Gradle not finding org.apache.commons:commons-imaging - gradle

Question

Gradle cannot resolve org.apache.commons:commons-imaging, yet it is available in all 3 of the provided repositories:
http://jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/repository
https://repo.adobe.com/nexus/content/repositories/public/
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/
This part of the log is interesting, Gradle looks only in jcenter and the local filesystem:
https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
Console log (requesting org.apache.commons:commons-imaging:1.0-SNAPSHOT):
$ react-native run-android
JS server already running.
Building and installing the app on the device (cd android && ./gradlew installDebug)...
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:_debugCompile'.
> Could not find org.apache.commons:commons-imaging:1.0-SNAPSHOT.
Searched in the following locations:
https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
file:/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/org/apache/commons/commons-imaging/1.0-SNAPSHOT/commons-imaging-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
Required by:
ReactNativeProject:app:unspecified > ReactNativeProject:react-native-image-store-ext:unspecified
Console log (requesting org.apache.commons:commons-imaging:+):
$ react-native run-android
JS server already running.
Building and installing the app on the device (cd android && ./gradlew installDebug)...
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:_debugCompile'.
> Could not find any matches for org.apache.commons:commons-imaging:+ as no versions of org.apache.commons:commons-imaging are available.
Required by:
ReactNativeProject:app:unspecified > ReactNativeProject:react-native-image-store-ext:unspecified
build.gradle:
buildscript {
repositories { jcenter() }
dependencies { classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0' }
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"
defaultConfig {
minSdkVersion 16
targetSdkVersion 22
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
lintOptions { abortOnError false }
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven { url "http://jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/repository" }
maven { url "https://repo.adobe.com/nexus/content/repositories/public/" }
maven { url "https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.4.0'
compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"
compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-imaging:+'
}

Answer 1

There are 2 build.gradle file in android project: the one inside main project folder and the one inside app folder. The repository should be defined under allprojects block inside project folder. Here, example of my build.gradle which successful build apache commons imaging.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
maven { url "http://jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/repository" }
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}

Answer 2

Apparently, there is no oficial version for apache commons imaging yet.
The latest unoficial version I have found, is on this repo
maven { url "http://wcm.io/maven/repositories/apache-intermediate-release/" }
Add this line on the build.gradle as opris said.
Then, in your gradle app/module file, add this
dependencies {
...
implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-imaging:1.0-R1725432'
...
}
I haven't tested it yet, so I will have to choose between this one and the oficial version of sanselan,
compile 'org.apache.sanselan:sanselan:0.97-incubator'
which has no more support