Unable to exclude from react native in android

[Satendra124]

Description

While normally using

implementation ("any.other.dependency"){
      exclude group:"com.repeat.dependency",module:"repeat"
    }

Works but when I do

implementation ("com.facebook.react:react-native:+"){
      exclude group:"com.facebook.yoga",module:"yoga"
    }
implementation ('com.facebook.yoga.android:yoga-layout:1.19.0')

it gives me this error

BUILD FAILED in 14s

error Failed to install the app. Make sure you have the Android development environment set up: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html#android-development-environment. Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
Error: Command failed: ./gradlew app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:checkDebugDuplicateClasses'.
> 1 exception was raised by workers:
  java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Duplicate class com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and proguard-annotations-1.19.0.jar (com.facebook.yoga:proguard-annotations:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.LayoutPassReason found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaAlign found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaBaselineFunction found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaConfig found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaConstants found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaDimension found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaDirection found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaDisplay found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaEdge found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaExperimentalFeature found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaFlexDirection found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaJustify found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaLayoutType found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaLogLevel found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaLogger found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaMeasureFunction found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaMeasureMode found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaMeasureOutput found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaNative found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaNode found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaNodeJNIBase found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaNodeJNIBase$1 found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaNodeJNIFinalizer found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaNodeType found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaOverflow found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaPositionType found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaPrintOptions found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaStyleInputs found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaUnit found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaValue found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaValue$1 found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)
  Duplicate class com.facebook.yoga.YogaWrap found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and classes.jar (com.facebook.yoga:yoga:1.19.0)

It is important to have this com.facebook.yoga.android:yoga-layout:1.19.0 since react native's yoga doesnt contain some classes which are present in normal yoga dependency.

Version

0.61.5

Output of react-native info

warn The following packages use deprecated "rnpm" config that will stop working from next release:

• react-native-orientation: https://github.com/yamill/react-native-orientation#readme
  Please notify their maintainers about it. You can find more details at https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/master/docs/configuration.md#migration-guide.
  info Fetching system and libraries information...
  (node:44401) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
  (Use node --trace-warnings ... to show where the warning was created)
  System:
  OS: Linux 5.4 Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)
  CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
  Memory: 285.34 MB / 11.60 GB
  Shell: 5.0.17 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
  Node: 14.17.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.1/bin/node
  Yarn: 1.22.17 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.1/bin/yarn
  npm: 8.1.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.1/bin/npm
  Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  SDKs:
  Android SDK:
  API Levels: 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
  Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.1, 29.0.2, 30.0.2, 30.0.3
  System Images: android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
  npmPackages:
  react: 16.9.0 => 16.9.0
  react-native: 0.61.5 => 0.61.5

Steps to reproduce

• Create a react native app.
• Go to app level build.gradle file and add
  implementation ('com.facebook.yoga.android:yoga-layout:1.19.0')
  Then the duplicate error occurs
  Which wasn't resolved with

implementation ("com.facebook.react:react-native:+"){
      exclude group:"com.facebook.yoga",module:"yoga"
    }
implementation ('com.facebook.yoga.android:yoga-layout:1.19.0')

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No response

[cortinico]

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Duplicate class com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip found in modules classes.jar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.61.5) and proguard-annotations-1.19.0.jar (com.facebook.yoga:proguard-annotations:1.19.0)

That's the top level issue. You're having duplicated classes (specifically com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip).
I haven't looked deeply into this but something like this:

implementation ("com.facebook.react:react-native:+"){
    exclude group: "com.facebook.yoga",module:"yoga"
}
implementation ('com.facebook.yoga.android:yoga-layout:1.19.0')
    exclude group: "com.facebook.yoga",module:"proguard-annotations"
}

should help you exclude the transitive dependency.

[Satendra124]

Thats the issue we are never able to exclude yoga module from react-native

implementation ("com.facebook.react:react-native:+"){
    exclude group: "com.facebook.yoga",module:"yoga"
}

This never works

[cortinico]

Thats the issue we are never able to exclude yoga module from react-native

Gotcha. The problem is that react-native is not actually depending on com.facebook.yoga:yoga but on: com.facebook.yoga:proguard-annotations

So doing this should work for you:

implementation ("com.facebook.react:react-native:+"){
    exclude group: "com.facebook.yoga",module:"proguard-annotations"
}

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