You need to modiffy/update the build.gradle file

[andonivizcaya]

The instalation was crashing because the module's build.gradle file had an outdated dependency pointing to com.tom_roush:pdfbox-android:1.8.9.1 and the new repo is called tom-roushe.

The file should be:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.1'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 28
    buildToolsVersion '28.0.0'

    dexOptions {
        jumboMode true
    }

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 28
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    lintOptions {
        abortOnError false
    }
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    google()
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.tom-roush:pdfbox-android:1.8.10.3'
    implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
}

That worked for me.