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Problem--> failed syncing project with gradle files

I am working on a React Native project and encountering an issue with my settings.gradle file during the build process. Here’s the error I receive when the gradle files fail to sync:

Settings file 'C:\Users\andre\WatchList\android\settings.gradle' line: 2

A problem occurred evaluating settings 'WatchList'.
> Could not read script 'C:\Users\andre\WatchList\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\native_modules.gradle' as it does not exist.

Questions:

1. Why is the native_modules.gradle file still missing after reinstalling dependencies?
2. What are the steps to properly regenerate or resolve this missing file issue?

What I've Tried:

1. Reinstalling Dependencies npm install

2. Checking node_modules Directory: I verified that @react-native-community/cli-platform-android exists in node_modules. It seems to be missing the native_modules.gradle file.

3. Clearing Cache and Reinstalling: I tried clearing the cache using... npm cache clean --force And also deleted the node_modules folder. Then I reinstalled dependencies... npm install

4. Validating settings.gradle: Here's the content of my settings.gradle:

rootProject.name = 'WatchList'
apply from: file("../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle(settings)
include ':app'
includeBuild('../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin')

Environment: React Native, v0.76.3 Node.js, v20.14.0 npm, 10.8.2 Windows 11

Problem--> failed syncing project with gradle files

I am working on a React Native project and encountering an issue with my settings.gradle file during the build process. Here’s the error I receive when the gradle files fail to sync:

Settings file 'C:\Users\andre\WatchList\android\settings.gradle' line: 2

A problem occurred evaluating settings 'WatchList'.
> Could not read script 'C:\Users\andre\WatchList\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\native_modules.gradle' as it does not exist.

Questions:

1. Why is the native_modules.gradle file still missing after reinstalling dependencies?
2. What are the steps to properly regenerate or resolve this missing file issue?

What I've Tried:

1. Reinstalling Dependencies npm install

2. Checking node_modules Directory: I verified that @react-native-community/cli-platform-android exists in node_modules. It seems to be missing the native_modules.gradle file.

3. Clearing Cache and Reinstalling: I tried clearing the cache using... npm cache clean --force And also deleted the node_modules folder. Then I reinstalled dependencies... npm install

4. Validating settings.gradle: Here's the content of my settings.gradle:

rootProject.name = 'WatchList'
apply from: file("../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle(settings)
include ':app'
includeBuild('../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin')

Environment: React Native, v0.76.3 Node.js, v20.14.0 npm, 10.8.2 Windows 11

• react-native
• gradle
• react-native-modules
• settings.gradle

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Try to open another project and copy the missing file from it to your current project. It works just well