react-native run-android fails -- cannot find Kotlin - react-native

Question

A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
Could not resolve all artifacts for configuration ':app:classpath'.
Could not find org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.3.11.
Searched in the following locations:
- https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/1.3.11/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.3.11.pom
- https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/1.3.11/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.3.11.jar
- https://maven.fabric.io/public/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/1.3.11/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.3.11.pom
- https://maven.fabric.io/public/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/1.3.11/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.3.11.jar
Required by:
project :app > com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0
This stacktrace tells me that react-native is looking for Kotlin JDK for some reason. Not sure why Kotlin would be required, when everything is in Java.
I have included implementation org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.3.11
in my app build.gradle, exactly the same version as seen in the stack dump
app build.gradle
buildscript {
repositories {
google()
maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0'
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'io.fabric'
repositories {
maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
}
import com.android.build.OutputFile
project.ext.react = [
entryFile: "index.js"
]
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle"
def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false
/**
* Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
*/
def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
android {
compileSdkVersion 27
buildToolsVersion '27.0.3'
defaultConfig {
applicationId 'com.recordit'
targetSdkVersion 26
minSdkVersion 16
versionCode 1
versionName '1.0.0'
ndk {
abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'x86'
}
multiDexEnabled true
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
// Deprecated. Used by net.openid:appauth
manifestPlaceholders = [
'appAuthRedirectScheme': 'host.exp.exponent'
]
}
dexOptions {
javaMaxHeapSize System.getenv("DISABLE_DEX_MAX_HEAP") ? null : "8g"
}
splits {
abi {
reset()
enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
universalApk false // If true, also generate a universal APK
include "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
}
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
}
}
lintOptions {
abortOnError false
}
packagingOptions {
pickFirst "**"
}
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy.force 'com.android.support:design:27.1.0'
}
// applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
applicationVariants.all { variant ->
variant.outputs.each { output ->
// For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
// http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide/apk-splits
def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a":1, "x86":2]
def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
if (abi != null) { // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
output.versionCodeOverride =
versionCodes.get(abi) * 1048576 + defaultConfig.versionCode
}
}
}
}
dependencies {
implementation project(':rn-fetch-blob')
implementation project(':react-native-fs')
implementation project(':react-native-linear-gradient')
implementation project(':react-native-radial-gradient')
implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'
implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.3.11"
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1'
implementation project(':react-native-vector-icons')
implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1'
implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+" // From node_modules
}
task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
from configurations.compile
into 'libs'
}
and project build.gradle
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
ext.kotlin_version='1.1.1'
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4'
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.2.0'
classpath 'de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:2.0.0'
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
mavenLocal()
jcenter()
maven {
// All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
}
// For non-detach
maven {
url "$rootDir/maven"
}
// For detach
maven {
url "$rootDir/../node_modules/expokit/maven"
}
maven {
// We use a modified build of com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1. Explanation in maven-test/README
url "$rootDir/maven-test"
}
maven {
url 'https://maven.google.com'
}
jcenter()
maven {
// Local Maven repo containing AARs with JSC built for Android
url "$rootDir/../home/node_modules/jsc-android/android"
}
flatDir {
dirs 'libs'
// dirs project(':expoview').file('libs')
}
maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
// Want this last so that we never end up with a stale cache
mavenLocal()
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}