Error creating aar with @rnef/create-app@0.8.2

[camilo5972]

Environment

Mac => 15.5 (24F74)
npm => 10.8.2
node => v20.18.1
Java => openjdk 17.0.12 2024-07-16 LTS
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Microsoft-9911841 (build 17.0.12+7-LTS)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Microsoft-9911841 (build 17.0.12+7-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)
Ruby => ruby 3.3.0 (2023-12-25 revision 5124f9ac75) [arm64-darwin24]
Python => Python 3.10.0

Package.json:

{
  "name": "currencyrnsdk",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "start": "rnef start",
    "lint": "eslint .",
    "test": "jest",
    "ios": "rnef run:ios",
    "android": "rnef run:android",
    "package:ios": "rnef package:ios --scheme CurrencyrnsdkReact --configuration Release",
    "package:aar": "rnef package:aar --variant Release --module-name currencyrnsdkreact",
    "publish-local:aar": "pnpm package:aar && rnef publish-local:aar --module-name currencyrnsdkreact"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@callstack/react-native-brownfield": "^1.1.0",
    "react": "19.1.0",
    "react-native": "0.80.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.25.2",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.25.3",
    "@babel/runtime": "^7.25.0",
    "@expo/fingerprint": "^0.11.6",
    "@react-native/babel-preset": "0.80.1",
    "@react-native/eslint-config": "0.80.1",
    "@react-native/metro-config": "0.80.1",
    "@react-native/typescript-config": "0.80.1",
    "@rnef/cli": "^0.8.0",
    "@rnef/platform-android": "^0.8.0",
    "@rnef/platform-ios": "^0.8.0",
    "@rnef/plugin-brownfield-android": "^0.8.0",
    "@rnef/plugin-brownfield-ios": "^0.8.0",
    "@rnef/plugin-metro": "^0.8.0",
    "@rnef/welcome-screen": "^0.8.0",
    "@types/react": "^19.1.0",
    "@types/react-test-renderer": "^19.1.0",
    "babel-jest": "^29.6.3",
    "eslint": "^8.19.0",
    "jest": "^29.6.3",
    "prettier": "2.8.8",
    "react-test-renderer": "19.1.0",
    "typescript": "5.0.4"
  },
  "peerDependencies": {},
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=18"
  }
}

Description

I'm creating a new project using the command:
npx @rnef/create-app currencyrnsdk

This uses the latest version of @rnef/create-app@0.8.0. However, when I try to build the AAR with npm run publish-local:aar from a clean project setup, the process fails:

currencyrnsdk % npm run publish-local:aar

> currencyrnsdk@1.0.0 publish-local:aar
> pnpm package:aar && rnef publish-local:aar --module-name currencyrnsdkreact


> currencyrnsdk@1.0.0 package:aar /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk
> rnef package:aar --variant Release --module-name currencyrnsdkreact

┌  Creating an AAR file
│
◇  Failed to build the AAR [1s]
│
■  /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/android/currencyrnsdkreact/build/generated/autolinking/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.java:29: error: package com.currencyrnsdk does not exist
│      if (com.currencyrnsdk.BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
│                           ^
│  1 error
│  
│  
│  * What went wrong:
│  Execution failed for task ':currencyrnsdkreact:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.
│  > Compilation failed; see the compiler output below.
│    /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/android/currencyrnsdkreact/build/generated/autolinking/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.java:29: error: package com.currencyrnsdk does not exist
│        if (com.currencyrnsdk.BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
│                             ^
│    1 error
│  
│  > Check your code and dependencies to fix the compilation error(s)
│
■  Failed to build the AAR. See the error above for details from Gradle.
│
■  Cause: /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/android/currencyrnsdkreact/build/generated/autolinking/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.java:29: error: package com.currencyrnsdk does not exist
│      if (com.currencyrnsdk.BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
│                           ^
│  1 error
│  
│  FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
│  
│  * What went wrong:
│  Execution failed for task ':currencyrnsdkreact:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.
│  > Compilation failed; see the compiler output below.
│    /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/android/currencyrnsdkreact/build/generated/autolinking/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.java:29: error: package com.currencyrnsdk does not exist
│        if (com.currencyrnsdk.BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
│                             ^
│    1 error
│  
│  * Try:
│  > Check your code and dependencies to fix the compilation error(s)
│  > Run with --scan to get full insights.
│  
│  BUILD FAILED in 1s
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.

Reproducible Demo

• Create a new project using the following command: npx @rnef/create-app currencyrnsdk
• During the setup process, select:

Platforms: iOS and Android
Bundler: Metro
Plugins: brownfield-ios and brownfield-android

• Navigate to the project directory: cd currencyrnsdk
• Run the following command to build the AAR: npm run publish-local:aar

[camilo5972]

If I run ./gradlew clean and then execute the npm run publish-local:aar command again, the AAR is successfully compiled, but it is not published locally:

$ npm run publish-local:aar         

> currencyrnsdk@1.0.0 publish-local:aar
> pnpm package:aar && rnef publish-local:aar --module-name currencyrnsdkreact


> currencyrnsdk@1.0.0 package:aar /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk
> rnef package:aar --variant Release --module-name currencyrnsdkreact

┌  Creating an AAR file
│
◇  Built the AAR in Release build variant [26s]
│
└  Success 🎉.

┌  Publishing AAR
│
◇  Failed to publish the AAR [1s]
│
■  /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/android/currencyrnsdkreact/build/generated/autolinking/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.java:29: error: package com.currencyrnsdk does not exist
│      if (com.currencyrnsdk.BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
│                           ^
│  1 error
│  
│  
│  * What went wrong:
│  Execution failed for task ':currencyrnsdkreact:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.
│  > Compilation failed; see the compiler output below.
│    /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/android/currencyrnsdkreact/build/generated/autolinking/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.java:29: error: package com.currencyrnsdk does not exist
│        if (com.currencyrnsdk.BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
│                             ^
│    1 error
│  
│  > Check your code and dependencies to fix the compilation error(s)
│
■  Failed to publish the AAR. See the error above for details from Gradle.
│
■  Cause: /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/android/currencyrnsdkreact/build/generated/autolinking/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.java:29: error: package com.currencyrnsdk does not exist
│      if (com.currencyrnsdk.BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
│                           ^
│  1 error
│  
│  FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
│  
│  * What went wrong:
│  Execution failed for task ':currencyrnsdkreact:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.
│  > Compilation failed; see the compiler output below.
│    /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/android/currencyrnsdkreact/build/generated/autolinking/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.java:29: error: package com.currencyrnsdk does not exist
│        if (com.currencyrnsdk.BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
│                             ^
│    1 error
│  
│  * Try:
│  > Check your code and dependencies to fix the compilation error(s)
│  > Run with --scan to get full insights.
│  
│  BUILD FAILED in 1s

If I run the command again after that, the build fails during AAR generation, just like the previous comment. For reference, running npm run android works perfectly without any issues

[thymikee]

Sounds like resolution issues. Please post a repro and hopefully @hurali97 can find some time to guide you through fixing this

[camilo5972]

Hi @hurali97, I'm just creating a new project and trying to generate the AAR. The details are in my first comment: #436 (comment)

[camilo5972]

Hi @hurali97, I tried to do a downgrade in the following way, but it still failed:

I cloned their repository and checked out the previous version 0.7.28. Then I globally installed the create-app command using npm i @rnef/create-app -g and passed my local template as a parameter using -t. With that, I was able to compile the AAR and publish it to mavenLocal:

 % create-app -t /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/ReactNative/rnef/templates/rnef-template-default

┌  Welcome to React Native Enterprise Framework!
│
◇  What is your app named?
│  currencyrnsdk
│
◇  What platforms do you want to start with?
│  ios, android
│
◇  Which bundler do you want to use?
│  metro
│
◇  Select plugins:
│  brownfield-ios, brownfield-android
│
◇  Which remote cache provider do you want to use?
│  GitHub Actions
│
◇  Do you want to install dependencies?
│  No
│
◇  Applied template, platforms and plugins
│
◇  Git repo initialized
│
◇  Next steps ─────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                  │
│  cd currencyrnsdk                                │
│  npm install                                     │
│  npm run start      starts dev server            │
│  npm run ios        builds and runs iOS app      │
│  npm run android    builds and runs Android app  │
│                                                  │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
│
└  Success 🎉.

% npm run publish-local:aar

> currencyrnsdk@1.0.0 publish-local:aar
> pnpm package:aar && rnef publish-local:aar --module-name currencyrnsdkreact


> currencyrnsdk@1.0.0 package:aar /Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk
> rnef package:aar --variant Release --module-name currencyrnsdkreact

┌  Creating an AAR file
│
◇  Built the AAR in Release build variant [1s]
│
└  Success 🎉.

┌  Publishing AAR
│
◇  Published the AAR to local maven (~/.m2/repository) [1s]
│
└  Success 🎉.

But after doing this, npm run android no longer works:

% npm run android

> currencyrnsdk@1.0.0 android
> rnef run:android

┌  Running Android app
│
◇  Calculated project fingerprint: 74836b08bc39e56667966b1d06bf30aa9083914b
│
▲  Failed to fetch cached build for rnef-android-debug-74836b08bc39e56667966b1d06bf30aa9083914b: 
│  Unable to detect GitHub repository details. 
│  Cause: SubprocessError: Command failed with exit code 1: git config --get remote.null.url
│
●  Continuing with local build
│
◇  Build Settings:
│  App ID    com.currencyrnsdk
│  Variant   debug
│  Tasks     installDebug
│
◇  Failed to build the app [10s]
│
■  e: file:///Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/android/app/src/main/java/com/currencyrnsdk/MainApplication.kt:7:27 Unresolved reference 'ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint'.
│  e: file:///Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/android/app/src/main/java/com/currencyrnsdk/MainApplication.kt:36:5 Unresolved reference 'loadReactNative'.
│  
│  
│  * What went wrong:
│  Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugKotlin'.
│  > A failure occurred while executing org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.GradleCompilerRunnerWithWorkers$GradleKotlinCompilerWorkAction
│     > Compilation error. See log for more details
│
■  Unexpected error while running "run:android": RnefError: Failed to build the app. See the error above for details from Gradle.
│      at runGradle (file:///Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/node_modules/@rnef/platform-android/dist/src/lib/commands/runGradle.js:53:15)
│      at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
│      at async runAndroid (file:///Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/node_modules/@rnef/platform-android/dist/src/lib/commands/runAndroid/runAndroid.js:76:13)
│      at async Object.action (file:///Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/node_modules/@rnef/platform-android/dist/src/lib/commands/runAndroid/command.js:10:13)
│      at async Command.<anonymous> (file:///Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/node_modules/@rnef/cli/dist/src/lib/cli.js:41:17)
│      at async Command.parseAsync (/Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/node_modules/commander/lib/command.js:1092:5)
│      at async cli (file:///Users/camilo/Documents/Proyectos/POC/currencyrnsdk/node_modules/@rnef/cli/dist/src/lib/cli.js:76:5) {
│    [cause]: undefined
│  }

[thymikee]

You have invalid code in MainApplication.kt, as the error says:

MainApplication.kt:7:27 Unresolved reference 'ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint'.
MainApplication.kt:36:5 Unresolved reference 'loadReactNative'.

[hurali97]

@camilo5972 - If you are getting unresolved error with MainApplication then looks like something is broken in your setup. When you run npm run android in a clean state then you should not receive these errors as these files are generated automatically by react-native-gradle-plugin during the compile time.

In a clean state, you should only see this error when trying to build the AAR library.

@camilo5972 @thymikee - For AAR library, this is a known issue with react-native > 0.80.0. It was fixed the last month but not yet released.

Here is the PR callstack/react-native-brownfield#115.

I will try to follow-up with a new version of com.callstack.react:brownfield-gradle-plugin this week. Which in turn would need to be updated in rnef. The existing projects on react-native > 0.80.0 can use the new version manually, once it is released.

[camilo5972]

Alright @hurali97 , then I’ll keep an eye out for the change. For now, I’ve made this change in the Android library’s build.gradle.kts file so that it can compile:

// Tarea para corregir el namespace en el archivo generado por autolinking
tasks.register("fixAutolinkingNamespace") {
    doLast {
        val targetFile = file("build/generated/autolinking/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.java")
        if (targetFile.exists()) {
            val content = targetFile.readText()
            val fixed = content.replace("com.currencyrnsdk.BuildConfig", "com.currencyrnsdkreact.BuildConfig")
            targetFile.writeText(fixed)
            println("Namespace corregido en ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.java")
        } else {
            println("Archivo no encontrado: $targetFile")
        }
    }
}
// Ejecutar la tarea después de autolinking
tasks.named("generateCodegenArtifactsFromSchema") {
    finalizedBy("fixAutolinkingNamespace")
}

[camilo5972]

Hi @hurali97, I'm experiencing the same issue when creating new projects with CLI version 0.8.2:

npm run package:aar

> basernsdk@1.0.0 package:aar
> rnef package:aar --variant Release --module-name basernsdkreact

┌  Creating an AAR file
│
◇  Failed to build the AAR [28s]
│
■  * What went wrong:
│  Execution failed for task ':app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets'.
│  > Process 'command 'node'' finished with non-zero exit value 1
│
■  Failed to build the AAR. See the error above for details from Gradle.
│
■  Cause: 
│  FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
│  
│  * What went wrong:
│  Execution failed for task ':app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets'.
│  > Process 'command 'node'' finished with non-zero exit value 1
│  
│  * Try:
│  > Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
│  > Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
│  > Run with --scan to get full insights.
│  > Get more help at https://help.gradle.org.
│  
│  BUILD FAILED in 27s

This is happening on another Mac 🤔

This is the error when I run the specific Gradle task:

Task :app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets
┌  Compiling JS bundle with Metro
 WARN  the transform cache was reset.
                Welcome to Metro v0.82.5
              Fast - Scalable - Integrated


│
■  Unexpected error while running "bundle": UnableToResolveError: Unable to resolve module ./assets/book-open.png from /Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/@rnef/welcome-screen/dist/src/index.jsx: 
│  
│  None of these files exist:
│    * book-open.png
│    * node_modules/@rnef/welcome-screen/dist/src/assets/book-open.png
│     5 | const ICONS = {
│     6 |     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
│  >  7 |     book: require('./assets/book-open.png'),
│       |                    ^
│     8 |     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
│     9 |     logo: require('./assets/building-skyscraper.png'),
│    10 |     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
│      at ModuleResolver.resolveDependency (/Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/metro/src/node-haste/DependencyGraph/ModuleResolution.js:114:15)
│      at DependencyGraph.resolveDependency (/Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/metro/src/node-haste/DependencyGraph.js:239:43)
│      ... 6 lines matching cause stack trace ...
│      at async Promise.all (index 2)
│      at async visit (/Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/buildSubgraph.js:90:5) {
│    type: 'UnableToResolveError',
│    originModulePath: '/Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/@rnef/welcome-screen/dist/src/index.jsx',
│    targetModuleName: './assets/book-open.png',
│    cause: FailedToResolvePathError: The module could not be resolved because none of these files exist:
│    
│      * book-open.png
│      * /Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/@rnef/welcome-screen/dist/src/assets/book-open.png
│        at Object.resolve (/Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/metro-resolver/src/resolve.js:48:13)
│        at ModuleResolver.resolveDependency (/Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/metro/src/node-haste/DependencyGraph/ModuleResolution.js:74:31)
│        at DependencyGraph.resolveDependency (/Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/metro/src/node-haste/DependencyGraph.js:239:43)
│        at /Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/metro/src/lib/transformHelpers.js:161:21
│        at resolveDependencies (/Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/buildSubgraph.js:43:25)
│        at visit (/Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/buildSubgraph.js:81:30)
│        at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
│        at async Promise.all (index 1)
│        at async visit (/Users/camilo/Camilo/proyectos/ReactNative/SuperApp/basernsdk/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/buildSubgraph.js:90:5)
│        at async Promise.all (index 2) {
│      candidates: { file: [Object], dir: [Object] }
│    }
│  }

> Task :app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets FAILED

[hurali97]

@camilo5972 - I tied reproducing it and RNEF I get the error even with running yarn android. This indicates something is broken within the main setup. Probably some recent change has introduced this @thymikee ? It looks like the assets dir for welcome screen is not in node_modules but it is present in git repo here.

---

@camilo5972 - As for the original issue related to ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint, it will be available in a week or so. First we need to publish brownfield-gradle-plugin to v0.4.0 and then we will use this version in RNEF and then the next RNEF release should have these changes.

If you want to have these fixes locally, I will suggest to clone this and publish it to local maven. Then use that local maven release in your AAR project.

[thymikee]

@hurali97 addressing missing assets in #455

[thymikee]

The fix is live in the latest RNEF version. @camilo5972 would you mind giving it a try?

[camilo5972]

Hi @thymikee, the issue is solved with the new version. Thanks.