Expo Android: Could not find method compile() for arguments

[waymond91]

Hello, I am using this on a very simple Expo app in a bare workflow. iOS compiles and works fine, however when I npx expo run:android or eas build --profile development --platform android I get the following error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/Users/brett/TableTalk/android/app/build.gradle' line: 178

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> Could not find method compile() for arguments [project ':@react-native-voice_voice'] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

I tried manually linking (but to be honest Im not very familiar with the process), some other people mentioned I needed to change the the node modules: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23796404/could-not-find-method-compile-for-arguments-gradle

However, Im not really sure to what extent expo alters your iOS and android folders... I also tried install with yarn, npm, and expo install.

If I npx expo doctor I get:

Expected package @expo/config-plugins@~7.2.2
Found invalid:
  @expo/config-plugins@2.0.4
  (for more info, run: npm why @expo/config-plugins)
Advice: Upgrade dependencies that are using the invalid package versions.

Which seems to indicate react-native-expo is requiring an old version of @expo/config-plugins:

➜  TableTalk git:(main) ✗ npm list @expo/config-plugins
tabletalk@1.0.0 /Users/brett/TableTalk
├── @expo/config-plugins@7.2.5
├─┬ @react-native-voice/voice@3.2.4
│ └── @expo/config-plugins@2.0.4
├─┬ expo-constants@14.4.2
│ └─┬ @expo/config@8.1.2
│   └── @expo/config-plugins@7.2.5 deduped
├─┬ expo-splash-screen@0.20.5
│ └─┬ @expo/prebuild-config@6.2.6
│   └── @expo/config-plugins@7.2.5 deduped
├─┬ expo-updates@0.18.17
│ └── @expo/config-plugins@7.2.5 deduped
└─┬ expo@49.0.20
  ├─┬ @expo/cli@0.10.15
  │ └── @expo/config-plugins@7.2.5 deduped
  └── @expo/config-plugins@7.2.5 dedupe

Any help would be much appreciated! I was floored by how well this worked on iOS!

Just for good measure, my package.json is below:

{
  "name": "tabletalk",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "expo start --dev-client",
    "android": "expo run:android",
    "ios": "expo run:ios",
    "web": "expo start --web"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@expo/config-plugins": "~7.2.2",
    "@react-native-voice/voice": "^3.2.4",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^6.1.9",
    "@react-navigation/native-stack": "^6.9.17",
    "@reduxjs/toolkit": "^1.9.7",
    "@rneui/base": "^4.0.0-rc.7",
    "@rneui/themed": "^4.0.0-rc.8",
    "axios": "^1.6.2",
    "expo": "~49.0.15",
    "expo-constants": "~14.4.2",
    "expo-dev-client": "~2.4.12",
    "expo-splash-screen": "~0.20.5",
    "expo-status-bar": "~1.6.0",
    "expo-updates": "~0.18.17",
    "react": "18.2.0",
    "react-native": "0.72.6",
    "react-native-elements": "^3.4.3",
    "react-native-linear-gradient": "^2.8.3",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "4.6.3",
    "react-native-screens": "~3.22.0",
    "react-native-vector-icons": "^10.0.2",
    "react-native-voice": "^0.3.0",
    "react-redux": "^8.1.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.20.0"
  },
  "private": true
}

And I got the following in my app.json:

"plugins": [
      [
        "@react-native-voice/voice",
        {
          "microphonePermission": "CUSTOM: Allow $(PRODUCT_NAME) to access the microphone",
          "speechRecognitionPermission": "CUSTOM: Allow $(PRODUCT_NAME) to securely recognize user speech"
        }
      ]
    ],

[ndeso17]

eas.json :

{
  "cli": {
    "version": ">= 5.9.0"
  },
  "build": {
    "development": {
      "developmentClient": true,
      "distribution": "internal"
    },
    "preview": {
      "distribution": "internal"
    },
    "preview2": {
      "android": {
        "gradleCommand": ":app:assembleRelease"
      }
    },
    "production": {}
  },
  "submit": {
    "production": {}
  }
}

app.json :

{
  "expo": {
    "name": "LoginApp",
    "slug": "LoginApp",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "orientation": "portrait",
    "icon": "./assets/icon.png",
    "userInterfaceStyle": "light",
    "splash": {
      "image": "./assets/splash.png",
      "resizeMode": "contain",
      "backgroundColor": "#ffffff"
    },
    "assetBundlePatterns": ["**/*", "./assets/fonts/*"],
    "ios": {
      "supportsTablet": true
    },
    "android": {
      "permissions": ["android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"],
      "adaptiveIcon": {
        "foregroundImage": "./assets/adaptive-icon.png",
        "backgroundColor": "#ffffff"
      },
      "package": "com.pitikkuning.LoginApp"
    },
    "web": {
      "favicon": "./assets/favicon.png"
    },
    "extra": {
      "eas": {
        "projectId": "hbjqb3biuinrk2j84jjke"
      }
    },
    "plugins": [
      [
        "expo-av",
        {
          "microphonePermission": "Allow Voice to Text Tutorial to access the microphone",
          "speechRecognitionPermission": "Allow Voice to Text Tutorial to securely recognize user speech"
        }
      ],
      [
        "@react-native-voice/voice",
        {
          "microphonePermission": "Allow Voice to Text Tutorial to access the microphone",
          "speechRecognitionPermission": "Allow Voice to Text Tutorial to securely recognize user speech"
        }
      ]
    ]
  }
}

package.json :

{
  "name": "loginapp",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "node_modules/expo/AppEntry.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "expo start",
    "android": "expo run:android",
    "ios": "expo run:ios",
    "web": "expo start --web"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@expo/config-plugins": "~7.2.2",
    "@react-native-picker/picker": "2.4.10",
    "@rneui/base": "^4.0.0-rc.8",
    "@rneui/themed": "^4.0.0-rc.8",
    "expo": "^49.0.20",
    "expo-av": "~13.4.1",
    "expo-dev-client": "~2.4.12",
    "expo-file-system": "~15.4.5",
    "expo-font": "~11.4.0",
    "expo-permissions": "~14.2.1",
    "expo-speech": "~11.3.0",
    "expo-splash-screen": "^0.20.5",
    "expo-status-bar": "~1.6.0",
    "expo-system-ui": "~2.4.0",
    "react": "18.2.0",
    "react-native": "0.72.6",
    "react-native-reanimated": "~3.3.0",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "4.6.3",
    "react-native-vector-icons": "^10.0.2",
    "react-native-web": "^0.19.9",
    "twrnc": "^3.6.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.20.0",
    "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "^7.18.6",
    "@react-native-voice/voice": "^3.2.4",
    "customize-cra": "^1.0.0",
    "react-app-rewired": "^2.2.1"
  },
  "private": true
}

with the eas.json app.json and package.json configurations as above, I was able to successfully build the application. But when I run the application I don't get the output value from the speech listening process.

useEffect(() => {
    Voice.onSpeechError = (error) => setErrorListening(error.error);
    Voice.onSpeechResults = (result) => setResultListening(result.value[0]);
    Voice.onSpeechStart = () => setListeningSpeech(true);
    Voice.onSpeechEnd = () => setListeningSpeech(false);
    return () => {
      Voice.destroy().then(Voice.removeAllListeners);
    };
  }, []);

const startListening = async () => {
    try {
      await Voice.start("en-US");
      setListeningSpeech(true);
    } catch (error) {
      setErrorListening(error);
    }
  };
  const stopListening = async () => {
    try {
      await Voice.stop();
      setListeningSpeech(false);
    } catch (error) {
      setErrorListening(error);
    }
  };

[rzfzr]

Has this been solved? The main issue might be the fact that the linking instructions are outdated? The link command has been deprecated.

[waymond91]

I have not got it to work yet, but its been a few days since Ive been able to try. using expo install instead of yarn may have helped.