Build doesn't work on Android because of JCenter shut down

[Nodonisko]

Description

Android build fails with this exception:

* What went wrong:
Could not determine the dependencies of task ':shopify_react-native-skia:externalNativeBuildDebug'.
> Could not resolve all task dependencies for configuration ':shopify_react-native-skia:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
   > Could not resolve com.facebook.react:react-native:+.
     Required by:
         project :shopify_react-native-skia
      > Failed to list versions for com.facebook.react:react-native.
         > Unable to load Maven meta-data from https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/facebook/react/react-native/maven-metadata.xml.
            > Could not GET 'https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/facebook/react/react-native/maven-metadata.xml'.
               > Read timed out

It seems that is because in android/build.gradle there is still jcenter() in repositories section, but it was shut down. RN already migrated react-native-community/discussions-and-proposals#331

Version

all of them

Steps to reproduce

Run android build.

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

Not needed.

[Nodonisko]

I prepared PR that should fix it #1040

[Nodonisko]

In case anyone will need hotfix as we do you can place this to your android/build.gradle:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        // This fix should be removed once https://github.com/Shopify/react-native-skia/pull/1040 is merged
        all { ArtifactRepository repo ->
            if(repo instanceof MavenArtifactRepository){
                def url = repo.url.toString()
                if (url.startsWith('https://jcenter.bintray.com/')) {
                    remove repo
                }
            }
        }
        // end of temp fix
		......
		......

[amerllica]

Thanks dear @Nodonisko, as you said it is a temporary solution.

But in some cases like mine, I'm using ReactNativeSkia version 0.1.103-alpha, it could be a permanent solution but alongside the solution, we should use a library or trick to keep the changes of node_modules in production.

For more information I left an answer on StackOverflow.

[Nodonisko]

@amerllica There is already pending PR with fix #1040 that will be permanent solution.