Getting "verifyReleaseResources" error after upgrading React Native - android-gradle-plugin

Question

I'm trying to upgrade an application to React Native 0.57.1. I think I've followed all the steps, upgraded all the right files, yet I'm still getting an error that I cannot understand:
:react-native-document-picker:compileReleaseSources UP-TO-DATE
:react-native-document-picker:mergeReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
:react-native-document-picker:verifyReleaseResourcesC:\Users\USERNAME\.gradle\caches\transforms-1\files-1.1\appcompat-v7-27.1.1.aar\b3b5480809d523e6f8b8de92faafbcda\res\values-v26\values-v26.xml:9:5-12:13: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/colorError not found.
C:\Users\USERNAME\.gradle\caches\transforms-1\files-1.1\appcompat-v7-27.1.1.aar\b3b5480809d523e6f8b8de92faafbcda\res\values-v26\values-v26.xml:13:5-16:13: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/colorError not found.
C:\Users\USERNAME\.gradle\caches\transforms-1\files-1.1\appcompat-v7-27.1.1.aar\b3b5480809d523e6f8b8de92faafbcda\res\values-v26\values-v26.xml:17:5-93: AAPT: error: style attribute 'android:attr/keyboardNavigationCluster' not found.
C:\Users\USERNAME\.gradle\caches\transforms-1\files-1.1\appcompat-v7-27.1.1.aar\b3b5480809d523e6f8b8de92faafbcda\res\values\values.xml:251:5-69: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/fontStyle not found.
C:\Users\USERNAME\.gradle\caches\transforms-1\files-1.1\appcompat-v7-27.1.1.aar\b3b5480809d523e6f8b8de92faafbcda\res\values\values.xml:251:5-69: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/font not found.
C:\Users\USERNAME\.gradle\caches\transforms-1\files-1.1\appcompat-v7-27.1.1.aar\b3b5480809d523e6f8b8de92faafbcda\res\values\values.xml:251:5-69: AAPT: error: resource android:attr/fontWeight not found.
error: failed linking references.
:react-native-document-picker:verifyReleaseResources FAILED
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':react-native-document-picker:verifyReleaseResources'.
> com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: Failed to execute aapt
I can't really make sense of these errors, any idea what they mean? How can I find out how to fix this?
I've tried various things, including deleting the .cache directory, changing the gradle version but nothing seems to help. Any idea?

Answer 1

You need to add following code in your project's android/build.gradle:
subprojects {
afterEvaluate {project ->
if (project.hasProperty("android")) {
android {
compileSdkVersion 27
buildToolsVersion "27.0.2"
}
}
}
}

Answer 2

For me, what fixed the issue was prefixing with app
./gradlew app:assembleRelease

Answer 3

Reason for the error:
You have installed react-native-document-picker as a dependency, And the reason for this error is that the configurations of your android/app/build.gradle and node_modules/react-native-document-picker/android/build.gradle mismatch.
Solution
Navigate to node_modules/react-native-document-picker/android/build.gradle
Edit and keep the compileSdkVersion buildToolsVersion minSdkVersion
targetSdkVersion same as you have in android/app/build.gradle
Sync the project again.
Run ./gradlew assembleRelease from the terminal.

Answer 4

Had another reason for this issue, I had previously modified minSdkVersion.
All you need to do is to remove /node_modules/ folder, /android/build and /android/app/build folders, re npm install and perform ./gradlew assembleRelease again.

Answer 5

The command cd android && ./gradlew app:assembleRelease do the magic.
I've found a github link where a command help in almost every type of verifyReleaseResource errors. Ref: https://github.com/luggit/react-native-config/issues/330#issuecomment-494915023

Answer 6

Reason for the error:
In my case, I had installed react-native-thermal-receipt-printer as a dependency, And the reason for this error is that the configurations of your android/build.gradle and node_modules/react-native-thermal-receipt-printer/android/build.gradle mismatch.
Solution
Navigate to node_modules/react-native-thermal-receipt-printer/android/build.gradle
Edit and keep the compileSdkVersion buildToolsVersion minSdkVersion targetSdkVersion same as you have in android/build.gradle
Save it and change dir cd android.
Run ./gradlew clean
Run ./gradlew assembleRelease