eas build error after updating from 48 to 49 - Could not set unknown property 'classifier' for task ':expo-device:androidSourcesJar'

Expo SDK
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Please provide the following:

  1. SDK Version: 49
  2. Platforms(Android/iOS/web/all): android
  3. Add the appropriate “Tag” based on what Expo library you have a question on.
Running 'gradlew :app:bundleRelease' in /home/expo/workingdir/build/android

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Downloading https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.1-all.zip

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Welcome to Gradle 8.0.1!

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Here are the highlights of this release:

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 - Improvements to the Kotlin DSL

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 - Fine-grained parallelism from the first build with configuration cache

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 - Configurable Gradle user home cache cleanup

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For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/8.0.1/release-notes.html

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To honour the JVM settings for this build a single-use Daemon process will be forked. See https://docs.gradle.org/8.0.1/userguide/gradle_daemon.html#sec:disabling_the_daemon.

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Daemon will be stopped at the end of the build

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> Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:pluginDescriptors

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> Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:processResources

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> Task :gradle-plugin:pluginDescriptors

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> Task :gradle-plugin:processResources

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> Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:pluginDescriptors

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> Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:processResources

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> Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:compileKotlin

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> Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:compileJava NO-SOURCE

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> Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:classes

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> Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:jar

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> Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:inspectClassesForKotlinIC

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> Task :gradle-plugin:compileKotlin

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> Task :gradle-plugin:compileJava NO-SOURCE

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> Task :gradle-plugin:classes

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> Task :gradle-plugin:jar

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> Task :gradle-plugin:inspectClassesForKotlinIC

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> Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:compileKotlin

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> Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:compileJava NO-SOURCE

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> Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:classes

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> Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:jar

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> Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:inspectClassesForKotlinIC

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> Configure project :app

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ℹ️  Applying gradle plugin 'expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin' (expo-dev-launcher@2.4.8)

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 ℹ️  Applying gradle plugin 'expo-updates-gradle-plugin' (expo-updates@0.18.10)

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> Configure project :expo-av

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Checking the license for package NDK (Side by side) 23.1.7779620 in /home/expo/Android/Sdk/licenses

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License for package NDK (Side by side) 23.1.7779620 accepted.

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Preparing "Install NDK (Side by side) 23.1.7779620 (revision: 23.1.7779620)".

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"Install NDK (Side by side) 23.1.7779620 (revision: 23.1.7779620)" ready.

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Installing NDK (Side by side) 23.1.7779620 in /home/expo/Android/Sdk/ndk/23.1.7779620

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"Install NDK (Side by side) 23.1.7779620 (revision: 23.1.7779620)" complete.

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"Install NDK (Side by side) 23.1.7779620 (revision: 23.1.7779620)" finished.

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Checking the license for package CMake 3.22.1 in /home/expo/Android/Sdk/licenses

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License for package CMake 3.22.1 accepted.

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Preparing "Install CMake 3.22.1 (revision: 3.22.1)".

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"Install CMake 3.22.1 (revision: 3.22.1)" ready.

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Installing CMake 3.22.1 in /home/expo/Android/Sdk/cmake/3.22.1

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"Install CMake 3.22.1 (revision: 3.22.1)" complete.

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"Install CMake 3.22.1 (revision: 3.22.1)" finished.

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FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

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Task failed with an exception.

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* Where:

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Build file '/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/expo-device/android/build.gradle' line: 40

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* What went wrong:

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A problem occurred evaluating project ':expo-device'.

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Could not set unknown property 'classifier' for task ':expo-device:androidSourcesJar' of type org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar.

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--stacktrace

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--info

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--debug

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option to get more log output.

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--scan to get full insights.

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2: Task failed with an exception.

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* What went wrong:

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A problem occurred configuring project ':expo'.

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> compileSdkVersion is not specified. Please add it to build.gradle

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* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

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BUILD FAILED in 2m 42s

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15 actionable tasks: 15 executed

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Error: Gradle build failed with unknown error. See logs for the "Run gradlew" phase for more information.
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up for this. did you find any solution?

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Getting same error. Have you resolved it?

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Hey @devpaul003 and @fludder, Starting from Expo SDK 49 (React Native 0.72), the React Native Android project uses Gradle 8 as the default version. If your project includes custom Expo Modules, you might encounter build errors or warnings related to this change. Please see the migration guide: https://github.com/expo/fyi/blob/main/expo-modules-gradle8-migration.md#error-unknown-property-classifier

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@amanhimself Thanks for your reply but I don’t have build.gradle file in my project

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@sibiyan Have you resolved this issue?

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This is still an issue and not fixed. Expo team please advise on this issue.

There is no build.gradle in my expo project either. This worked fine in sdk 48

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@Expo Team please guide us on this issue. We are stuck.

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Currently having the same issue. As the project is managed I don’t have access to gradle file. @Expo please help!

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I’m having the same problem.

 Configure project :app

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 ℹ️  Applying gradle plugin 'expo-updates-gradle-plugin' (expo-updates@0.18.11)

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FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

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1: Task failed with an exception.

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[stderr]

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* Where:

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Build file '/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/expo-app-auth/android/build.gradle' line: 25

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* What went wrong:

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A problem occurred evaluating project ':expo-app-auth'.

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> Could not set unknown property 'classifier' for task ':expo-app-auth:androidSourcesJar' of type org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar.

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* Try:

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> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.

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> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

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> Run with --scan to get full insights.

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2: Task failed with an exception.

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* What went wrong:

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A problem occurred configuring project ':expo'.

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> compileSdkVersion is not specified. Please add it to build.gradle

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* Try:

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> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.

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> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

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> Run with --scan to get full insights.

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* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

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BUILD FAILED in 2m 18s

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10 actionable tasks: 10 executed

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Error: Gradle build failed with unknown error. See logs for the "Run gradlew" phase for more information.
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Hello All,

Finally I downgraded my Expo SDK to 47 and resolved the issue.

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Hello @fludder ,
Could you please give me a step by step process for this build. I have been on this build since last week and there is nothing frustrating as “seeing your app work on your own device but can’t share with your team or partner”. I have downloaded and even upgraded but still nothing to show forth to a successful build.

I found a plugin that claims to handle gradle configuration setup and I used iit but but yet I found my self here with this error “Could not set unknown property ‘classifier’ for task ‘:expo-app-auth:androidSourcesJar’ of type org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar”.

I have upgraded to expo 49 and react-native 0.72. I have done installing and uninstalling of node_modules more than 200millions time.

Please help if you can

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For this kind of error, i found this solution that strictly addresses the issue but the step, guide and where to add the code was very poor. I modified my bundle.gradle file but got another error
Could not find method androidSourcesJar() for arguments [{type=class org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar}, build_3rx9id5qscpq1sxlbnndphbmo$_run_closure1$_closure3@460ef5d9] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.initialization.DefaultScriptHandler.

Below is how i modified my build.gradle file:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
ext {
buildToolsVersion = findProperty(‘android.buildToolsVersion’) ?: ‘33.0.0’
minSdkVersion = Integer.parseInt(findProperty(‘android.minSdkVersion’) ?: ‘21’)
compileSdkVersion = Integer.parseInt(findProperty(‘android.compileSdkVersion’) ?: ‘33’)
targetSdkVersion = Integer.parseInt(findProperty(‘android.targetSdkVersion’) ?: ‘33’)
kotlinVersion = findProperty(‘android.kotlinVersion’) ?: ‘1.8.10’
frescoVersion = findProperty(‘expo.frescoVersion’) ?: ‘2.5.0’

    // We use NDK 23 which has both M1 support and is the side-by-side NDK version from AGP.
    ndkVersion = "23.1.7779620"
}

// Creating sources with comments
task androidSourcesJar(type: Jar) {
classifier = ‘sources’
from android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
}

afterEvaluate {
publishing {
publications {
release(MavenPublication) {
from components.release
// Add additional sourcesJar to artifacts
artifact(androidSourcesJar)
}
}
}
}

android {
lintOptions {
abortOnError false
}
publishing {
singleVariant(“release”) {
withSourcesJar()
}
}
}

repositories {
    google()
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.2')
    classpath('com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin')
}

}

allprojects {
repositories {
maven {
// All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
url(new File([‘node’, ‘–print’, “require.resolve(‘react-native/package.json’)”].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), ‘…/android’))
}
maven {
// Android JSC is installed from npm
url(new File([‘node’, ‘–print’, “require.resolve(‘jsc-android/package.json’)”].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), ‘…/dist’))
}

    google()
    mavenCentral()
    maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
}

}
// @generated begin expo-camera-import - expo prebuild (DO NOT MODIFY) sync-f244f4f3d8bf7229102e8f992b525b8602c74770
def expoCameraMavenPath = new File([“node”, “–print”, “require.resolve(‘expo-camera/package.json’)”].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), “…/android/maven”)
allprojects { repositories { maven { url(expoCameraMavenPath) } } }
// @generated end expo-camera-import

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I got the same problem because expo auth is depreciated . I uninstalled it

npm uninstall expo-app-auth

and replace it with : expo-auth-session

npm i expo-auth-session

And now it works , i also uninstall expo cli in my case but , nor sure it was a problem

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Uninstalling expo-cli was the right thing to do. It should not be installed as a dependency

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i dont even have expo-app-auth installed in my project, then I am getting this error?

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Hey @olammiewisdom , I have not found the solution. I just downgraded to Expo 47. It is just temporary solution. If you want help in that. Let me know.

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I got basically the same issue after adding FirebaseRecaptcha. I would also really appreciate some help! I don’t think I can downgrade Expo because I’m quite sure I upgraded out of a different dependency issue :sweat_smile:

Could not set unknown property 'classifier' for task ':expo-firebase-core:androidSourcesJar' of type org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar.

My dependencies:

   "@expo/webpack-config": "^19.0.0",
    "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "1.18.2",
    "@react-native-community/datetimepicker": "7.2.0",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^6.1.6",
    "@react-navigation/native-stack": "^6.9.12",
    "@rneui/base": "^4.0.0-rc.7",
    "@rneui/themed": "^4.0.0-rc.7",
    "@types/luxon": "^3.3.0",
    "add": "^2.0.6",
    "eslint": "^8.44.0",
    "eslint-plugin-react-native": "^4.0.0",
    "expo": "^49.0.0",
    "expo-build-properties": "~0.8.3",
    "expo-constants": "~14.4.2",
    "expo-device": "~5.4.0",
    "expo-firebase-recaptcha": "^2.3.1",
    "expo-haptics": "~12.4.0",
    "expo-image-picker": "~14.3.2",
    "expo-linking": "~5.0.2",
    "expo-notifications": "~0.20.1",
    "expo-status-bar": "~1.6.0",
    "expo-updates": "~0.18.16",
    "firebase": "^9.20.0",
    "install": "^0.13.0",
    "luxon": "^3.3.0",
    "react": "18.2.0",
    "react-dom": "18.2.0",
    "react-native": "0.72.6",
    "react-native-confirmation-code-field": "^7.3.1",
    "react-native-international-phone-number": "^0.5.3",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "4.6.3",
    "react-native-screens": "~3.22.0",
    "react-native-toast-message": "^2.1.6",
    "react-native-vector-icons": "^9.2.0",
    "react-native-web": "~0.19.6",
    "react-native-webview": "13.2.2",
    "typescript": "^5.1.3"
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Hi @awarely.social

Not sure what’s causing your build problem, but do you need the above, it looks like it might have been installed by accident

Same with this.

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wodin Good point, thank you! As you say, not related to the build problem. :neutral_face: