Using `@bugsnag/react-native` in monorepo

This is not so much of a feature request but more to consult with maintainers how to fix a problem I faced trying to use it in monorepo environment. I don’t mind opening PR (as long as we reach a conclusion soon and I’m still in the loop 😃 )

Description

I am working on react-native app located inside learna managed monorepo. When I tried to upgrade to version 7 or bugsnag-js I started seeing lots of errors like https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-js/issues/1255 :

   > Could not find com.bugsnag:bugsnag-android:5.5.1-react-native.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/bugsnag/bugsnag-android/5.5.1-react-native/bugsnag-android-5.5.1-react-native.pom
       - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/bugsnag/bugsnag-android/5.5.1-react-native/bugsnag-android-5.5.1-react-native.jar
       - https://maven.google.com/com/bugsnag/bugsnag-android/5.5.1-react-native/bugsnag-android-5.5.1-react-native.pom
       - https://maven.google.com/com/bugsnag/bugsnag-android/5.5.1-react-native/bugsnag-android-5.5.1-react-native.jar
       - .....

eventually after reading these lines https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-js/blob/8e142100e20880500c1d374871b6b7871aec1db6/packages/react-native/android/build.gradle#L51-L67 I figured a plugin makes certain assumptions about paths in a project which were not true in case of a package under packages/.... in a typical lerna monorepo.

I managed to fix these errors by adding

    dependencies {
        maven {
            url "$rootDir/../../../node_modules/@bugsnag/react-native/android"
        }
    }

to my packages/app/android/build.gradle

Describe the solution you’d like

I would like this project to be easier to use in monorepo environment.

Describe alternatives you’ve considered

I consider 2 options which are good enough for me:

1. https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-js/blob/next/packages/react-native/android/build.gradle could be smarter about layout of directories (which I understand would be an assumption on it’s own)
2. or simply add few lines into readme explaining how to fix these errors

Additional context

thanks

[johnkiely1]

Hi @MohammadAzimi,

The bugsnag { } configuration should be in its own section outside of the android block.

With regards the error you see if you do that, have you added the line

apply plugin: "com.bugsnag.android.gradle"

after

apply from: "../../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle" within that file?

https://docs.bugsnag.com/platforms/react-native/react-native/manual-setup/#android

[xljones]

As of https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-android-gradle-plugin/releases/tag/v5.7.4 you can now specify where your node_modules directory is using the nodeModulesDir Gradle configuration option which will allow you to use @bugsnag/react-native in a monorepo.

Update your Bugsnag Android Gradle Plugin dependency to v5.7.4. Then, in your app’s build.gradle file, add to your bugsnag config:

bugsnag {
	// relative to the project directory
    nodeModulesDir = project.layout.projectDirectory.dir("../../../node_modules/").asFile
	// or using an absolute path
	nodeModulesDir = new File("/custom-path/node_modules")
	// ...
}

https://docs.bugsnag.com/build-integrations/gradle/#custom-node_modules-directory