Android app can't build with React native version 82.1

[MursiDirect]

Current Behavior

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/Users/direct/Desktop/Direct/rn-app/node_modules/@amplitude/analytics-react-native/android/build.gradle' line: 21

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':amplitude_analytics-react-native'.
> Failed to apply plugin 'com.android.internal.library'.
   > Gradle#projectsEvaluated(Action) on build 'Direct' cannot be executed in the current context.

Possible Solution

Adding the correct AGP version in Amplitude build.gradle may help

Steps to Reproduce

Just run this command in the terminal or try to run the android app

cd android  
./gradlew clean 

The iOS app is working fine

Environment

• React native version: "0.82.1",
• Amplitude version: @amplitude/analytics-react-native : "^1.5.16" and @amplitude/plugin-session-replay-react-native : "^0.4.3",
• Gradle version: "9.2.0",
• distribution URL: https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0.0-bin.zip,
• AGP : "8.6.1",
• kotlinVersion : "2.1.20",
• buildToolsVersion : "36.0.0",
• ndkVersion = "27.1.12297006"
• Installation Method: yarn

[shuraman69]

Same promblem on 0.81 with enabled new arch

[MursiDirect]

@chungdaniel could you please let us know if there's any update on this issue?

[MursiDirect]

Same promblem on 0.81 with enabled new arch

@shuraman69 have you found a fix for this issue?

[Tchaikovsky1114]

i had same issue.
would you please give some solution ?

[chungdaniel]

Hey @MursiDirect, I've been taking a look into this. I can't seem to reproduce the issue of Android apps not being able to build, but I do acknowledge that it is an issue that you and others have been having. Tentatively, I'm thinking of adding these lines to bump the minimum version to 8.10.1 but making it flexible so host app can override. Would you be able to modify the file at node_modules/@amplitude/analytics-react-native/android/build.gradle (as well as for node_modules/@amplitude/plugin-session-replay-react-native/android/build.gradle if in use) for a quick test to see if it resolves the issue for you?

   buildscript {
     def kotlin_version = rootProject.ext.has("kotlinVersion") ? rootProject.ext.get("kotlinVersion") :
  project.properties["..."]
  +  def agp_version = rootProject.ext.has("agpVersion") ? rootProject.ext.get("agpVersion") : "8.10.1"

     repositories {
       google()
       mavenCentral()
     }

     dependencies {
  -    classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.2.1"
  +    classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:$agp_version"
       // noinspection DifferentKotlinGradleVersion
       classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
   }

[MursiDirect]

Hi @chungdaniel thanks for following up
Unfortunately, it didn't work as well after applying this fix, any other solution?

[chungdaniel]

@MursiDirect thank you for testing this, unfortunate that it did not work for you. Could you share:

1. The full error output from the build failure with the 8.10.1 patch applied
2. Your android/build.gradle (root level, not app level)
3. Your android/settings.gradle

In the meantime, could you also try with 8.12.0 instead of 8.10.1? That's the AGP version that RN 0.82's gradle plugin ships with. Wanted to confirm it failed in the same way - on ./gradlew clean as well? May also want to try clearing gradle cache as well - in the android folder, run rm -rf .gradle

[MursiDirect]

Sure @chungdaniel here is what you asked for

1- Full Error
`direct@Directs-MacBook-Pro android % ./gradlew clean

Configure project :app
Reading env from: .env
Configuration 'productionDebugAndroidTestCompileClasspath' was resolved during configuration time.
This is a build performance and scalability issue.
See gradle/gradle#2298
Run with --info for a stacktrace.
Configuration 'productionDebugAndroidTestRuntimeClasspath' was resolved during configuration time.
This is a build performance and scalability issue.
See gradle/gradle#2298
Run with --info for a stacktrace.
Configuration 'productionDebugRuntimeClasspath' was resolved during configuration time.
This is a build performance and scalability issue.
See gradle/gradle#2298
Run with --info for a stacktrace.

[Incubating] Problems report is available at: file:///Users/direct/Desktop/Direct/rn-app/android/build/reports/problems/problems-report.html

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where:
  Build file '/Users/direct/Desktop/Direct/rn-app/node_modules/@amplitude/analytics-react-native/android/build.gradle' line: 21

• What went wrong:
  A problem occurred evaluating project ':amplitude_analytics-react-native'.

Failed to apply plugin 'com.android.internal.library'.
Gradle#projectsEvaluated(Action) on build 'Direct' cannot be executed in the current context.

• 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.

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.

You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.

For more on this, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/8.13/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings in the Gradle documentation.

BUILD FAILED in 1s
10 actionable tasks: 10 up-to-date`

2- root android/build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
def REACT_NATIVE_VERSION = new File(['node', '--print',"JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync(require.resolve('react-native/package.json'), 'utf-8')).version"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim())

buildscript {
ext {
buildToolsVersion = "36.0.0"
minSdkVersion = 24
compileSdkVersion = 36
targetSdkVersion = 36
ndkVersion = "27.1.12297006"
kotlinVersion = "2.1.20"
playServicesLocationVersion = "21.0.1"
}
repositories {
exclusiveContent {
filter {
includeGroup "com.facebook.react"
}
forRepository {
maven {
url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
}
}
}
google()
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.6.1')
classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:2.1.20")
classpath "com.bugsnag:bugsnag-android-gradle-plugin:8.2.0"
classpath "com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.2"
classpath 'com.google.firebase:perf-plugin:1.4.2'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}

apply plugin: "com.facebook.react.rootproject"

3- android/settings.gradle

pluginManagement { includeBuild("../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin") }
plugins { id("com.facebook.react.settings") }
extensions.configure(com.facebook.react.ReactSettingsExtension){ ex -> ex.autolinkLibrariesFromCommand() }
rootProject.name = 'Direct'
include ':react-native-permissions'
project(':react-native-permissions').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-permissions/android')
include ':react-native-svg'
project(':react-native-svg').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-svg/android')
include ':app'
includeBuild('../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin')

4- and here is the distribution url from gradle-wrapper.propertris

distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip

**Yes, the issue is happening whether we build the app or try to run ./gradlew clean and the same issue is hapening even when i tried with 8.12.0 instead of 8.10.1 **

[chungdaniel]

Hey @MursiDirect , thanks for the info! We'd like to try just removing the buildscript {} block entirely since that should prevent conflicts. Could you try just deleting the entire buildscript blocks from the analytics and SR SDKs to see if that helps?

[MursiDirect]

Hey @chungdaniel , thanks for following up, Unfortunately, i have totally removed them from both (analytics-react-native and plugin-session-replay-react-native) but it didn't help, the same issue is still there.