Gradle does not point to specified version

Question

I am trying to upgrade the gradle wrapper version in my react-native android project.

I did not install gradle globally in my Mac, I just use the wrapper that comes with react-native, it was version 2.14.1. I want to use a library and it requires gradle 4.4+ and I followed the official tutorial. Off the bat, I got this Issue.

I found that whenever I type ./gradlew -v it will always refer to the /Users/rexlow/.gradle/wrapper/dists in my user directory, although I already did specify that I want to use gradle-4.4-all.zip which is the newer version. The zip file is now in my project wrapper folder, (I followed this thread)

As you can see from the image below, I tried to check for the gradle version but it will always show 2.14.1.

Then, I tried deleting the 2.14.1 gradle folder from /Users/rexlow/.gradle/wrapper/dists and run the version checking command again, and for heaven sake, it went on and download the 2.14.1 version because the folder wasn't there.

How can I altogether use a new gradle version in my project? Altering gradle-wrapper.properties does not work in my case. Let me know if you need to have a look at other files.

Thanks!

Answer 1

The gradle folder should be located inside android instead of app.