Android build fails due to deprecated jcenter() and outdated SDK configuration

[Jaffar-Vali]

Hi! 👋

Firstly, thanks for maintaining react-native-tts — really appreciate the work 🙂

Problem

react-native-tts@4.1.1 fails to build on modern React Native / Android
toolchains due to:

• usage of jcenter() (deprecated and removed)
• outdated Android Gradle Plugin assumptions
• low compileSdk / targetSdk versions

Solution

Updated the Android library configuration to:

• remove legacy buildscript {} block
• replace jcenter() with google() + mavenCentral()
• bump compileSdk / targetSdk to 34
• enable Java 8 compatibility

This allows the library to build successfully with current
Android Gradle Plugin and React Native versions.

Below is the patch diff that resolved the issue:
diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-tts/android/build.gradle b/node_modules/react-native-tts/android/build.gradle
index dbbe046..4b568f2 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-tts/android/build.gradle
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-tts/android/build.gradle
@@ -2,31 +2,26 @@ def safeExtGet(prop, fallback) {
rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
}

-buildscript {

• repositories {

•    jcenter()
  

• }
• dependencies {

•    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.1'
  

• }
  -}

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

android {

• compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 26)
• buildToolsVersion safeExtGet('buildToolsVersion', '26.0.3')

• compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 34)

  defaultConfig {

•    minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 16)
  

•    targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 26)
  

•    minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 21)
  

•    targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 34)
     versionCode 1
     versionName "1.0"
  

  }
• compileOptions {

•    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
  

•    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
  

• }
  }

repositories {

• google()
  mavenCentral()
  }

[xixoecu-beep]

I same issue in react native 0.83.2

[SamiChab]

@Jaffar-Vali can you please put the patch in a form that we can copy to reuse please ? Or simply copy paste your node_modules/react-native-tts/android/build.gradle file ? Thanks !

[Jaffar-Vali]

Apologies if I missed anything. Please let me know if I can help further. Here is the minimal patch that fixed it for me on react-native-tts@4.1.1:

diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-tts/android/build.gradle b/node_modules/react-native-tts/android/build.gradle
index dbbe046..4b568f2 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-tts/android/build.gradle
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-tts/android/build.gradle
@@ -2,31 +2,26 @@ def safeExtGet(prop, fallback) {
     rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
 }

-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        jcenter()
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.1'
-    }
-}
-
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

 android {
-    compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 26)
-    buildToolsVersion safeExtGet('buildToolsVersion', '26.0.3')
+    compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 34)

     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 16)
-        targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 26)
+        minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 21)
+        targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 34)
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
     }
+
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    }
 }

 repositories {
+    google()
     mavenCentral()
 }

[SamiChab]

Thanks @Jaffar-Vali !

[danidaryaweesh]

@Jaffar-Vali your solution worked, thanks!