Fresh project does not build on Android

[BZaldua]

Description

I just created a new project and as soon as I open it on Android Studio, this error is shown:

Null extracted folder for artifact: ResolvedArtifact(componentIdentifier=com.facebook.react:react-android:0.71.0, variant=com.facebook.react:react-android:0.71.0 variant debugVariantDefaultApiPublication, variantName=null, artifactFile=/MY_USER/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.facebook.react/react-android/0.71.0/4760de5b8fcda11cc969ec2b872ff61b760f1433/react-android-0.71.0-debug.aar, isTestFixturesArtifact=false, extractedFolder=null, publishedLintJar=null, dependencyType=ANDROID, isWrappedModule=false, buildMapping={__current_build__=/MY_USER/PROJECT_DIR/RN71/android, react-native-gradle-plugin=//MY_USER/PROJECT_DIR/RN71/node_modules/react-native-gradle-plugin})

If I create a fresh project with 0.70.6 everything is OK, but this last version does not seem to be working

Version

0.71.0

Output of npx react-native info

System:
OS: Linux 5.4 Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
CPU: (6) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz
Memory: 3.94 GB / 15.50 GB
Shell: 4.4.20 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 16.19.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.19.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.19 - /usr/bin/yarn
npm: 9.3.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.19.0/bin/npm
Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
Android SDK:
Android NDK: 21.0.6113669
IDEs:
Android Studio: Not Found
Languages:
Java: 11.0.17 - /usr/bin/javac
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
react-native: 0.71.0 => 0.71.0
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

react-native init
cd android
./gradlew build

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

NA

[cortinico]

Null extracted folder for artifact

This often happens if your device runs out of memory.
I would suggest you give the JVM more memory.

1. Open android/gradle.properties
2. Change org.gradle.jvmargs= and give -Xmx4096M

[BZaldua]

Unfortunatelly keeps showing the same error. I even cleared Gradle cache but the same error is raised

[cortinico]

I even cleared Gradle cache but the same error is raised

What specifically have you done?

[BZaldua]

./gradlew cleanBuildCache and just in case rm -r $HOME/.gradle/caches/

[cortinico]

./gradlew cleanBuildCache and just in case rm -r $HOME/.gradle/caches/

In your specific case I'd try to also:

1. cd android && ./gradlew --stop
2. kill all the java and gradle processes
3. rm -r $HOME/.gradle

Try to rebuild after every step. The last one is pretty disruptive and will take you quite some time to rebuild after it.

[BZaldua]

@cortinico Sadly, it's worse after running that:

> Task :app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets FAILED
Execution optimizations have been disabled for task ':app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets' to ensure correctness due to the following reasons:
  - Gradle detected a problem with the following location: '/MY_USER/PROJECT_DIR/android/app/build/generated/res/react/release'. Reason: Task ':app:mergeReleaseResources' uses this output of task ':app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets' without declaring an explicit or implicit dependency. This can lead to incorrect results being produced, depending on what order the tasks are executed. Please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/7.5.1/userguide/validation_problems.html#implicit_dependency for more details about this problem.

FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

1: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets' (type 'BundleHermesCTask').
  - In plugin 'com.facebook.react' type 'com.facebook.react.tasks.BundleHermesCTask' property 'entryFile' specifies file '/MY_USER/PROJECT_DIR/android/index.js' which doesn't exist.
    
    Reason: An input file was expected to be present but it doesn't exist.
    
    Possible solutions:
      1. Make sure the file exists before the task is called.
      2. Make sure that the task which produces the file is declared as an input.
    
    Please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/7.5.1/userguide/validation_problems.html#input_file_does_not_exist for more details about this problem.

* 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.
==============================================================================

2: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
java.lang.StackOverflowError (no error message)

* 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.
==============================================================================

[cortinico]

@cortinico Sadly, it's worse after running that:

Actually the issue you were facing "Null extracted folder for artifact: ResolvedArtifact" is solved.

Now your build is failing as you have specified an entry file which doesn't exist.
Can you share your android/app/build.gradle?

[BZaldua]

I had a small error in there yes. After fixing that, everything worked as expected.
Anyway, I find it weird that I had to clear Gradle's cache and kill processes when the creation was brand new. At least it's fixed, thanks @cortinico!

[aytekinsahin]

hi, i have the same error. I did what you said but the error is not fixed.

Null extracted folder for artifact: ResolvedArtifact(componentIdentifier=com.facebook.react:react-native:0.71.0-rc.0, variantName=null, artifactFile=/Users/aytekinsahin/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.facebook.react/react-native/0.71.0-rc.0/7a7f5a0af6ebd8eb94f7e5f7495e9d9684b4f543/react-native-0.71.0-rc.0-debug.aar, extractedFolder=null, dependencyType=ANDROID, isWrappedModule=false, buildMapping={current_build=/Users/user/Desktop/Mobile Apps/test/android}, mavenCoordinatesCache=com.android.build.gradle.internal.ide.dependencies.MavenCoordinatesCacheBuildService$Inject@36caeb78)

build.gradle (app)

apply plugin: "com.android.application"

import com.android.build.OutputFile

/**

• The react.gradle file registers a task for each build variant (e.g. bundleDebugJsAndAssets
• and bundleReleaseJsAndAssets).
• These basically call react-native bundle with the correct arguments during the Android build
• cycle. By default, bundleDebugJsAndAssets is skipped, as in debug/dev mode we prefer to load the
• bundle directly from the development server. Below you can see all the possible configurations
• and their defaults. If you decide to add a configuration block, make sure to add it before the
• apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle" line.
• project.ext.react = [
• // the name of the generated asset file containing your JS bundle
• bundleAssetName: "index.android.bundle",
• // the entry file for bundle generation. If none specified and
• // "index.android.js" exists, it will be used. Otherwise "index.js" is
• // default. Can be overridden with ENTRY_FILE environment variable.
• entryFile: "index.android.js",
• // https://reactnative.dev/docs/performance#enable-the-ram-format
• bundleCommand: "ram-bundle",
• // whether to bundle JS and assets in debug mode
• bundleInDebug: false,
• // whether to bundle JS and assets in release mode
• bundleInRelease: true,
• // whether to bundle JS and assets in another build variant (if configured).
• // See http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide#TOC-Build-Variants
• // The configuration property can be in the following formats
• // 'bundleIn${productFlavor}${buildType}'
• // 'bundleIn${buildType}'
• // bundleInFreeDebug: true,
• // bundleInPaidRelease: true,
• // bundleInBeta: true,
• // whether to disable dev mode in custom build variants (by default only disabled in release)
• // for example: to disable dev mode in the staging build type (if configured)
• devDisabledInStaging: true,
• // The configuration property can be in the following formats
• // 'devDisabledIn${productFlavor}${buildType}'
• // 'devDisabledIn${buildType}'
• // the root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives
• root: "../../",
• // where to put the JS bundle asset in debug mode
• jsBundleDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/debug",
• // where to put the JS bundle asset in release mode
• jsBundleDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/release",
• // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via
• // require('./image.png')), in debug mode
• resourcesDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/debug",
• // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via
• // require('./image.png')), in release mode
• resourcesDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/release",
• // by default the gradle tasks are skipped if none of the JS files or assets change; this means
• // that we don't look at files in android/ or ios/ to determine whether the tasks are up to
• // date; if you have any other folders that you want to ignore for performance reasons (gradle
• // indexes the entire tree), add them here. Alternatively, if you have JS files in android/
• // for example, you might want to remove it from here.
• inputExcludes: ["android/", "ios/"],
• // override which node gets called and with what additional arguments
• nodeExecutableAndArgs: ["node"],
• // supply additional arguments to the packager
• extraPackagerArgs: []
• ]
  */

project.ext.react = [
enableHermes: false, // clean and rebuild if changing
]

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

/**

• Set this to true to create two separate APKs instead of one:
• • An APK that only works on ARM devices
• • An APK that only works on x86 devices
• The advantage is the size of the APK is reduced by about 4MB.
• Upload all the APKs to the Play Store and people will download
• the correct one based on the CPU architecture of their device.
  */
  def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false

/**

• Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
  */
  def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false

/**

• The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore.
• For example, to use the international variant, you can use:
• def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc-intl:+'
• The international variant includes ICU i18n library and necessary data
• allowing to use e.g. Date.toLocaleString and String.localeCompare that
• give correct results when using with locales other than en-US. Note that
• this variant is about 6MiB larger per architecture than default.
  */
  def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'

/**

• Whether to enable the Hermes VM.
• This should be set on project.ext.react and mirrored here. If it is not set
• on project.ext.react, JavaScript will not be compiled to Hermes Bytecode
• and the benefits of using Hermes will therefore be sharply reduced.
  */
  def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", false);

android {
ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion

compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion

    packagingOptions {
           pickFirst 'lib/x86/libc++_shared.so'
           pickFirst 'lib/x86_64/libjsc.so'
           pickFirst 'lib/arm64-v8a/libjsc.so'
           pickFirst 'lib/arm64-v8a/libc++_shared.so'
           pickFirst 'lib/x86_64/libc++_shared.so'
           pickFirst 'lib/armeabi-v7a/libc++_shared.so'
         }

compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.test"
    minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
    targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
    missingDimensionStrategy 'react-native-camera', 'general'
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
splits {
    abi {
        reset()
        enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
        universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
        include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
    }
}
signingConfigs {
    debug {
        storeFile file('debug.keystore')
        storePassword 'android'
        keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
        keyPassword 'android'
    }
}
buildTypes {
    debug {
        signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
    }
    release {
        // Caution! In production, you need to generate your own keystore file.
        // see https://reactnative.dev/docs/signed-apk-android.
        signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
        minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
    }
}

// applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    variant.outputs.each { output ->
        // For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
        // https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits.html
        // Example: versionCode 1 will generate 1001 for armeabi-v7a, 1002 for x86, etc.
        def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a": 1, "x86": 2, "arm64-v8a": 3, "x86_64": 4]
        def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
        if (abi != null) {  // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
            output.versionCodeOverride =
                    defaultConfig.versionCode * 1000 + versionCodes.get(abi)
        }

    }
}

}

dependencies {
implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
//noinspection GradleDynamicVersion
implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+" // From node_modules

implementation "androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0"
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.4'
implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0"

debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
  exclude group:'com.facebook.fbjni'
}

debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-network-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
    exclude group:'com.facebook.flipper'
    exclude group:'com.squareup.okhttp3', module:'okhttp'
}

debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-fresco-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
    exclude group:'com.facebook.flipper'
}

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

}

// Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
// puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use
task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
from configurations.compile
into 'libs'
}

apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)

[RajBhadania737]

i getting this error

A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets' (type 'BundleHermesCTask').

• In plugin 'com.facebook.react' type 'com.facebook.react.tasks.BundleHermesCTask' property 'entryFile' specifies file '/Users/sid/Desktop/Lumin/LuminApp/index.js' which doesn't exist.

if you have any solution . Share me

[kishanverma26]

./gradlew cleanBuildCache and just in case rm -r $HOME/.gradle/caches/

In your specific case I'd try to also:

1. cd android && ./gradlew --stop
2. kill all the java and gradle processes
3. rm -r $HOME/.gradle

Try to rebuild after every step. The last one is pretty disruptive and will take you quite some time to rebuild after it.

I am also facing same issue and above solution doesn't work.

[MuhammadNasirr]

@cortinico Sadly, it's worse after running that:

> Task :app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets FAILED
Execution optimizations have been disabled for task ':app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets' to ensure correctness due to the following reasons:
  - Gradle detected a problem with the following location: '/MY_USER/PROJECT_DIR/android/app/build/generated/res/react/release'. Reason: Task ':app:mergeReleaseResources' uses this output of task ':app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets' without declaring an explicit or implicit dependency. This can lead to incorrect results being produced, depending on what order the tasks are executed. Please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/7.5.1/userguide/validation_problems.html#implicit_dependency for more details about this problem.

FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

1: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:createBundleReleaseJsAndAssets' (type 'BundleHermesCTask').
  - In plugin 'com.facebook.react' type 'com.facebook.react.tasks.BundleHermesCTask' property 'entryFile' specifies file '/MY_USER/PROJECT_DIR/android/index.js' which doesn't exist.
    
    Reason: An input file was expected to be present but it doesn't exist.
    
    Possible solutions:
      1. Make sure the file exists before the task is called.
      2. Make sure that the task which produces the file is declared as an input.
    
    Please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/7.5.1/userguide/validation_problems.html#input_file_does_not_exist for more details about this problem.

* 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.
==============================================================================

2: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
java.lang.StackOverflowError (no error message)

* 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.
==============================================================================

@BZaldua can you tell me what is the solution of this above error?

[alainib]

i had this error since few days. how to solve it please?