Fixing error ‘Could not find method compile() for arguments [com.facebook.react:react-native:X]’ when creating APK in React Native

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If you encounter the following error when generating the APK:

Could not find method compile() for arguments [com.facebook.react:react-native:X]

The first thing to do is to locate the error being produced. In this case, it indicates that the compile method is not found in the react-native-locale library.

This is indicated here:

[stderr] Build file '/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-locale/android/build.gradle' line: 23

To solve this error, we need to open the file /node_modules/react-native-locale/android/build.gradle

And in line 23:

dependencies {
    copile 'com.facebook.react:react-native:0.17.+'
}

Change compile to implementation as compile is deprecated in Android.

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:0.17.+'
}

Another option is to try updating the library causing the problem to see if the issue is resolved in a newer version.

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