React Native: Execution failed for task ':app:checkDebugDuplicateClasses' - react-native

Question

I am getting the next error appearing on running npx react-native run-android. It came out of nowhere - no changes have been committed.
Execution failed for task ':app:checkDebugDuplicateClasses'.
A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.CheckDuplicatesRunnable
Duplicate class kotlin.collections.jdk8.CollectionsJDK8Kt found in modules jetified-kotlin-stdlib-1.8.0 (org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.8.0) and jetified-kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.7.20 (org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.7.20)
Duplicate class kotlin.internal.jdk7.JDK7PlatformImplementations found in modules jetified-kotlin-stdlib-1.8.0 (org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.8.0) and jetified-kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-1.7.20 (org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:1.7.20)
Duplicate class kotlin.internal.jdk7.JDK7PlatformImplementations$ReflectSdkVersion found in modules jetified-kotlin-stdlib-1.8.0 (org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.8.0) and jetified-kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-1.7.20 (org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:1.7.20)
Duplicate class kotlin.internal.jdk8.JDK8PlatformImplementations found in modules jetified-kotlin-stdlib-1.8.0 (org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.8.0) and jetified-kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.7.20 (org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.7.20)
Duplicate class kotlin.internal.jdk8.JDK8PlatformImplementations$ReflectSdkVersion found in modules jetified-kotlin-stdlib-1.8.0 (org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.8.0) and jetified-kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.7.20 (org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.7.20)
What I tried:
Follow again the installation steps on official react native documentation page: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup
brew install node
brew install watchman
brew tap homebrew/cask-versions
brew install --cask zulu11
Uninstall and install Android Studio
Set kotlinVersion = "1.8.0" in android/build.gradle:
buildToolsVersion = "32.0.0"
minSdkVersion = 21
compileSdkVersion = 33
targetSdkVersion = 33
// here
kotlinVersion = "1.8.0"
It looks like if I get rid of "react-native-inappbrowser-reborn": "^3.7.0" library the error is gone and the app launches successfully. But what if I need react-native-inappbrowser-reborn in my project?
Thank you mates in advance!

Answer 1

This is caused by the Kotlin plugin update. You can fix it easily by using configure below:
dependencies {
implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
//noinspection GradleDynamicVersion
implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+" // From node_modules
implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:2.0.1'
implementation "androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0"
// Add this line here
implementation platform('org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-bom:1.8.0')
//...omit some code
}
You can refer this one: Kotlin Document

Answer 2

Add this to android/app/build.gradle
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy {
eachDependency {
if ((requested.group == "org.jetbrains.kotlin") && (requested.name.startsWith("kotlin-stdlib"))) {
useVersion("1.6.10")
}
}
}
}

Answer 3

For me, it was a combination of the react-native-iap and the react-native-onesignal packages that was causing the issue.
Upgrading react-native-onesignal didn't work, so I upgraded react-native-iap as far as I could go without breaking changes, and for me, that was v7.5.6.
After upgrading iap to 7.5.6, I also had to add this to my ../android/app/build.gradle file for it to compile:
defaultConfig {
...
missingDimensionStrategy 'store', 'play'
}
Edit: I think what's happening is that one of your packages has a loose dependency, which caused an unexpected update. So each case could be different.

Answer 4

In your android/app/build.gradle file set kotlin-stdlib to use the same verion
for example:
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy {
eachDependency {
if ((requested.group == "org.jetbrains.kotlin") && (requested.name.startsWith("kotlin-stdlib"))) {
useVersion("1.7.20")
}
}
}
}