could not find method compile() for arguments

[Arnav7501]

how do i update my react-native-picker, no matter how many times i install the compile doesn't change to implementation
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
compile 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
}
and i cant manually change it because when i use eas build, it reverts my changes. my entire project is stopped because of this, please help

[cuantmac]

same issue with @Arnav7501

[Zhouwenli]

same issue with

[DwaveVito]

same issue

"react-native": "0.72.3",

[hshepherd]

This is because react-native 0.72.3 requires a newer version of gradle that this project does not support.