compileReleaseJavaWithJavaC failed for react native modules when building a release build

Question

Task :react-native-device-info:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':react-native-device-info:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.

  java.io.FileNotFoundException: /workspace/eos-native/node_modules/react-native-device-info/android/build/intermediates/annotation_processor_list/release/annotationProcessors.json (No such file or directory)

The error makes sense , and the file is not there, but I have no idea why its not there? It is created when I run a debug version of the app and debug versions of my libraries, react-native-device-info, react-orientation-locker etc.. I've cleaned, gradle synched, rebuilt etc. but when trying to assemble or install a release build I get this error within seconds. What is causing the Java

Answer 1

I had the same problem in an android project (without react) when I added a library module.

After searching for a solution for quite some time, I finally deleted the .gradle directory in the project root folder.

This solved the problem for me.

Answer 2

update android gradle plugin to 3.3 update gradle to 4.10.3

fixed the issue for me.