title: react-native run-android build failed Could not find com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-api:9.8.0
body: <p>Trying to build my react native project after adding React-native-firebase to the application is causing it to fail to build the application. I am getting the following error: </p>
  
  <pre><code>* What went wrong:
  Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:debugCompileClasspath'.
  &gt; Could not find com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-api:9.8.0.
    Searched in the following locations:
        file:/Users/cliffc/Library/Android/sdk/extras/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.pom
        file:/Users/cliffc/Library/Android/sdk/extras/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.aar
        file:/Users/cliffc/Library/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.pom
        file:/Users/cliffc/Library/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.aar
        file:/Users/cliffc/Library/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.pom
        file:/Users/cliffc/Library/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.aar
        file:/Users/cliffc/.m2/repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.pom
        file:/Users/cliffc/.m2/repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.aar
        https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.pom
        https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.aar
        https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.pom
        https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.aar
        file:/Users/cliffc/projects/prod/commconn/cc/node_modules/react-native/android/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.pom
        file:/Users/cliffc/projects/prod/commconn/cc/node_modules/react-native/android/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.aar
        https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.pom
        https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.aar
        https://maven.google.com/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.pom
        https://maven.google.com/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.aar
        https://jitpack.io/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.pom
        https://jitpack.io/com/google/android/gms/play-services-measurement-api/9.8.0/play-services-measurement-api-9.8.0.aar
    Required by:
        project :app &gt; com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.3 &gt; com.google.firebase:firebase-measurement-connector-impl:17.0.1
        project :app &gt; com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.8.0 &gt; com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:16.0.3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>this is only one of them I get the same error for the following services:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Could not find com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-base:9.8.0.
  Could not find com.google.android.gms:play-services-stats:9.8.0.
  Could not find com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-identifier:9.8.0.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My MainApplication get packages are:</p>
  
  <pre><code>protected List&lt;ReactPackage&gt; getPackages() {
      // Add additional packages you require here
      // No need to add RnnPackage and MainReactPackage
      mCallbackManager = new CallbackManager.Factory().create();
      return Arrays.&lt;ReactPackage&gt;asList(new MapsPackage(), new RNDeviceInfo(), new FBSDKPackage(mCallbackManager),
          new PickerPackage(), new RNFetchBlobPackage(), new VectorIconsPackage(),
          new ReactNativePushNotificationPackage(), new RNFirebasePackage());
      // eg. new VectorIconsPackage()
    }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Build.gradle (app):</p>
  
  <pre><code>ext {
      compileSdkVersion   = 27
      targetSdkVersion    = 27
      buildToolsVersion   = "27.0.1"
      supportLibVersion   = "26.1.0"
      googlePlayServicesVersion = "15.0.1"
      androidMapsUtilsVersion = "0.5+"
      firebaseVersion = "+"
  }
  
  project.ext.react = [
      entryFile: "index.js"
  ]
  
  apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
  apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle"
  
  /**
   * Set this to true to create two separate APKs instead of one:
   *   - An APK that only works on ARM devices
   *   - An APK that only works on x86 devices
   * The advantage is the size of the APK is reduced by about 4MB.
   * Upload all the APKs to the Play Store and people will download
   * the correct one based on the CPU architecture of their device.
   */
  def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false
  
  /**
   * Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
   */
  def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
  
  android {
      compileSdkVersion 27
      buildToolsVersion "27.0.1"
  
      defaultConfig {
          applicationId "com.commonconnectapp"
          vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
          multiDexEnabled true
          minSdkVersion 16
          targetSdkVersion 27
          versionCode 22
          versionName "1.0.1"
          ndk {
              abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
          }
      }
  
      signingConfigs {
          release {
              if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE')) {
                  storeFile file(MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
                  storePassword MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
                  keyAlias MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
                  keyPassword MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
              }
          }
      }
  
      splits {
          abi {
              reset()
              enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
              universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
              include "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
          }
      }
      buildTypes {
          release {
              minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
              proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
              signingConfig signingConfigs.release
          }
      }
      // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
      applicationVariants.all { variant -&gt;
          variant.outputs.each { output -&gt;
              // For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
              // http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide/apk-splits
              def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a":1, "x86":2]
              def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
              if (abi != null) {  // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
                  output.versionCodeOverride =
                          versionCodes.get(abi) * 1048576 + defaultConfig.versionCode
              }
          }
      }
  }
  
  configurations.all {
      resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details -&gt;
          if (details.getRequested().getGroup() == 'com.google.android.gms') {
              details.useVersion('9.8.0')
          }
      }
  }
  
  dependencies {
      compile project(':react-native-firebase')
     compile project(':react-native-push-notification')
      compile project(':react-native-maps')
      compile project(':react-native-image-picker')
      compile project(':react-native-fbsdk')
      compile project(':rn-fetch-blob')
      compile project(':react-native-vector-icons')
      compile project(':react-native-image-crop-picker')
      compile project(':react-native-device-info')
      compile fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
      implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.0.2'
      implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.1.0'
      implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
      // compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1"
      compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
      implementation project(':react-native-maps')
      compile project(':react-native-navigation')
      implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.34.0'
      implementation project(':react-native-fbsdk')
      implementation project(':react-native-firebase')
      implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.3"
      compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services:15.0.1"
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>thank you in advanced for any help. If any more info is needed please let me know. I've been searching and tried some fixes to no avail. I'll keep researching and add the answer myself if I find it.</p>