New app crashes enabling Hermes on Android emulators with API <= 19 #25646

lcarrettin · 2019-07-14T16:41:55Z

Enabling Hermes in a new app created from scratch, the app crashes at startup on Android x86 emulators from API 16 to 19.

This is the logcat in case of a debug build:

07-14 17:03:50.673 2028-2068/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: create_react_context
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutorFactory.create(HermesExecutorFactory.java:27)
at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager$5.run(ReactInstanceManager.java:949)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so caused by: Cannot load library: reloc_library[1306]: 1170 cannot locate 'sigemptyset'...

    at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.doLoadLibraryBySoName(SoLoader.java:738)
    at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibraryBySoName(SoLoader.java:591)
    at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibrary(SoLoader.java:529)
    at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibrary(SoLoader.java:484)
    at com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutor.<clinit>(HermesExecutor.java:20)
    at com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutorFactory.create(HermesExecutorFactory.java:27) 
    at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager$5.run(ReactInstanceManager.java:949) 
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)

The Release variant shows different errors based on the emulator API level. For example:

API 16
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so caused by: Cannot load library: reloc_library[1306]: 1170 cannot locate 'sigemptyset'...
API 19
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so caused by: dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol "posix_fallocate" referenced by "libhermes.so"...

The app doesn't crash if API > 19.

React Native version:
System:
OS: macOS 10.14.5
CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700B CPU @ 3.20GHz
Memory: 1.79 GB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 10.14.1 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: 1.15.2 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 6.4.1 - /usr/local/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 12.2, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2
Android SDK:
Android NDK: 20.0.5594570
IDEs:
Android Studio: 3.4 AI-183.6156.11.34.5692245
Xcode: 10.2.1/10E1001 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
react: 16.8.6 => 16.8.6
react-native: 0.60.3 => 0.60.3
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native-cli: 2.0.1

Steps To Reproduce

Create a new app:
react-native init AwesomeProject
Enable Hermes as explained in the guide
Run the app on an Android x86 emulator from API 16 to 19.

Describe what you expected to happen:
the app shouldn't crash.

Snack, code example, or link to a repository:

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YajanaRao · 2019-07-15T15:25:04Z

Similar Error when I update from react native 0.60 to 0.60.3

 couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so
E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: create_react_context
E AndroidRuntime: Process: com.serenity, PID: 6296
E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so    
E AndroidRuntime: 	at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.doLoadLibraryBySoName(SoLoader.java:738)
E AndroidRuntime:        at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibraryBySoName(SoLoader.java:591)
E AndroidRuntime:        at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibrary(SoLoader.java:529)    
E AndroidRuntime:  	at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibrary(SoLoader.java:484)   
E AndroidRuntime:        at com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutor.<clinit>(HermesExecutor.java:20)
E AndroidRuntime:        at com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutorFactory.create(HermesExecutorFactory.java:27)
E AndroidRuntime:        at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager$5.run(ReactInstanceManager.java:949)
E AndroidRuntime:        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:764)

react native info

System:
    OS: Windows 10
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-7100 CPU @ 3.90GHz
    Memory: 1.09 GB / 7.91 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.15.3 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    Yarn: 1.16.0 - C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn.CMD
    npm: 6.4.1 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - C:\Shortcut\watchman.EXE
  SDKs:
    Android SDK:
      Android NDK: 15.2.4203891
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: Version  3.4.0.0 AI-183.6156.11.34.5522156

nawartamawi · 2019-07-18T20:10:23Z

similar issue app builds successfully tries to load a module from the metro bundle but crashes on startup.

E/SoLoader: couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: create_react_context
    Process: com.bluescapemobile, PID: 10158
    java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so
        at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.doLoadLibraryBySoName(SoLoader.java:738)
        at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibraryBySoName(SoLoader.java:591)
        at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibrary(SoLoader.java:529)
        at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibrary(SoLoader.java:484)
        at com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutor.<clinit>(HermesExecutor.java:20)
        at com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutorFactory.create(HermesExecutorFactory.java:27)
        at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager$5.run(ReactInstanceManager.java:949)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919)

lachtos · 2019-07-23T06:52:35Z

RN 0.60.4 with Hermes enabled

FATAL EXCEPTION: create_react_context
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so caused by: dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol "posix_fallocate" referenced by "libhermes.so"...
	at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.doLoadLibraryBySoName(SoLoader.java:738)
	at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibraryBySoName(SoLoader.java:591)
	at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibrary(SoLoader.java:529)
	at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibrary(SoLoader.java:484)
	at com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutor.<clinit>(HermesExecutor.java:20)
	at com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutorFactory.create(HermesExecutorFactory.java:27)
	at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager$5.run(ReactInstanceManager.java:949)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:841)

cpojer · 2019-07-23T08:39:09Z

See facebook/hermes#42

msqar · 2019-07-25T01:57:10Z

Any news on this?

denieler · 2019-09-01T09:05:51Z

Guys, had the same issue, but after a while double-checked migration guide https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.59.9&to=0.60.5 and realized I've made a mistake in android/app/build.gradle, so please double-check your code

msqar · 2019-09-01T15:33:05Z

@denieler yes, after copying the code from 0.60.4/0.60.5 my app works again without any issues. Although.. it is complaining about Gradle 6 when i react-native run-android.

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 6.0.
Use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings.
See https://docs.gradle.org/5.4.1/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings

Happens the same for you?

denieler · 2019-09-01T18:12:31Z

@msqar no, this one is not happening for me if I'm not mistaken

mtkopone · 2019-09-02T11:27:49Z

Android 4.4
ReactNative 0.60.5

Creating a fresh app with "react-native init" and enabling hermes in android/app/build.gradle:80 still results in this crash when running the debug variant.

Running with "react-native run-android --variant=release" causes the "java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so caused by: dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol "posix_fallocate" referenced by "libhermes.so" crash.

jsaraiva · 2019-09-02T11:40:22Z

Hello.

Have you tried using hermes-engine 0.1.1 ?

yarn add hermes-engine --dev

After adding that, you'll have to edit android/app/build.gradle with the following changes:

Enable Hermes (I assume you've done this already), and tell the react compiler where to find the new hermes engine module:
project.ext.react = [
entryFile: "index.js",
enableHermes: true, // clean and rebuild if changing
hermesCommand: "../../node_modules/hermes-engine/%OS-BIN%/hermes",
]
Adjust the dependencies for the new module (replace "hermes-vm" with "hermes-engine"):

if (enableHermes) {
def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermes-engine/android/";
debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
} else {
implementation jscFlavor
}

I personally don't have any Android 4.4 device for testing. However, a couple of days ago I submitted an app with RN 0.60.5 + Hermes, and the Google Play Pre-launch Report ran it in an Android 4.3 device with no problems whatever.

Cheers!

mtkopone · 2019-09-02T12:14:42Z

THANK YOU @jsaraiva !

arjun-mavonic · 2019-10-10T14:13:11Z

@jsaraiva Does it not work on hermes-engine 0.2.1 which is the current latest?

jsaraiva · 2019-10-10T14:22:09Z

@jsaraiva Does it not work on hermes-engine 0.2.1 which is the current latest?

Personally, I haven't tested it yet (busy with other projects). But I see no reason why it shouldn't.
I only mentioned the version because version 0.1.0 was still hermes-vm, which was the component causing problems; hermes-engine itself actually started at 0.1.1.
Note that the "yarn add hermes-engine --dev" command I posted did not mention the version.

Cheers!

arjun-mavonic · 2019-10-10T14:36:26Z

Yes.. So 0.2.1 got installed. But it did not work for me. Anyways thanks.
Turned off the hermes option for now. App is working fine

jsaraiva · 2019-10-10T14:39:51Z

Have you tried specifying the older version specifically? (in package.json, specifying
"hermes-engine": "0.1.1"
instead of
"hermes-engine": "^0.2.1"
and running yarn again)

Maybe the devs introduced some new bugs into the engine. It happens.

wmonecke · 2020-08-10T21:45:15Z

This same error is happening to me on Android Devices running Android 10 (Pixel 4, for example).
I tried the solution proposed above but got the following error after cleaning and trying to build:

> A problem occurred starting process 'command '../../node_modules/hermes-engine/osx-bin/hermes''

When I check node_modules I don't see hermes inside osx-bin. What happened here? Where should I point the path to?

I am using hermes-engine: 0.6.0

Screenshot of folder of hermes-engine: 0.6.0:

EDIT it seems this only works with hermes-engine: 0.1.1

lcarrettin added the Bug label Jul 14, 2019

react-native-bot added the Platform: Android Android applications. label Jul 14, 2019

react-native-bot added the Tech: Hermes Hermes Engine: https://hermesengine.dev/ label Jul 17, 2019

cpojer closed this as completed Jul 23, 2019

ebwinters mentioned this issue Jul 27, 2019

[0.60.3] App crash on startup when enabling Hermes (enableHermes: true) #25601

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mtkopone mentioned this issue Sep 2, 2019

Does not support sdk<=19 facebook/hermes#42

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[CRASH] Android 6.0.1 crashes with java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so #25923

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New app crashes enabling Hermes on Android emulators with API <= 19 #25646

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