Android resource linking failed - AAPT: error: resource android:attr/dialogCornerRadius not found - gradle

Question

I am receiving errors when trying to bundle an android release for a react-native project. This project should be converted to AndroidX as a note.
Error Messages
When trying to build a release build for Android I receive the following errors:
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':react-native-vector-icons:verifyReleaseResources'.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade
> 1 exception was raised by workers:
com.android.builder.internal.aapt.v2.Aapt2Exception: Android resource linking failed
/Users/.../.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/5c74eb36d229b35abeeb690f5d3b91a3/appcompat-1.0.0/res/values-v28/values-v28.xml:5:5-8:13: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/dialogCornerRadius not found.
/Users/.../.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/5c74eb36d229b35abeeb690f5d3b91a3/appcompat-1.0.0/res/values-v28/values-v28.xml:9:5-12:13: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/dialogCornerRadius not found.
/Users/.../.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/f54ae08833e39bf2b75fd420ffea65b9/core-1.0.0/res/values/values.xml:57:5-88:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/fontVariationSettings not found.
/Users/.../.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/f54ae08833e39bf2b75fd420ffea65b9/core-1.0.0/res/values/values.xml:57:5-88:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/ttcIndex not found.
Root Build.gradle file
buildscript {
ext {
buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
minSdkVersion = 16
compileSdkVersion = 28
targetSdkVersion = 28
supportLibVersion = "28.0.0-alpha1"
reactNativeVersion = "0.59.9"
}
repositories {
jcenter()
google()
maven {
url 'https://maven.google.com/'
name 'Google'
}
}
dependencies {
classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.3')
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
// Add the Crashlytics Gradle plugin.
classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:2.1.1'
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
google()
mavenLocal()
maven {
url 'https://maven.google.com/'
name 'Google'
}
maven {
// All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
}
// React native video - exoplayer missing from google repos, temp fix
maven {
url "https://google.bintray.com/exoplayer/"
}
jcenter()
}
}
ext {
buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
minSdkVersion = 16
compileSdkVersion = 28
targetSdkVersion = 28
supportLibVersion = "28.0.0-alpha1"
reactNativeVersion = "0.59.9"
}
subprojects {
afterEvaluate {project ->
if (project.hasProperty("android")) {
android {
compileSdkVersion compileSdkVersion
buildToolsVersion "$buildToolsVersion"
}
}
}
}
App build.gradle file
dependencies
dependencies {
implementation project(':react-native-safe-area-context')
implementation 'com.android.support:support-annotations:28.0.3'
implementation "androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0"
implementation project(':react-native-video')
implementation(project(":react-native-google-signin"))
implementation project(':react-native-splash-screen')
implementation project(':react-native-iap')
implementation project(':react-native-version-check')
implementation project(':react-native-vector-icons')
implementation project(':react-native-linear-gradient')
implementation(project(':react-native-firebase')) {
transitive = false
}
implementation project(':react-native-fbsdk')
implementation project(':react-native-linear-gradient')
implementation project(':react-native-vector-icons')
implementation project(':react-native-fbsdk')
implementation project(':react-native-vector-icons')
// react-native-google-signin
// react-native-fbsdk
implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.33.0'
implementation project(':react-native-fbsdk')
// RNFirebase required dependencies
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.9"
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:17.0.0"
// RNFirebase optional dependencies
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:17.0.0"
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-database:16.0.5"
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:17.1.4"
implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0'
implementation ("com.facebook.react:react-native:0.59.9") {force = true} // From node_modules
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics:17.0.1'
}
Research
I have seen some other issues of this being reported such as:
React-native(android) AAPT: error: resource android:attr/dialogCornerRadius not found
https://fincoapps.com/error-resource-androidattr-dialogcornerradius-not-found/.
However, these look to be setup as you'd expect. One issue suggests the subprojects edit that exists in the root build.gradle file, but the same error messages always occur.
Edit
gradle-wrapper.properties
#Thu May 07 14:26:41 BST 2020
distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
android.enableJetifier=true
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-all.zip
android.useAndroidX=true
React-native info
npmPackages:
react: ^16.7.0 => 16.13.1
react-native: 0.59.9 => 0.59.9
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native-cli: 2.0.1

Answer 1

Solution 1:
Check what all react native projects are supporting androidX now.
gradlew app:dependencies
Search for androidX in the output. Get all the libraries having androidx.
Make a change in build.gradle inside android/app
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy {
force 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:16.1.0'
force 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16.2.0'
force 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:16.0.1'
force 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:18.0.0'
force 'com.google.firebase:firebase-common:17.0.0'
force 'com.google.firebase:firebase-iid:18.0.0'
force 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-stats:16.0.1'
force 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.0.1'
}
}
These were the libraries that caused problem in my react native project.
Google maintains all the releases here https://developers.google.com/android/guides/releases#may_07_2019 . You can choose any other version also. This solution solved issue in my case. Let me know if this helps.
Solution 2
rm -rf android/.gradle
rm -rf .gradle
rm -rf ~/.gradle
./gradlew clean