[Android] Release build crashes immediately upon starting

[c-h-]

I recently upgraded from React Native 22 to 29 and went through every single step in between. The app runs perfectly fine in debug mode but crashes immediately upon starting when a signed release version is installed. The previous version (RN 22) had no issues and is live in production.

Proguard is disabled (def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false) so it should not be the problem.

The device is an Android Samsung Galaxy S5. I'm running a Mac machine.

from adb logcat

W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.art.ARTRenderableViewManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.art.ARTGroupShadowNode
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.art.ARTShapeShadowNode
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.art.ARTTextShadowNode
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.art.ARTSurfaceViewManager
I/Adreno-EGL( 3513): <qeglDrvAPI_eglInitialize:410>: EGL 1.4 QUALCOMM build:  ()
I/Adreno-EGL( 3513): OpenGL ES Shader Compiler Version: E031.25.01.03
I/Adreno-EGL( 3513): Build Date: 10/28/14 Tue
I/Adreno-EGL( 3513): Local Branch: LA.BF.1.1_RB1_20141028_021_patches2
I/Adreno-EGL( 3513): Remote Branch: 
I/Adreno-EGL( 3513): Local Patches: 
I/Adreno-EGL( 3513): Reconstruct Branch: 
I/OpenGLRenderer( 3513): Initialized EGL, version 1.4
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.art.ARTSurfaceViewShadowNode
I/OpenGLRenderer( 3513): HWUI protection enabled for context ,  &this =0xaef0a1a0 ,&mEglDisplay = 1 , &mEglConfig = 8 
D/OpenGLRenderer( 3513): Enabling debug mode 0
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.picker.ReactDialogPickerManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.uimanager.LayoutShadowNode
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.drawer.ReactDrawerLayoutManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.picker.ReactDropdownPickerManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.scroll.ReactHorizontalScrollViewManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.image.ReactImageManager
W/unknown:React( 3513): Unable to dispatch keyboard events in JS as the react instance has not been attached
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.modal.ReactModalHostManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.modal.ModalHostShadowNode
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.progressbar.ReactProgressBarViewManager
D/InputMethodManagerService(  898): windowGainedFocus mCurrentFocusedUserId - 0 and mSecureKeypadEnabled-false
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.progressbar.ProgressBarShadowNode
W/ContextImpl(  898): Calling a method in the system process without a qualified user: android.app.ContextImpl.sendBroadcast:1687 com.android.server.InputMethodManagerService$6.run:2724 java.lang.Thread.run:818 <bottom of call stack> <bottom of call stack> 
I/Timeline( 3513): Timeline: Activity_idle id: android.os.BinderProxy@23fe9b8f time:87659493
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactRawTextManager
I/ActivityManager(  898): Displayed com.test/.MainActivity: +151ms
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactTextShadowNode
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.scroll.ReactScrollViewManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.slider.ReactSliderManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.slider.ReactSliderManager$ReactSliderShadowNode
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.switchview.ReactSwitchManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.switchview.ReactSwitchManager$ReactSwitchShadowNode
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.text.frescosupport.FrescoBasedReactTextInlineImageViewManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.text.frescosupport.FrescoBasedReactTextInlineImageShadowNode
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.textinput.ReactTextInputManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.textinput.ReactTextInputShadowNode
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactTextViewManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.toolbar.ReactToolbarManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.view.ReactViewManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.viewpager.ReactViewPagerManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactVirtualTextViewManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.webview.ReactWebViewManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.recyclerview.RecyclerViewBackedScrollViewManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.swiperefresh.SwipeRefreshLayoutManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.github.xinthink.rnmk.MKTouchableManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.github.xinthink.rnmk.MKSpinnerManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater( 3513): Could not find generated setter for class com.github.xinthink.rnmk.TickViewManager

Any ideas? Thank you!

[c-h-]

Problem had to do with having a different name than main.android.jsbundle for the JS bundle and the auto updater plugin I'm using was not finding it. The RN update to 29 overwrote the method that names the js bundle, clearing the changes I needed for the app to work.

I still get a bunch of Could not find generated setter for class ... but the app appears to be fully functional.

[booboothefool]

@c-h- Hi could you elaborate / explain like I'm 5? My adb logcat looks similar to this with a crash and I'm not sure what I need to change. #12013

[c-h-]

@booboothefool still need help? I see you closed your issue.

[booboothefool]

@c-h- Nah, I'm good! Thanks though, appreciate it. 😄 Mine was a react-native-config related issue.