Error: package android.support.annotation does not exist

[Noitham]

In case someone comes across this issue, here's a patch to update the imports from android.support.annotation.* to androidx.annotation.*:

patches/react-native-location+2.5.0.patch

diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-location/android/src/main/java/com/github/reactnativecommunity/location/RNPlayServicesLocationProvider.java b/node_modules/react-native-location/android/src/main/java/com/github/reactnativecommunity/location/RNPlayServicesLocationProvider.java
index 6dbdd3b..1a4de95 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-location/android/src/main/java/com/github/reactnativecommunity/location/RNPlayServicesLocationProvider.java
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-location/android/src/main/java/com/github/reactnativecommunity/location/RNPlayServicesLocationProvider.java
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.IntentSender;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.location.Location;
-import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
-import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat;

 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Promise;
diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-location/android/src/main/java/com/github/reactnativecommunity/location/Utils.java b/node_modules/react-native-location/android/src/main/java/com/github/reactnativecommunity/location/Utils.java
index 6059fdc..b66dd63 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-location/android/src/main/java/com/github/reactnativecommunity/location/Utils.java
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-location/android/src/main/java/com/github/reactnativecommunity/location/Utils.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.github.reactnativecommunity.location;

 import android.location.Location;
 import android.os.Build;
-import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;

 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;

[mkamals1989]

Try running the command npx jetify. This should fix it.

[usmanabid94]

Try running the command npx jetify. This should fix it.

This fixed my same issue when i updated my project to 0.72.6.Thanks