Specifying mavenLocal() in android native librabry build gradle does not seem to work

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I would like to reference a native Android library from the created React Native library that is installed in the local maven repository. I have added

allprojects {
repositories {
mavenLocal()
mavenCentral()
google()
}
}

at the top of build.gradle that is located inside the android library folder but does not seem to work. The same approach works with normal react app. Am I doing it wrong ?