I tried the below commands, which are for clearing local/global caches for android and gradle, which worked for me and I think would work for everyone having the same issue/error while building the react native android app :-

• Remove and Reinstall Android Build Files :-

  1. rm -rf android/app/build
  2. rm -rf android/.gradle
  3. rm -rf android/.idea

• Clear Gradle Cache Manually :-

  If the above steps don't work, manually delete the Gradle cache:- Linux:

  1. rm -rf ~/.gradle/caches
  2. rm -rf ~/.gradle/daemon
  3. rm -rf ~/.gradle/native
  4. rm -rf ~/.gradle/wrapper OR

• Command Prompt:

  1. rd /s /q %USERPROFILE%.gradle\caches
  2. rd /s /q %USERPROFILE%.gradle\daemon
  3. rd /s /q %USERPROFILE%.gradle\native
  4. rd /s /q %USERPROFILE%.gradle\wrapper

3. Delete node_modules :-

   rm -rf node_modules

4. Clear Yarn Cache:-

   yarn cache clean

5. Install npm packages :-

   yarn OR npm install

6. Start the server and run android with the commands used.