React-Native ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac' Error (Android Studio)

Question

Recently dove into the world of React-Native and got roadblocked immediately. Bought a course from Udemy called The Complete React Native and Redux Course and got stuck trying to compile my first application.

I've tried a bunch of different solutions and have gone through a variety of different errors so its come to the point where I have to make my first stackoverflow post. Going to post a bunch of my current settings below as well as the error im receiving.

Error

My Configuations

Java SDK/JRE's I have installed

JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_151

ANDROID_HOME = C:\Users\Danny\AppData\Local\Android\sdk

PATH = C:\Users\Danny\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin;C:\Users\Danny\AppData\Roaming\npm;

React Native Properties

React-Native Version

Android Studio Properties

Project Structure

SDK/JDK Location

Installed SDK Tools

Installed SDK's

gradle-wrapper.properties

#Mon Dec 11 21:41:46 EST 2017
distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.3-rc-2-
all.zip

build.gradle (Module:app)

android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion '25.0.1'

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.albums"
    minSdkVersion 16
    targetSdkVersion 23
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
    ndk {
        abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
    }
}

build.gradle (Project: albums)

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 {
mavenLocal()
jcenter()
}

}

In the course im using the instructor says to use the NEXUS 5 API 23, incase that helps. Gradle builds within Android Studio no errors.

Thanks for any and all help

Answer 1

Solved.

Deleted my project, recreated it with react-native init ProjectName, ran AVD, compiled project through terminal. I think I altered too many configurations in my old one and needed to recreate it.