react-native-orientation: Task :react-native-orientation:verifyReleaseResources FAILED

When generating the Android APK file for my project I would run in the android folder ./gradlew assembleRelease command.

It would log the following error:

Task :react-native-orientation:verifyReleaseResources FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':react-native-orientation:verifyReleaseResources'.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade
   > Android resource linking failed
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/40fbf5f2fad154d2097847c5f892fc34/appcompat-1.0.2/res/values-v26/values-v26.xml:5:5-8:13: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/colorError not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/40fbf5f2fad154d2097847c5f892fc34/appcompat-1.0.2/res/values-v26/values-v26.xml:9:5-12:13: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/colorError not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/40fbf5f2fad154d2097847c5f892fc34/appcompat-1.0.2/res/values-v26/values-v26.xml:13:5-16:13: AAPT: error: style attribute 'android:attr/keyboardNavigationCluster' not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/40fbf5f2fad154d2097847c5f892fc34/appcompat-1.0.2/res/values-v28/values-v28.xml:5:5-8:13: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/dialogCornerRadius not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/40fbf5f2fad154d2097847c5f892fc34/appcompat-1.0.2/res/values-v28/values-v28.xml:9:5-12:13: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/dialogCornerRadius not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/c2c18b306f60dd0c1da0301fc5c7b480/core-1.0.1/res/values/values.xml:57:5-88:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/fontStyle not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/c2c18b306f60dd0c1da0301fc5c7b480/core-1.0.1/res/values/values.xml:57:5-88:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/font not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/c2c18b306f60dd0c1da0301fc5c7b480/core-1.0.1/res/values/values.xml:57:5-88:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/fontWeight not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/c2c18b306f60dd0c1da0301fc5c7b480/core-1.0.1/res/values/values.xml:57:5-88:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/fontVariationSettings not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/c2c18b306f60dd0c1da0301fc5c7b480/core-1.0.1/res/values/values.xml:57:5-88:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/ttcIndex not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/c2c18b306f60dd0c1da0301fc5c7b480/core-1.0.1/res/values/values.xml:89:5-125:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/startX not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/c2c18b306f60dd0c1da0301fc5c7b480/core-1.0.1/res/values/values.xml:89:5-125:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/startY not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/c2c18b306f60dd0c1da0301fc5c7b480/core-1.0.1/res/values/values.xml:89:5-125:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/endX not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/c2c18b306f60dd0c1da0301fc5c7b480/core-1.0.1/res/values/values.xml:89:5-125:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/endY not found.
         
     /Users/aeum3893/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/c2c18b306f60dd0c1da0301fc5c7b480/core-1.0.1/res/values/values.xml:126:5-132:25: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/offset not found.

I have successfully gone through the automatic linking setup already. Tried manual and got the same error. I don’t know what else to do.

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./gradlew app:assembleRelease fix this error

@ThanhNguyen140797 Yes, for me the ./gradlew app:assembleRelease command worked to generate the APK. However when installing the APK in the Android Simulator the app was crashing right away.

Couldn’t tell what worked for me because I experimented quite a bit to get it working until I got it to work. Pretty much uninstalled react-native-orientation completely and then installed it. Went through the manual linking process again. Also in the build.gradle file located in node_modules/react-native-orientation/android/build.gradle made sure to match the compileSdkVersion and buildToolsVersion with the one being used in android/build.gradle.

Then running ./gradlew clean && ./gradlew assembleRelease did work to generate the APK.

add this to build.gradle

subprojects {
  afterEvaluate {
    project ->
      if (project.hasProperty("android")) {
        android {
          compileSdkVersion = 30
          buildToolsVersion = "30.0.3"
          compileOptions {
            sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
            targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
          }
        }
      }
  }
}

I had same error, if you are generating aab, try use ./gradlew bundleRelease