error: cannot find symbol import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat

[LydiaF]

Version

Tell us which versions you are using ( you can see the versions in your package.json ):

react-native-audio : 4.3.0
react-native : 0.60.4
react : 16.8.6
using react-native-sound ? No

Expected behaviour :

gradlew assembleRelease builds the Android project.

Actual behaviour

Project build fails with this error:

> Task :react-native-audio:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED
/Users/xxxx/Code/xxxx/xxxx/node_modules/react-native-audio/android/src/main/java/com/rnim/rn/audio/AudioRecorderManager.java:30: error: cannot find symbol
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
                             ^
  symbol:   class ActivityCompat
  location: package android.support.v4.app
/Users/xxxx/Code/xxxx/xxxx/node_modules/react-native-audio/android/src/main/java/com/rnim/rn/audio/AudioRecorderManager.java:31: error: package android.support.v4.content does not exist
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
                                 ^
/Users/xxxx/Code/xxxx/xxxx/node_modules/react-native-audio/android/src/main/java/com/rnim/rn/audio/AudioRecorderManager.java:105: error: cannot find symbol
    int permissionCheck = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(getCurrentActivity(),
                          ^
  symbol:   variable ContextCompat
  location: class AudioRecorderManager
3 errors

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a react native (v0.60.4) project
2. Install react-native-audio
3. Build the Android project: cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease

[TNChalise]

Can anyone suggest the fix ? Going through same problem.

[jakehon1993]

global search and replace "android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat" by "androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat"

[TNChalise]

Is it good to migrate to AndroidX ?

[deepakpapola]

@LydiaF did you fixed it

[arrygoo]

I have the same issue

[LydiaF]

@deepakpapola Unfortunately not.

[arrygoo]

@deepakpapola @LydiaF try npx jetify before running your app, seems to fix the issue for now (you need to install it as a local dependency first)

[kiran-mantana]

Any Update on this issue, Facing the same issue in 0.59.1

[narek11]

same issues here with RN 0.59.2 and react-native-audio 4.1.3

[DaveLomber]

@jakehon1993 many libs have a support for RN60 and still use support v4, so the issues is not with this

[ntkzwane]

I also experienced this, but only when building using gradle directly (running react-native run-android built successfully without issues. I realised this is because run-android runs jetify as part of the build. If you're using ./gradlew assembleRelease, you need to run manually

npx jetify

or if you're using yarn

yarn jetify

or straight up

./node_modules/.bin/jetify

just before you build the project.

[LucasMonteiro1]

Maybe PR #330 fixes that

[xgAnd]

this reason is migrate to AndroidX.you can annotation the error import.most condition the IDE can import the right package.but sometimes if the module has more than one package the IDE can't import.you just select the module which is androidx is right.

[dnazirso]

As mentioned by @xgAnd , if in some way you choose to migrate to AndroidX, you need to select the corresponding module in which case you have to
replace :
import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;
with :
import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat;
and i assume it is the case everywhere you used to import android.support.v4. modules

[AliRehman7141]

android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat

I didn't found any