unknown property 'destinationDir' React Native ver. 0.82.0

[ArturBuja]

After upgrading to React Native 0.82, the build fails with the following error:

A problem occurred configuring project ':eabdullazyanov_react-native-sms-user-consent'.
Could not get unknown property 'destinationDir' for task ':eabdullazyanov_react-native-sms-user-consent:compileDebugJavaWithJavac' of type org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.

This library’s build.gradle script still uses the deprecated destinationDir property for JavaCompile and Javadoc tasks.
Starting from Android Gradle Plugin (AGP) 8.x (which ships with React Native 0.82), the destinationDir property has been completely removed.

[ArturBuja]

For anyone looking for a work around, just simply delete afterEvaluate. It’s necessary for the creator, not for the users:

index 61588a4416891be875ce7eb887f00e4154eff735..232ca0dc60e9cbd4bc62ff2afae797388695058a 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -92,42 +92,3 @@ def configureReactNativePom(def pom) {
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
-
-afterEvaluate { project ->
-    // some Gradle build hooks ref:
-    // https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/gradle-beyond-the/9781449373801/ch03.html
-    task androidJavadoc(type: Javadoc) {
-        source = android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
-        classpath += files(android.bootClasspath)
-        include '**/*.java'
-    }
-
-    task androidJavadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: androidJavadoc) {
-        archiveClassifier = 'javadoc'
-        from androidJavadoc.destinationDir
-    }
-
-    task androidSourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-        archiveClassifier = 'sources'
-        from android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
-        include '**/*.java'
-    }
-
-    android.libraryVariants.all { variant ->
-        def name = variant.name.capitalize()
-        def javaCompileTask = variant.javaCompileProvider.get()
-
-        task "jar${name}"(type: Jar, dependsOn: javaCompileTask) {
-            from javaCompileTask.destinationDir
-        }
-    }
-
-    artifacts {
-        archives androidSourcesJar
-        archives androidJavadocJar
-    }
-
-    task installArchives(type: Upload) {
-        configuration = configurations.archives
-    }
-}

[sindhusingh]

Thanks, @ArturBuja! The solution you suggested below worked like a charm!!