React-Native assembleRelease fails for task ':app:bundleReleaseJsAndAssets'

Question

When I run ./gradlew assembleRelease build is failed with this error:

 Error:Execution failed for task ':app:bundleReleaseJsAndAssets. > A problem occurred starting process 'command 'node'

I searched on the inte.net and found some topics about it, but I couldn't solve my problem.

React-Native version: 0.54.0

EDIT:
Now I'm running ./gradlew assembleRelease --info from the terminal instead of Android Studio and I get different error.
Here is the result:

> Task :app:processReleaseResources
Putting task artifact state for task ':app:processReleaseResources' into context took 0.007 secs.
file or directory '**/android/app/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/appcenter-crashes/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/appcenter-analytics/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/appcenter/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/react-native-interactable/lib/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/react-native-navigation/android/app/libs', not found
file or directory '**/android/app/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/appcenter-crashes/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/appcenter-analytics/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/appcenter/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/react-native-interactable/lib/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/react-native-navigation/android/app/libs', not found
Executing task ':app:processReleaseResources' (up-to-date check took 0.035 secs) due to:
  Task has failed previously.
All input files are considered out-of-date for incremental task ':app:processReleaseResources'.
Unable do incremental execution: full task run
file or directory '**/android/app/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/appcenter-crashes/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/appcenter-analytics/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/appcenter/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/react-native-interactable/lib/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/react-native-navigation/android/app/libs', not found
file or directory '**/android/app/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/appcenter-crashes/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/appcenter-analytics/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/appcenter/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/react-native-interactable/lib/android/libs', not found
file or directory '**/node_modules/react-native-navigation/android/app/libs', not found
Aapt2QueuedResourceProcessor is using **/Android/sdk/build-tools/26.0.2/aapt2
Failed to execute aapt
com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: Failed to execute aapt
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*
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FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processReleaseResources'.
> Failed to execute aapt

It seems gradle is looking for libs folder in all modules, but there are no libs folders in the node modules. It's true, but I don't know why gradle is looking for libs folder.

Answer 1

First:

react-native bundle --platform android --dev false --entry-file index.js --bundle-output android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle --assets-dest android/app/src/main/res

finally build:

./gradlew assembleRelease -x bundleReleaseJsAndAssets

Answer 2

Looks like you haven't made a js bundle so please make a bundle first by using command :-

 react-native bundle --platform android --dev false --entry-file index.js --bundle-output android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle --assets-dest android/app/src/main/res

then in your project directory

 cd android 

Clean your gradle

 ./gradlew clean

and make a build finally

./gradlew assembleDebug

Try this. Hope it will helps you.

Answer 3

For me the creating the bundle failed, but I noticed this comment by Sahin Elidemir :

just ./gradlew assembleRelease -x bundleReleaseJsAndAssets saved me.

It almost worked for me. What worked at the end was (notice the app: , which for me it fails without, and a clean for good measure):

./gradlew clean app:assembleRelease -x bundleReleaseJsAndAssets

Answer 4

只需使用./gradlew --stop然后./gradlew assembleRelease为我工作。

Answer 5

I now this is late. may be this will help somebody.

For me it i had to upgrade to latest react-native-sentry .

apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-sentry/sentry.gradle"

was causing problem

Answer 6

This is working for me, Please follow the below steps:-

1) Stop Running Gradle

 $ cd RectNatoveProjectName & cd android  (Open your project and go to android folder)  
 $ ./gradlew --stop (Run this command to stop old running Gradle service )

2) Update the android app build gradle

project.ext.react = [
        nodeExecutableAndArgs : ["/usr/local/bin/node"]
];

3) Get Node details

$ which node 

> (Result will be like "/usr/username/.nvm/versions/node/v10.7.0/bin/node")

4) Link node (very imp step copy the above result in step 3)

- ln -s /usr/username/.nvm/versions/node/v10.7.0/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node

5) If Step - 4 return file exist - then to go the folder /usr/local/bin/ and delete the "node" file and perform the step -4 again.

6) If Step - 4 run successfully then this node issue will be resolved.

Answer 7

I had the same problem, the solution was :

cd to yourApp/android folder

run this

./gradlew --stop

and then

./gradlew assembleRelease

This gonna build your app.

After build is done, go to see your application(apk).

android\\app\\build\\outputs\\apk\\release

Answer 8

The steps above really helped.

Here's the scripts that work for us with react-native 0.55.3 .

Run the android-build command locally or CI to generate an APK.

/packages.json (react-native):

"android-bundle": "react-native bundle --platform android --dev false --entry-file index.js --bundle-output android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle --assets-dest android/app/src/main/res",
"android-release-fix": "node ./android-release-gradle-fix.js",
"android-build": "yarn killbin && yarn android-clean && yarn android-release-fix && yarn android-bundle && cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease -x bundleReleaseJsAndAssets --info",
"android-clean": "cd android && ./gradlew clean",
"killbin": "rm -rf ./node_modules/.bin",

android-release-gradle-fix.js :

const fs = require('fs')

// Fix issues with Android resources like duplicate files
// CI: run install with --unsafe-perm option
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47084810/react-native-android-duplicate-file-error-when-generating-apk
try {
        var curDir = __dirname
        var rootDir = process.cwd()

        var file = `${rootDir}/node_modules/react-native/react.gradle`
        var dataFix = fs.readFileSync(`${curDir}/android-react-gradle-fix`, 'utf8')
        var data = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8')

        var doLast = "doLast \{"
        if (data.indexOf(doLast) !== -1) {
            throw "Already fixed."
        }

        var result = data.replace(/                \/\/ Set up inputs and outputs so gradle can cache the result/g, dataFix);
        fs.writeFileSync(file, result, 'utf8')
        console.log('Done')
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error)
    }

android-react-gradle-fix

doLast {
    def moveFunc = { resSuffix ->
        File originalDir = file("${resourcesDir}/drawable-${resSuffix}")
        if (originalDir.exists()) {
            File destDir = file("${resourcesDir}/drawable-${resSuffix}-v4")
            ant.move(file: originalDir, tofile: destDir)
        }
    }
    moveFunc.curry("ldpi").call()
    moveFunc.curry("mdpi").call()
    moveFunc.curry("hdpi").call()
    moveFunc.curry("xhdpi").call()
    moveFunc.curry("xxhdpi").call()
    moveFunc.curry("xxxhdpi").call()
}

// Set up inputs and outputs so gradle can cache the result

/android/build.gradle :

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "27.0.3"
        minSdkVersion = 21
        compileSdkVersion = 27
        targetSdkVersion = 27
        supportLibVersion = "27.1.1"
        googlePlayServicesVersion = "15.0.1"
        androidMapsUtilsVersion = "0.5+"
    }
...
subprojects {
    afterEvaluate {project ->
        if (project.hasProperty("android")) {
            android {
                compileSdkVersion 27
                buildToolsVersion '27.0.3'
            }
        }
    }
}

/android/app/build.gradle :

dependencies {
    implementation project(':amazon-cognito-identity-js')
    implementation project(':appcenter-push')
    implementation project(':react-native-fbsdk')
    implementation(project(':react-native-google-signin')) {
        exclude group: "com.google.android.gms" // very important
    }
    implementation project(':react-native-image-picker')
    implementation project(':react-native-vector-icons')
    implementation project(':react-native-sentry')
    implementation project(':react-native-maps')
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:$googlePlayServicesVersion" // Google signin
    implementation project(':react-native-sentry')
    implementation(project(':react-native-maps')) {
        exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms', module: 'play-services-base'
        exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms', module: 'play-services-maps'
    }
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:$googlePlayServicesVersion"
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:$googlePlayServicesVersion"
    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:15.0.2"
    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:15.0.2"
    implementation project(':react-native-vector-icons')
    implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$supportLibVersion"
    implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
    // implementation "com.android.support:$supportLibVersion"
}

Answer 9

I did it like this and it works:

• Removed node modules (you can do it by running this command rm -rf node_modules )
• Run npm installl or yarn install
• Then run ./gradlew clean && ./gradlew app:assembleRelease or ./gradlew app:assembleDebug

Answer 10

if you are using macOS and using react native try this:

1. brew install react-native-cli

2. ./gradlew --stop

3. ./gradlew clean

4. ./gradlew aR or ./gradlew assembleRelease

Answer 11

This error also occurs when you have stacked your project inside many folders

Try copying your project folder into one of your hard drives without putting that project into any folder.

Answer 12

I was using the wrong image size (ie image@5x.png) which caused me this problem. When I deleted that image@5x.png file...it worked!!

Answer 13

As of RN 0.58, for CI builds the commands is as follows:

First create directories:

mkdir -p app/build/generated/assets/react/production/release/ && mkdir -p app/build/generated/res/react/production/release

Next:

node ../node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cli.js bundle --platform android --dev false --entry-file index.android.js --bundle-output app/build/generated/assets/react/production/release/index.android.bundle --assets-dest app/build/generated/res/react/production/release --max-workers 1 --reset-cache

Also you may also want to add for your production builds according to this ;

--minify true

Taken from RN's source

NOTE: We added --max-workers 1 not to deplete CI resources since they are limited to lower numbers (mem&cpu).

Answer 14

Try removing images above @3x. Removed @4x @5x, etc coz android does't support them. so it fails the build.

Answer 15

I had the same problem. In my case, after a few hours, I saw this on GitHub: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/issues/578#issuecomment-503428032 . I had renamed the project on Sentry. If you renamed the project on, update the android/sentry.properties and ios/sentry.properties file.

defaults.url=https://sentry.io/
defaults.org=yourorg
defaults.project=newprojectname
auth.token=🔑

And that's it

Answer 16

Consider checking all your JS (React native). I faced this issue coz have a coding error in the JS file (React native).

Answer 17

For me:

• OS: Windows .
• I just copied the .keystore file to android\\app.
• cd android && gradlew --stop then gradlew assembleRelease .

Answer 18

如果您在 VS 代码中运行这些命令，只需在 android 文件夹中的 cmd（管理员模式）中打开项目 run $ gradlew clean $ gradlew assembleRelease

Answer 19

Solution:

1- android\app\build.gradle

project.ext.react = [
    enableHermes: false, 
]

2-

cd android
gradlew clean

3- gradlew bundleRelease

Answer 20

Check your project to make sure that you didn't name any of your folders with spaces in between. For me, there was a space in the name of my project's parent folder. When I remove the space (from Source Codes to codes ) my build was successful.

Answer 21

In my case

npx was not able to go into the correct directory due to a space in the parent directory name

example:-

D:\dk\native\aiims raipur\aiimsraipur

Removed space from directory -> aiims raipur to aiims_raipur

Build works fine.