Android App compilation error with SDK 35

[tanhatariq]

App compiles fine without this plugin, but after adding this plugin to cordova project it stop creating APK or Android Bundle.
Start giving the following Error:

A problem occurred configuring project ':app'. > com.android.builder.errors.EvalIssueException: compileSdkVersion is not specified. Please add it to build.gradle

And when i ran the command with --stacktrace it gave this error:

A problem occurred evaluating script.> Could not find method compile() for arguments [com.journeyapps:zxing-android-embedded:3.3.0] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

there is stack discussion on this same issue here

[jherrerabukco]

Hello @tanhatariq

I had the same problem, but i fix it with a hook:

// scripts/fixQRScanner.js
const fs = require("fs");
const path = require("path");

function getFilePath(context, relativePath) {
  return path.join(context.opts.projectRoot, ...relativePath.split("/"));
}

function replaceInFile(filePath, searchValue, replaceValue) {
  if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
    console.warn(
      `No se encontró el archivo: ${filePath}, omitiendo modificación.`
    );
    return;
  }

  let content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8");
  const newContent = content.replace(searchValue, replaceValue);

  if (content !== newContent) {
    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, newContent, "utf-8");
  }
}

function fixGradleFile(context) {
  const gradleFilePath = getFilePath(
    context,
    "platforms/android/cordova-plugin-qrscanner/ctrlit-qrscanner.gradle"
  );
  replaceInFile(gradleFilePath, /compile/g, "implementation");
}

function fixActivityCompat(context) {
  const javaFilePath = getFilePath(
    context,
    "platforms/android/app/src/main/java/com/bitpay/cordova/qrscanner/QRScanner.java"
  );
  replaceInFile(
    javaFilePath,
    /android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat/g,
    "androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat"
  );
}

module.exports = function (context) {
  fixGradleFile(context);
  fixActivityCompat(context);
};

After, create a hook javascript file:

//after_prepare.js
const fixQRScanner = require("./scripts/fixQRScanner")

module.exports = function(context) {
    fixQRScanner(context);
//other hooks helpers calls
}

And finally, you have to call the hook file in config.xml android section: