react-native-webview error, supports only kotlin-android-extensions Gradle plugin version 1.6.20 and higher.

[BrianAutomatize]

getting

Android gradle plugin: 7.3.1
Gradle: 7.5.1
WARNING:Software Components will not be created automatically for Maven publishing from Android Gradle Plugin 8.0. To opt-in to the future behavior, set the Gradle property android.disableAutomaticComponentCreation=true in the `gradle.properties` file or use the new publishing DSL.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
The Android Gradle plugin supports only kotlin-android-extensions Gradle plugin version 1.6.20 and higher.
The following dependencies do not satisfy the required version:
project ':react-native-webview' -> org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.6.0

when running project using
import { Camera } from 'react-native-camera-kit';
of course works great with ios but android will not build.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
using
"dependencies": {
"react-native": "0.71.6",
"react-native-reanimated": "3.5.2",
"react-native-webview": "^13.6.2",
"react-native-camera-kit": "^13.0.0",
"bootstrap": "^5.3.2",
}
calling like
import { Camera } from 'react-native-camera-kit';
<Camera
scanBarcode={true}
onReadCode={(event: any) => {
handleOnReadCode(event);
}}
showFrame={true}
laserColor="red"
frameColor="white"
/>
like stated works fine on ios but will not build on android
added from
https://github.com/teslamotors/react-native-camera-kit/blob/master/docs/kotlin.md

android>build.gradle
buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "33.0.0"
        minSdkVersion = 23
        compileSdkVersion = 33
        targetSdkVersion = 33
        kotlin_version = "1.7.20"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1")
        classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
        classpath("com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.14")
        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version")
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
     }
}
and
android>app>build.gradle
apply plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"
apply plugin: "com.google.gms.google-services"
apply plugin: "kotlin-android"
apply plugin: "kotlin-android-extensions"

tried various numbers, all i could think of for kotlin_version = "1.7.20", "1.7.10", and many others to no avail

macos ventura 13.2.1

TRYING DESPERTELY to add a qr scanner,
since react-native-camera is decprecated, and react-native-vision-camera doesn't implement a qr scanner , thought this was best option any help on build process for android is greatly appreciated.

[yasirlateef]

I came across a workaround which basically suggested applying a patch for react-native-webview. I'll share the contents of patch file below:

diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-webview/android/build.gradle b/node_modules/react-native-webview/android/build.gradle
index f68fa80..6e52d07 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-webview/android/build.gradle
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-webview/android/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
         gradlePluginPortal()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${safeExtGet('kotlinVersion')}")
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.6.20"
         classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.4")
     }
 }