React native app(just created) crashes with following error messages when install packages like react-native-gesture handle

Question

error Failed to install the app. Make sure you have the Android development environment set up: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup. Error: Command failed: gradlew.bat app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081

FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

1: Task failed with an exception.

• Where: Build file 'E:\React_native\paperboy\node_modules\react-native-gesture-handler\android\build.gradle' line: 27

• What went wrong: A problem occurred evaluating project ':react-native-gesture-handler'.

Could not initialize class org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources.DefaultKotlinSourceSetKt

• Try:

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2: Task failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: A problem occurred configuring project ':react-native-gesture-handler'.

compileSdkVersion is not specified. Please add it to build.gradle

• Try:

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• Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 14s

at makeError (E:\React_native\paperboy\node_modules\execa\index.js:174:9)
at E:\React_native\paperboy\node_modules\execa\index.js:278:16
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
at async runOnAllDevices (E:\React_native\paperboy\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\build\commands\runAndroid\runOnAllDevices.js:109:5)
at async Command.handleAction (E:\React_native\paperboy\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli\build\index.js:192:9)

info Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.

Answer 1

Try to remove the if..else condition in your build.gradle file under the signingConfigs > release. Example:

    signingConfigs {
        debug {
            storeFile file('debug.keystore')
            storePassword 'android'
            keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
            keyPassword 'android'
        }
        release {
            storeFile file('xxx')
            storePassword 'xxx'
            keyAlias 'xxx'
            keyPassword 'xxx'
        }
    }