Could not find method compileOnly() for arguments [com.facebook.react:react-native:+] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

[maopixin]

I configure it according to official documents to use react-navigation3.0.2
my package.json

{
  "name": "mpx",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cli.js start",
    "test": "jest"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "react": "16.3.1",
    "react-native": "0.55.4",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.0.10",
    "react-native-scrollable-tab-view": "^0.10.0",
    "react-native-vector-icons": "^6.1.0",
    "react-navigation": "^3.0.2",
    "teaset": "^0.5.10"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-jest": "23.6.0",
    "babel-preset-react-native": "4.0.1",
    "jest": "23.6.0",
    "react-test-renderer": "16.3.1"
  },
  "jest": {
    "preset": "react-native"
  }
}

and MainActivity.java

package com.mpx;

import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity;
// add start （react-native-gesture-handler）
import com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate;
import com.facebook.react.ReactRootView;
import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView;
// add end
public class MainActivity extends ReactActivity {

    /**
     * Returns the name of the main component registered from JavaScript.
     * This is used to schedule rendering of the component.
     */
    @Override
    protected String getMainComponentName() {
        return "mpx";
    }
    // add start （react-native-gesture-handler）
    @Override
    protected ReactActivityDelegate createReactActivityDelegate() {
        return new ReactActivityDelegate(this, getMainComponentName()) {
            @Override
            protected ReactRootView createRootView() {
                return new RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView(MainActivity.this);
            }
        };
    }
    // add end
}

then react-native run-android
find error

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/Users/mao/Desktop/lzbk/mpx/node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/android/build.gradle' line: 32

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':react-native-gesture-handler'.
> Could not find method compileOnly() for arguments [com.facebook.react:react-native:+] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

I want to know how to solve it.

[scottajewell]

In the Build file '/Users/mao/Desktop/lzbk/mpx/node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/android/build.gradle', in the dependencies section change "compileOnly" to "compile". I'm new to React Native so I'm not sure why, but I just looked at other packages in node_modules and found that they use "compile". Good luck.

[maopixin]

I've solved this problem by below changes:

1. change configuration in android/build/gradle. This is part of my code:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        google()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

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

add google() to buildscript and allprojects, and change the gradle version in classpath. Open ...\node_modules\react-native-vector-icons\android\build.gradle, you will find the gradle version in classpath is 3.1.4, that's why we need to make this change.

2. In your android project, open android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties, modify the distributionUrl:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip

Since this library depends on gradle version above 3.1.4, we should set a new version than that.

Rebuild the project, it finally works.

[topninja]

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
        minSdkVersion = 16
        compileSdkVersion = 28
        targetSdkVersion = 28
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.2")
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3'
        // 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://jitpack.io' }
        maven { url "https://maven.google.com" }
    }
}

solved by make build.gradle file like this.