React Native : target with hash string 'android-X' not found

Question

I am trying to develop my first react-native Android app. When I run

sudo react-native run-android

I get the following error

Answer 1

What I did was to change the target my application was compiled against. To do this edit the file android/app/build.gradle on your project and modify the following:

compileSdkVersion 24
buildToolsVersion "24.0.2"

This should match whatever you have installed without requiring to download another API version.