# Video SDK android build fails in React Native

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/video-sdk-android-build-fails-in-react-native/138874>\
**Category:** React Native\
**Tags:** video-sdk\
**Created:** [November 20, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/video-sdk-android-build-fails-in-react-native/138874 "2025-11-20T18:20:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/video-sdk-android-build-fails-in-react-native/138874/1 "2025-11-20T18:20:44Z")

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BUILD FAILED in 5s

**error** Failed to install the app. Command failed with exit code 1: ./gradlew app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. \* Where:

Build file ‘/Users/yash/Documents/Development/zoomRNCli/node\_modules/@zoom/react-native-videosdk/android/build.gradle’ line: 7 \* What went wrong:

A problem occurred evaluating project ‘:zoom\_react-native-videosdk’.

\> Could not find method jcenter() for arguments on repository container of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.DefaultRepositoryHandler. \* Try:

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