react native run android failing

Question

I follow all instructions from react native android guide page, however when I create project with react-cli and run react-native run-android I'am getting some errors:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring root project 'test'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':classpath'.
   > Could not resolve org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.8.1.
     Required by:
         :test:unspecified > com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:2.2.3 > com.android.tools.build:builder:2.2.3 >

com.android.tools:sdklib:25.2.3 :test:unspecified > com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:2.2.3 > com.android.tools.build:builder:2.2.3 > com.android.tools:sdklib:25.2.3 > com.android.tools:repository:25.2.3

Could not resolve org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.8.1. Could not get resource 'https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.8.1/commons-compress-1.8.1.pom'. Could not HEAD 'https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.8.1/commons-compress-1.8.1.pom'. Connect to jcenter.bintray.com:443 [jcenter.bintray.com/75.126.118.188] failed: Connection timed out (Connection timed out)

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 2 mins 16.65 secs
Could not install the app on the device, read the error above for details.
Make sure you have an Android emulator running or a device connected and have
set up your Android development environment:
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/android-setup.html

I search a full day to figure out what causing this problem on google but nothing found useful. Here is some info:

$ java -version

openjdk version "1.8.0_131"   
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_131-8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.3b11)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.131-b11, mixed mode)

$ android list avd

Available Android Virtual Devices:
    Name: Pixel_API_25
  Device: pixel (Google)
    Path: /home/danial/.android/avd/Pixel_API_25.avd
  Target: Google APIs (Google Inc.)
          Based on: Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) Tag/ABI: google_apis/x86_64
    Skin: pixel
  Sdcard: 100M

$ echo $PATH

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/danial/Android/Sdk/tools:/home/danial/Android/Sdk/platform-tools:/home/danial/Android/Sdk/tools/bin

So all things setup correctly I really don't know where is the problem.

**First Answer Error Again:**

[Fatal Error] apache-13.pom:1:44: Content is not allowed in prolog.
[Fatal Error] apache-13.pom:1:44: Content is not allowed in prolog.
[Fatal Error] apache-13.pom:1:44: Content is not allowed in prolog.
[Fatal Error] apache-13.pom:1:44: Content is not allowed in prolog.
[Fatal Error] apache-13.pom:1:44: Content is not allowed in prolog.
[Fatal Error] apache-13.pom:1:44: Content is not allowed in prolog.
[Fatal Error] apache-13.pom:1:44: Content is not allowed in prolog.
[Fatal Error] apache-13.pom:1:44: Content is not allowed in prolog.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring root project 'test'.

> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':classpath'.
   > Could not resolve org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.8.1.
     Required by:
         :test:unspecified > com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:2.2.3 > com.android.tools.build:builder:2.2.3 >

com.android.tools:sdklib:25.2.3 :test:unspecified > com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:2.2.3 > com.android.tools.build:builder:2.2.3 > com.android.tools:sdklib:25.2.3 > com.android.tools:repository:25.2.3

Could not resolve org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.8.1. Could not parse POM https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.8.1/commons-compress-1.8.1.pom Could not resolve org.apache.commons:commons-parent:33. Could not resolve org.apache.commons:commons-parent:33. Could not parse POM https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/commons/commons-parent/33/commons-parent-33.pom Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not parse POM https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom Content is not allowed in prolog. Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not parse POM https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom Content is not allowed in prolog. Could not resolve org.apache.commons:commons-parent:33. Could not parse POM https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/commons/commons-parent/33/commons-parent-33.pom Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not parse POM https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom Content is not allowed in prolog. Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not parse POM https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom Content is not allowed in prolog. Could not resolve org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.8.1. Could not parse POM https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.8.1/commons-compress-1.8.1.pom Could not resolve org.apache.commons:commons-parent:33. Could not resolve org.apache.commons:commons-parent:33. Could not parse POM https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/commons/commons-parent/33/commons-parent-33.pom Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not parse POM https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom Content is not allowed in prolog. Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not parse POM https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom Content is not allowed in prolog. Could not resolve org.apache.commons:commons-parent:33. Could not parse POM https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/commons/commons-parent/33/commons-parent-33.pom Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not parse POM https://jcenter.bintray.com/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom Content is not allowed in prolog. Could not resolve org.apache:apache:13. Could not parse POM https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/apache/13/apache-13.pom Content is not allowed in prolog.

Answer 1

Looks like your project could not get dependencies from jcenter. Try to add repos to your build.gradle file.

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
    jcenter()
}

Put code above in the body of buildscript {...}.

Answer 2

Try following from your root directory. Make an assets folder in

 /android/app/src/main/

 cd android

 ./gradlew clean

 react-native bundle --platform android --dev false --entry-file index.android.js --bundle-output android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle --assets-dest android/app/src/main/res/

 react-native run-android