[🐛] Task :app:checkDebugAarMetadata FAILED during apk build

[mujehoxe]

Issue

Application is working perfectly with 'npx react-native run-android', but when building the apk with './gradlew assembleDebug' i get the following:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:checkDebugAarMetadata' (type 'CheckAarMetadataTask').
  - Gradle detected a problem with the following location: '/home/o/Documents/js/eduApp/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/firestore/android/build/intermediates/aar_metadata/debug/aar-metadata.properties'.

    Reason: Task ':app:checkDebugAarMetadata' uses this output of task ':@react-native-firebase_firestore:writeDebugAarMetadata' without declaring an explicit or implicit dependency. This can lead to incorrect results being produced, depending on what order the tasks are executed.

    Possible solutions:
      1. Declare task ':@react-native-firebase_firestore:writeDebugAarMetadata' as an input of ':app:checkDebugAarMetadata'.
      2. Declare an explicit dependency on ':@react-native-firebase_firestore:writeDebugAarMetadata' from ':app:checkDebugAarMetadata' using Task#dependsOn.
      3. Declare an explicit dependency on ':@react-native-firebase_firestore:writeDebugAarMetadata' from ':app:checkDebugAarMetadata' using Task#mustRunAfter.

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Project Files

Android

• [x] my application is an AndroidX application?
• [] I am using android/gradle.settings jetifier=true for Android compatibility?
• [ ] I am using the NPM package jetifier for react-native compatibility?

android/build.gradle:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
allprojects {
    repositories {    
        maven {
            url("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android")
        }
        maven {
            url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
        }
        mavenCentral {
            content {
                excludeGroup "com.facebook.react"
            }
        }
        maven {
            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native-video-cache-control/android/libs"
        }
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
    }
}

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "33.0.0"
        minSdkVersion = 21
        compileSdkVersion = 33
        targetSdkVersion = 33

        // We use NDK 23 which has both M1 support and is the side-by-side NDK version from AGP.
        ndkVersion = "23.1.7779620"

        RNVUseExoplayerIMA = true
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        maven {
            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native-video-cache-control/android/libs"
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle"
        classpath "com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin"
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.15'
    }
}

android/app/build.gradle:

apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

/**
 * This is the configuration block to customize your React Native Android app.
 * By default you don't need to apply any configuration, just uncomment the lines you need.
 */
react {
    /* Folders */
    //   The root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives. Default is '..'
    // root = file("../")
    //   The folder where the react-native NPM package is. Default is ../node_modules/react-native
    // reactNativeDir = file("../node_modules/react-native")
    //   The folder where the react-native Codegen package is. Default is ../node_modules/@react-native/codegen
    // codegenDir = file("../node_modules/@react-native/codegen")
    //   The cli.js file which is the React Native CLI entrypoint. Default is ../node_modules/react-native/cli.js
    // cliFile = file("../node_modules/react-native/cli.js")

    /* Variants */
    //   The list of variants to that are debuggable. For those we're going to
    //   skip the bundling of the JS bundle and the assets. By default is just 'debug'.
    //   If you add flavors like lite, prod, etc. you'll have to list your debuggableVariants.
    // debuggableVariants = ["liteDebug", "prodDebug"]

    /* Bundling */
    //   A list containing the node command and its flags. Default is just 'node'.
    // nodeExecutableAndArgs = ["node"]
    //
    //   The command to run when bundling. By default is 'bundle'
    // bundleCommand = "ram-bundle"
    //
    //   The path to the CLI configuration file. Default is empty.
    // bundleConfig = file(../rn-cli.config.js)
    //
    //   The name of the generated asset file containing your JS bundle
    // bundleAssetName = "MyApplication.android.bundle"
    //
    //   The entry file for bundle generation. Default is 'index.android.js' or 'index.js'
    // entryFile = file("../js/MyApplication.android.js")
    //
    //   A list of extra flags to pass to the 'bundle' commands.
    //   See https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/docs/commands.md#bundle
    // extraPackagerArgs = []

    /* Hermes Commands */
    //   The hermes compiler command to run. By default it is 'hermesc'
    // hermesCommand = "$rootDir/my-custom-hermesc/bin/hermesc"
    //
    //   The list of flags to pass to the Hermes compiler. By default is "-O", "-output-source-map"
    // hermesFlags = ["-O", "-output-source-map"]
}

/**
 * Set this to true to Run Proguard on Release builds to minify the Java bytecode.
 */
def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false

/**
 * The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore (JSC)
 *
 * 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:+'

android {
    ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion

    compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion

    namespace "com.eduapp"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.eduapp"
        minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
        targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    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"
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    // The version of react-native is set by the React Native Gradle Plugin
    implementation("com.facebook.react:react-android")

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

    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-fresco-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")
    if (hermesEnabled.toBoolean()) {
        implementation("com.facebook.react:hermes-android")
    } else {
        implementation jscFlavor
    }
}

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

android/settings.gradle:

rootProject.name = 'eduApp'
apply from: file("../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle(settings)

include ':app'
includeBuild('../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin')

include ':react-native-video'
project(':react-native-video').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-video/android')

include ':@react-native-firebase_firestore'
project(':@react-native-firebase_firestore').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/@react-native-firebase/firestore/android')

MainApplication.java:

package com.eduapp;

import android.app.Application;
import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint;
import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactNativeHost;
import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
import java.util.List;

public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {

  private final ReactNativeHost mReactNativeHost =
      new DefaultReactNativeHost(this) {
        @Override
        public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
          return BuildConfig.DEBUG;
        }

        @Override
        protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
          @SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
          List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
          // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
          // packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
          return packages;
        }

        @Override
        protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
          return "index";
        }

        @Override
        protected boolean isNewArchEnabled() {
          return BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED;
        }

        @Override
        protected Boolean isHermesEnabled() {
          return BuildConfig.IS_HERMES_ENABLED;
        }
      };

  @Override
  public ReactNativeHost getReactNativeHost() {
    return mReactNativeHost;
  }

  @Override
  public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();
    SoLoader.init(this, /* native exopackage */ false);
    if (BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
      // If you opted-in for the New Architecture, we load the native entry point for this app.
      DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.load();
    }
    ReactNativeFlipper.initializeFlipper(this, getReactNativeHost().getReactInstanceManager());
  }
}

AndroidManifest.xml:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

    <application
      android:name=".MainApplication"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
      android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
      android:allowBackup="false"
      android:supportsRtl="true"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
      <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode"
        android:launchMode="singleTask"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
        android:exported="true">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
      </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

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Environment

warn Package react-native-math-view contains invalid configuration: "dependency.assets" is not allowed. Please verify it's properly linked using "react-native config" command and contact the package maintainers about this.
info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: Linux 6.3 Fedora Linux 37 (Workstation Edition)
  CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100U CPU @ 2.30GHz
  Memory: 7.81 GB / 19.40 GB
  Shell:
    version: 5.2.15
    path: /bin/bash
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 18.16.1
    path: /usr/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.19
    path: ~/.yarn/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 9.5.1
    path: /usr/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 20230709.023423.0
    path: /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
  Android SDK:
    Android NDK: 21.0.6113669
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 1.8.0_362
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react:
    installed: 18.2.0
    wanted: ^18.2.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.72.3
    wanted: ^0.72.3
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: false
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found```

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- **Platform that you're experiencing the issue on**:
  - [ ] iOS
  - [X] Android
  - [ ] **iOS** but have not tested behavior on Android
  - [ ] **Android** but have not tested behavior on iOS
  - [ ] Both

[mikehardy]

I believe Java 11 is required, your environment indicates Java 8? Everything else seems generally fine though. I'd need to see a reproduction of this to know for sure but your statement here:

Application is working perfectly with 'npx react-native run-android',

...is very suspicious. So ...it works, but it doesn't work? I would isolate + examine what the difference is between when you run npx react-native run-android vs the manual gradle commands. Both work in my environment.

Given one works in your environment and Java 8 is already something that looks environment-specific and incorrect I think you've got some things to investigate that should get you moving. In the meantime I'm going to close this as not actionable though, this is not something I reproduce in my environment nor will it result in any changes to this repository

[mujehoxe]

I have jdk11 installed as well

[mujehoxe]

[ o ~/ ]$ java -version openjdk version "11.0.19" 2023-04-18 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Red_Hat-11.0.19.0.7-2.fc37) (build 11.0.19+7) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Red_Hat-11.0.19.0.7-2.fc37) (build 11.0.19+7, mixed mode, sharing)