default.
 */
def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'

android {
    ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion

    compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion

    // compileOptions {
    //     sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    //     targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    // }

    namespace "com.financialliteracyforyou.greencents"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.financialliteracyforyou.greencents"
        minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
        targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
        versionCode 820230
        versionName "1.0.2"
    }
    signingConfigs {
        release {
            if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE')) {
                storeFile file(MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE)
                storePassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_PASSWORD
                keyAlias MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIAS
                keyPassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_PASSWORD
            }
        }
    }
    signingConfigs {
        debug {
            storeFile file('debug.keystore')
            storePassword 'android'
            keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
            keyPassword 'android'
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        debug {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
        }
        release {
            // Caution! In production, you need to generate your own keystore file.
            // see https://reactnative.dev/docs/signed-apk-android.
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
            minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    // The version of react-native is set by the React Native Gradle Plugin
    // implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])

    implementation("com.facebook.react:react-android")

    implementation project(':react-native-mmkv')

    // implementation "androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0"

    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")
    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-network-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
        exclude group:'com.squareup.okhttp3', module:'okhttp'
    }

    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-fresco-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")
    if (hermesEnabled.toBoolean()) {
        implementation("com.facebook.react:hermes-android")
    } else {
        implementation jscFlavor
    }
}

apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)

project.ext.react = [
        nodeExecutableAndArgs : ["/usr/local/bin/node"],
        enableHermes: true
];

android/build.gradle:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "33.0.0"
        minSdkVersion = 21
        compileSdkVersion = 33
        targetSdkVersion = 33
        ndkVersion = "23.1.7779620"
        androidXAnnotation = "1.2.0"
        androidXBrowser = "1.4.0"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.0")
        classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
        maven {
            // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
            url("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android")
        }
        maven {
            // Android JSC is installed from npm
            url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
        }

        google()
        jcenter()
        maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
    }
}

error log: Build command: npx react-native build-android --mode=release

> Task :app:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED
/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/android/app/src/main/java/com/financialliteracyforyou/greencents/MainApplication.java:13: error: cannot find symbol
import com.reactnativemmkv.MmkvModulePackage;
                          ^
  symbol:   class MmkvModulePackage
  location: package com.reactnativemmkv
/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/android/app/src/main/java/com/financialliteracyforyou/greencents/BudgetappJSIPackage.java:6: error: cannot find symbol
        import com.swmansion.reanimated.ReanimatedJSIModulePackage;
                                       ^
  symbol:   class ReanimatedJSIModulePackage
  location: package com.swmansion.reanimated
/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/android/app/src/main/java/com/financialliteracyforyou/greencents/BudgetappJSIPackage.java:13: error: cannot find symbol
public class BudgetappJSIPackage extends ReanimatedJSIModulePackage {
                                         ^
  symbol: class ReanimatedJSIModulePackage
/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/android/app/src/main/java/com/financialliteracyforyou/greencents/MainApplication.java:54: error: incompatible types: BudgetappJSIPackage cannot be converted to JSIModulePackage
          return new BudgetappJSIPackage();
                 ^
/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/android/app/src/main/java/com/financialliteracyforyou/greencents/MainApplication.java:72: error: cannot find symbol
    ReactNativeFlipper.initializeFlipper(this, getReactNativeHost().getReactInstanceManager());
    ^
  symbol:   variable ReactNativeFlipper
  location: class MainApplication
/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/android/app/src/main/java/com/financialliteracyforyou/greencents/BudgetappJSIPackage.java:14: error: method does not override or implement a method from a supertype
    @Override
    ^
/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/android/app/src/main/java/com/financialliteracyforyou/greencents/BudgetappJSIPackage.java:16: error: cannot find symbol
        super.getJSIModules(reactApplicationContext, jsContext);
        ^
  symbol:   variable super
  location: class BudgetappJSIPackage
/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/android/app/src/main/java/com/financialliteracyforyou/greencents/BudgetappJSIPackage.java:17: error: method install in class MmkvModule cannot be applied to given types;
        MmkvModule.install(jsContext, reactApplicationContext.getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath() + "/mmkv");
                  ^
  required: String
  found: JavaScriptContextHolder,String
  reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
8 errors

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

* 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

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.

You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.

See https://docs.gradle.org/8.0.1/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings

BUILD FAILED in 28s
177 actionable tasks: 172 executed, 5 up-to-date

info 💡 Tip: Make sure that you have set up your development environment correctly, by running react-native doctor. To read more about doctor command visit: https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/packages/cli-doctor/README.md#doctor

error Failed to build the app.
Error: Command failed with exit code 1: ./gradlew app:bundleRelease
    at makeError (/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/node_modules/execa/lib/error.js:60:11)
    at module.exports.sync (/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/node_modules/execa/index.js:194:17)
    at build (/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/build/commands/buildAndroid/index.js:95:22)
    at Object.buildAndroid [as func] (/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/build/commands/buildAndroid/index.js:87:10)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async Command.handleAction (/Users/jimfang/Documents/Projects/Green-Cents/mobile/budgetApp/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/index.js:111:9)
info Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.

Things I've tried already:

• downgrading to react-native-reanimated v2
• moving to react-native-mmkv 2.4
• removing the getJSIModulePackage() method
• import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSIModulePackage; in MainApplication.java. (see)
• moving/downgrading to node v16 LTS when building
• nuking gradle cache, build, .cxx folders and rebuilding using ./gradlew clean
• manually linking the react-native-reanimated package (see here)

Target SdkVersion: 33

Let me know if you need anything else - or if you want me to upload these/other logs to a pastebin/gist for easier viewing.

Thanks in advance.

[deksmond]

Hi, try following https://deksmond.medium.com/deprecated-gradle-features-were-used-in-this-build-making-it-incompatible-with-gradle-8-0-cdbe9f2fa628, it might help you if the problem still exists.

[mrousavy]

Hey - I think this has been fixed in V3 beta.

[FloareDor]

getting the same error with the latest package

[Hatta-Food-Hub]

same erro in expo "expo": "~51.0.28", "react-native": "0.74.5", "react-native-gesture-handler": "~2.16.1", "react-native-mmkv": "3.0.0",

[alextbogdanov]

Same here