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Custom Development Client Error When Compiled Against Android SDK 33

See original GitHub issue

Summary

If compileSDKVersion and targetSDKVersion are set to 33 in app/build.gradle, any subsequent custom development client generated will fail to run on Android with the error:

Invariant Violation: Module AppRegistry is not a registered callable module (calling runApplication). A frequent cause of the error is that the application entry file path is incorrect.
          This can also happen when the JS bundle is corrupt or there is an early initialization error when loading React Native.

What platform(s) does this occur on?

Android

Environment

  expo-env-info 1.0.5 environment info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 12.5
      Shell: 5.8.1 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 16.13.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.22.10 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 8.1.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/npm
      Watchman: 2022.02.21.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    Managers:
      CocoaPods: 1.11.3 - /Users/matthewbuckley/gems/bin/pod
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: DriverKit 21.4, iOS 15.5, macOS 12.3, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 2021.2 AI-212.5712.43.2112.8815526
      Xcode: 13.4.1/13F100 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      expo: ~46.0.7 => 46.0.7
      react: 18.0.0 => 18.0.0
      react-dom: 18.0.0 => 18.0.0
      react-native: 0.69.4 => 0.69.4
      react-native-web: ~0.18.7 => 0.18.7
    npmGlobalPackages:
      eas-cli: 0.60.0
      expo-cli: 6.0.2
    Expo Workflow: bare

Minimal reproducible example

npx create-expo-app my-app
cd my-app
expo install expo-dev-client
expo prebuild
Set compileSDKVersion and targetSDKVersion to 33 in app/build.gradle
Generate a custom development client (internal distribution) build using eas build
Install the build on a physical device
run expo start --dev client
run a to open on android
Error will show

Issue Analytics

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Created a year ago
Reactions:1
Comments:5 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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Yonomcommented, Aug 27, 2022

Compiling our rn project with expo-dev-client installed and compileSdkVersion = 33 but targetSdkVersion 31 causes a different issue in expo-dev-menu:

> Task :expo-dev-menu:compileDebugKotlin FAILED
e: node_modules/expo-dev-menu/vendored/react-native-gesture-handler/android/devmenu/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/PanGestureHandler.kt: (57, 36): 
Type mismatch: inferred type is Context? but Context was expected

I will create a fix for this in a minute…

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ahnafnafeecommented, Oct 24, 2022

Still encountering this issue in Pixel 7 with Android 13

Error: Exception in HostObject::get for prop 'NativeUnimoduleProxy': java.lang.SecurityException: Settings key: <bluetooth_name> is only readable to apps with targetSdkVersion lower than or equal to: 31

Found a similar issue here: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/18738 with similar test devices (Android 13)