[SOLVED] Could not find com.wei.android.lib:fingerprintidentify:1.2.6 during compiling in RN 0.65.1

[aaroncornelissen]

HERE IS THE SOLUTION:

In your package.json, alter the dependency on this module like so to get the non-jcenter version that has not been released yet:

-    "react-native-fingerprint-scanner": "^6.0.0",
+    "react-native-fingerprint-scanner": "git+https://github.com/hieuvp/react-native-fingerprint-scanner.git#9cecc0db326471c571553ea85f7c016fee2f803d",

---

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:checkDebugAarMetadata'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
   > Could not find com.wei.android.lib:fingerprintidentify:1.2.6.
     Required by:
         project :app > project :react-native-fingerprint-scanner

Since I've upgraded my RN from 0.64.2 to 0.65.1 a problem occured with compiling my app for android.

Does someone know how to download the missing library?

Many thanks.

[mikehardy]

If you have followed upgrade-helper and removed the jcenter maven repository, I believe you will need to add it back to your build.gradle file.

Can you test if that fixes your build?

react-native core no longer requires jcenter I believe, but there are many native modules wrapping libraries that are still only available on jcenter.

[eneaaliko0]

With jcenter() it works. Thank you @mikehardy !

[i-wizard]

Yes, adding jcenter() to build.gradle works

[matteodanelli]

Re-adding jcenter is only a temporary solution, since jcenter will be offline in February 2022.
😞

[mikehardy]

@matteodanelli no, it won't. They will leave it up indefinitely for read access. If you know differently please please provide a reference from them as the last time I checked (and I check frequently) they say read-only indefinitely.

[matteodanelli]

@mikehardy Right, I've missed the "read-only" update. Anyway, isn't better to move away from jcenter?
It's impossible to push update to libraries there.
Imho, the solution to drop jcenter isn't so bad.

[mikehardy]

@matteodanelli it's almost as if someone should propose a PR and we should merge it, in order to get rid of jcenter, oh wait #189 ;-)

Just needs a release. Would you like to help maintain the package and help get releases out the door? I'm pretty low on time. Or at minimum you could use the tip of the current main branch as a gitref in package.json and report your results, letting us know it is working or not, checking+protecting quality prior to release is most of the time required for release...

[matteodanelli]

I understood your point.
However, on the current main branch jcenter wasn't completely removed. It has been removed partially in that MR.
I'm already testing in my app with patch-package the complete removal and I can do a PR.
Last, yes, I can help you with releases.

[mikehardy]

Oooo - I thought it was out completely with that one. Thanks for checking complete removal, excited for a PR to really remove it where needed! Thanks

[matteodanelli]

Here the MR. Removed completely jcenter and replaced with jitpack where needed.
Tested also with the sample updated to RN 0.65.1, as pointed out in this issue.

[agestaun]

Hi, I cannot get the artifact from jitpack.

https://www.jitpack.io/com/wei/android/lib/fingerprintidentify/1.2.6/fingerprintidentify-1.2.6.pom

It returns not found.

[mikehardy]

That looks like the wrong URL. The dependency here is

react-native-fingerprint-scanner/android/build.gradle

Line 52 in 54b06e1

implementation "com.github.uccmawei:fingerprintidentify:${safeExtGet("fingerprintidentify", "1.2.6")}"

Looks great https://www.jitpack.io/com/github/uccmawei/fingerprintidentify/1.2.6/fingerprintidentify-1.2.6.pom

[agestaun]

@mikehardy My jenkins is trying to get that artifact though.

10:30:36 > Could not resolve com.wei.android.lib:fingerprintidentify:1.2.6. 10:30:36 Required by: 10:30:36 project :app > project :react-native-fingerprint-scanner 10:30:36 > Could not resolve com.wei.android.lib:fingerprintidentify:1.2.6. 10:30:36 > Could not get resource 'https://www.jitpack.io/com/wei/android/lib/fingerprintidentify/1.2.6/fingerprintidentify-1.2.6.pom'. 10:30:36 > Could not GET 'https://www.jitpack.io/com/wei/android/lib/fingerprintidentify/1.2.6/fingerprintidentify-1.2.6.pom'.

It's from the dependency you said. Do I forget any configuration?

[mikehardy]

@agestaun using the git blame function you have at your disposal

https://github.com/matteodanelli/react-native-fingerprint-scanner/blame/master/android/build.gradle

You can deduce that the dependency was changed 8 months ago in matteodanelli@9158ace

And that commit has not been released, there have been no releases here recently though the package is alive

I think you'll need to depend on the most recent commit hash then, and treat it as a release in your package.json

This is the commit hash 54b06e1 (edit, corrected the URL just now)

This is a built in feature of npm/yarn, you just specify the repo URL with #<commit hash> at the end and it works.

[agestaun]

I saw that there have been no new versions recently and the jcenter was completely removed. I didn't want to point to a commit, but it's better than the crash I get when compiling.

Thank you mike.

[mikehardy]

Yeah, no alternative at the moment but the commit hash as reference. Need to get a release out here but been swamped :-)
At least from a build reproducibility perspective commit hashes are stable unique identifiers, no one can change the contents on that really, so it should be safe. Alternatively you can point to the existing most recent release and ingest the changes locally via patch-package if you have really strict build reproducibility / security concerns

[noumantahir]

perhaps a slightly better solution instead adding whole jcenter() .... in project level build.gralde file add...

        jcenter() {
            content {
                // these groups only available in jcenter otherwise we don't want to rely on jcenter.
                .
                .
                .
                includeModule("com.wei.android.lib", "fingerprintidentify") // <== Add this line
            }
        }

[mikehardy]

@noumantahir that's a nice trick, should have a non-trivial positive impact on the artifact resolution phase build performance

[StephenBanz]

jcenter() has gone offline😢
is there anything we can do on the ap side

https://bintray.com/
https://jcenter.bintray.com/

[DenisKozhevnikov]

jcenter() has gone offline😢 is there anything we can do on the ap side

https://bintray.com/ https://jcenter.bintray.com/

try replacing in node_modules/react-native-fingerprint-scanner/build.gradle
implementation "com.wei.android.lib:fingerprintidentify:${safeExtGet("fingerprintidentify", "1.2.6")}"
->
implementation 'com.github.uccmawei:FingerprintIdentify:1.2.6'

[mikehardy]

Does this not work, from above? Depending on the commit hash?

---

I think you'll need to depend on the most recent commit hash then, and treat it as a release in your package.json

This is the commit hash 54b06e1 (edit, corrected the URL just now)

This is a built in feature of npm/yarn, you just specify the repo URL with # at the end and it works.

[Overtorment]

i fixed it using latest commit in my package.json
(but patching implementation in build.gradle also works, i tried)

index afb0555..55617e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     "react-native-default-preference": "^1.4.4",
     "react-native-device-info": "^10.2.0",
     "react-native-elements": "^3.4.2",
-    "react-native-fingerprint-scanner": "^6.0.0",
+    "react-native-fingerprint-scanner": "git+https://github.com/hieuvp/react-native-fingerprint-scanner.git#9cecc0db326471c571553ea85f7c016fee2f803d",

[StephenBanz]

Thank you for all the answers
We also found a Jcenter mirror which worked fine

maven { url "https://maven.aliyun.com/repository/jcenter" }

[Sanyamis22]

Could not find com.wei.android.lib:fingerprintidentify:1.2.6.
I am stuck with this issue I have tried with jcenter() and without jcenter() and its not working
its throwing the same error while building
Can anyone help me out for this issue

[valery-lavrik]

it's already 2023, and the problem has not been solved? Why can't the official repository fix it?

[mikehardy]

@valery-lavrik you do not appear to be the primary maintainer on any repositories, maintain a repo for a few years, then come back and let us know

[jet2018]

jcenter() has gone offline😢 is there anything we can do on the ap side
https://bintray.com/ https://jcenter.bintray.com/

try replacing in node_modules/react-native-fingerprint-scanner/build.gradle implementation "com.wei.android.lib:fingerprintidentify:${safeExtGet("fingerprintidentify", "1.2.6")}" -> implementation 'com.github.uccmawei:FingerprintIdentify:1.2.6'

Worked for me.

//    implementation "com.wei.android.lib:fingerprintidentify:${safeExtGet("fingerprintidentify", "1.2.6")}"
    implementation 'com.github.uccmawei:FingerprintIdentify:1.2.6'

[saniyatariq]

jcenter() has gone offline😢 is there anything we can do on the ap side
https://bintray.com/ https://jcenter.bintray.com/

try replacing in node_modules/react-native-fingerprint-scanner/build.gradle implementation "com.wei.android.lib:fingerprintidentify:${safeExtGet("fingerprintidentify", "1.2.6")}" -> implementation 'com.github.uccmawei:FingerprintIdentify:1.2.6'

Thanks now working

[bosz]

i fixed it using latest commit in my package.json (but patching implementation in build.gradle also works, i tried)

index afb0555..55617e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     "react-native-default-preference": "^1.4.4",
     "react-native-device-info": "^10.2.0",
     "react-native-elements": "^3.4.2",
-    "react-native-fingerprint-scanner": "^6.0.0",
+    "react-native-fingerprint-scanner": "git+https://github.com/hieuvp/react-native-fingerprint-scanner.git#9cecc0db326471c571553ea85f7c016fee2f803d",

This works well, thank you.