[React Native][0.71] Plugin with id 'com.facebook.react' not found

Question

Plugin with id 'com.facebook.react' not found.

1: Task failed with an exception.

• Where: Build file 'android/app/build.gradle' line: 2

• What went wrong: A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.

Plugin with id 'com.facebook.react' not found.

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BUILD FAILED in 3s

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 app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081

FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

1: Task failed with an exception.
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* Where:
Build file 'android/app/build.gradle' line: 2

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> Plugin with id 'com.facebook.react' not found.

* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
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2: Task failed with an exception.
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* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
> compileSdkVersion is not specified. Please add it to build.gradle

* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
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Answer 1

Solution

Add classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin") in android/build.gradle dependencies

Answer 2

In an Expo project, the problem was outdated packages for my Expo version. Running npx expo install --fix worked for me.