I have been trying to integrate react-native-image-picker in my React Native Android app, but I am facing issues after following the setup instructions. The app doesn’t load the image picker correctly,
after i run :

cd android
./gradlew clean
cd ..
npx react-native run-androidpe here

i get that error :

Task :react-native-image-picker:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.

Image for error i get :

Below are the steps I’ve followed and things I have tried.

Steps I Followed:

1. Installed react-native-image-picker:

   npm install react-native-image-picker
   

2. Linked the library manually in MainApplication.java:

   • I ensured to manually add the ImagePickerPackage inside the getPackages() method:

     import com.imagepicker.ImagePickerPackage;
     @Override
     protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
         List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
         packages.add(new ImagePickerPackage());
         return packages;
     }
     

3. Updated react-native-image-picker to the latest version:
   I ran:

   npm install react-native-image-picker@latest
   

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Is there something specific I might be missing? can you help me troubleshoot the steps in my configuration? Thank you in advance!