Cannot make react-native-maps to work on android

Question

I'm trying to create a simple "weather" app using react-native on Android.

I have followed the installation steps but I get following errors when I run react-native run-android

JS server already running. Building and installing the app on the device (cd android && ./gradlew installDebug)...

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

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

A problem occurred configuring project ':react-native-maps'. Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':react-native-maps:_debugCompile'. Could not find com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:8.3.0. Searched in the following locations: file:/home/mihir/.m2/repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-base/8.3.0/play-services-base-8.3.0.pom file:/home/mihir/.m2/repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-base/8.3.0/play-services-base-8.3.0.jar https:// jcenter.bintray.com/com/google/android/gms/play-services-base/8.3.0/play-services-base-8.3.0.pom https:// jcenter.bintray.com/com/google/android/gms/play-services-base/8.3.0/play-services-base-8.3.0.jar file:/home/mihir/android-sdk-linux/extras/android/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-base/8.3.0/play-services-base-8.3.0.pom file:/home/mihir/android-sdk-linux/extras/android/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-base/8.3.0/play-services-base-8.3.0.jar Required by: weather:react-native-maps:unspecified Could not find com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.3.0. Searched in the following locations: file:/home/mihir/.m2/repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-maps/8.3.0/play-services-maps-8.3.0.pom file:/home/mihir/.m2/repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-maps/8.3.0/play-services-maps-8.3.0.jar https:// jcenter.bintray.com/com/google/android/gms/play-services-maps/8.3.0/play-services-maps-8.3.0.pom https:// jcenter.bintray.com/com/google/android/gms/play-services-maps/8.3.0/play-services-maps-8.3.0.jar file:/home/mihir/android-sdk-linux/extras/android/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-maps/8.3.0/play-services-maps-8.3.0.pom file:/home/mihir/android-sdk-linux/extras/android/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-maps/8.3.0/play-services-maps-8.3.0.jar Required by: weather:react-native-maps:unspecified

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BUILD FAILED

Total time: 20.584 secs Could not install the app on the device, rea

Answer 1

You need to install Google Play Services to make react-native-maps work on Android.

Go in a terminal and run android . This should open the SDK manager.

If the command android is not found, you need to install the SDK tools from here

Install Google Play Services and Google Repository.

Rerun react-native run-android and it should work if you use a device.

If you use an emulator, check this .