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expo-updates: Android app crashes due to app.manifest not existing (SDK 46)

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Summary

An android app built by EAS Build (Managed) crashes on loading app.manifest in expo-update.

10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: Could not read embedded manifest
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: java.io.FileNotFoundException: app.manifest
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at android.content.res.AssetManager.nativeOpenAsset(Native Method)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at android.content.res.AssetManager.open(AssetManager.java:904)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at android.content.res.AssetManager.open(AssetManager.java:881)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at expo.modules.updates.manifest.EmbeddedManifest.get(EmbeddedManifest.kt:22)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at expo.modules.updates.loader.LoaderTask.launchFallbackUpdateFromDisk(LoaderTask.kt:238)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at expo.modules.updates.loader.LoaderTask.start(LoaderTask.kt:99)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at expo.modules.updates.UpdatesController.start(UpdatesController.kt:290)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at expo.modules.updates.UpdatesController$Companion.initialize(UpdatesController.kt:464)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at expo.modules.updates.UpdatesPackage$createReactNativeHostHandlers$handler$1.onWillCreateReactInstanceManager(UpdatesPackage.kt:41)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at expo.modules.ReactNativeHostWrapperBase.createReactInstanceManager(ReactNativeHostWrapperBase.kt:27)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost.getReactInstanceManager(ReactNativeHost.java:42)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at com.example.MainApplication.onCreate(MainApplication.java:66)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1266)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6785)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleBindApplication(Unknown Source:0)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2134)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7898)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E EmbeddedManifest: 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:936)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 D AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: Process: com.example, PID: 13422
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.AssertionError: The embedded manifest is invalid or could not be read. Make sure you have configured expo-updates correctly in android/app/build.gradle. app.manifest
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at expo.modules.updates.manifest.EmbeddedManifest.get(EmbeddedManifest.kt:31)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at expo.modules.updates.loader.LoaderTask.launchFallbackUpdateFromDisk(LoaderTask.kt:238)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at expo.modules.updates.loader.LoaderTask.start(LoaderTask.kt:99)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at expo.modules.updates.UpdatesController.start(UpdatesController.kt:290)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at expo.modules.updates.UpdatesController$Companion.initialize(UpdatesController.kt:464)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at expo.modules.updates.UpdatesPackage$createReactNativeHostHandlers$handler$1.onWillCreateReactInstanceManager(UpdatesPackage.kt:41)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at expo.modules.ReactNativeHostWrapperBase.createReactInstanceManager(ReactNativeHostWrapperBase.kt:27)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost.getReactInstanceManager(ReactNativeHost.java:42)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at com.example.MainApplication.onCreate(MainApplication.java:66)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1266)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6785)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleBindApplication(Unknown Source:0)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2134)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7898)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
10-26 11:21:14.739 13422 13422 E AndroidRuntime: 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:936)
10-26 11:21:14.741  1959 13443 I DropBoxManagerService: add tag=data_app_crash isTagEnabled=true flags=0x2
10-26 11:21:14.741  1959 11526 W ActivityTaskManager:   Force finishing activity com.example/.MainActivity
10-26 11:21:14.754  1959  2112 I ActivityManager: Showing crash dialog for package com.example u0

In the apk, assets/app.manifest file doesn’t exist actually. However, when I built again, app.manifest was included and did not crash.

I have encountered this problem several times in the past too, but after rebuilding, it no longer occurs.

What platform(s) does this occur on?

Android

Environment

  expo-env-info 1.0.5 environment info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 12.6
      Shell: 5.8.1 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 16.15.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.15.0/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.22.19 - ~/projects/mobile-app/packages/app/node_modules/.bin/yarn
      npm: 8.5.5 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.15.0/bin/npm
      Watchman: 2022.07.04.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
    Managers:
      CocoaPods: 1.11.3 - /Users/gaishimo/.rbenv/shims/pod
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: DriverKit 21.4, iOS 16.0, macOS 12.3, tvOS 16.0, watchOS 9.0
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33
        Build Tools: 26.0.3, 28.0.3, 29.0.0, 29.0.2, 29.0.3, 30.0.2, 30.0.3, 31.0.0, 32.0.0
        System Images: android-22 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-26 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-29 | Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-29 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
        Android NDK: 24.0.8215888
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 2021.2 AI-212.5712.43.2112.8609683
      Xcode: 14.0.1/14A400 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmGlobalPackages:
      eas-cli: 2.5.1
      expo-cli: 6.0.5
    Expo Workflow: managed

Minimal reproducible example

This is part of eas.json. I set the channel field.

{
  "build": {
    "preview": {
      "channel": "preview",
      "distribution": "internal"
    }
  }
}

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created a year ago
  • Reactions:3
  • Comments:13 (7 by maintainers)

github_iconTop GitHub Comments

3reactions
Kudocommented, Nov 2, 2022

after figuring out what’s the compressReleaseAssets task for, the solution makes sense to me. still wondering why copyReleaseBundledJs could be before compressReleaseAssets without specifying dependencies; maybe just a coincidence.

i’ll create a pr and follow up with the fix. thanks @baochungit

1reaction
baochungitcommented, Nov 2, 2022

Good news!

After many tries with patch-package and EAS build tests, I’ve finally found the cause. The copyReleaseBundledJs and copyReleaseExpoManifest must run before the task compressReleaseAssets so that the compression can collect all necessary files.

Here is the list of files in compressed_assets folder that doesn’t lead to the missing app.manifest issue: /home/expo/workingdir/build/android/app/build/intermediates/compressed_assets/release/out/assets/expo-root.pem.jar /home/expo/workingdir/build/android/app/build/intermediates/compressed_assets/release/out/assets/index.android.bundle.jar /home/expo/workingdir/build/android/app/build/intermediates/compressed_assets/release/out/assets/app.manifest.jar /home/expo/workingdir/build/android/app/build/intermediates/compressed_assets/release/out/assets/app.config.jar

And here will lead to the missing app.manifest issue: /home/expo/workingdir/build/android/app/build/intermediates/compressed_assets/release/out/assets/expo-root.pem.jar /home/expo/workingdir/build/android/app/build/intermediates/compressed_assets/release/out/assets/index.android.bundle.jar /home/expo/workingdir/build/android/app/build/intermediates/compressed_assets/release/out/assets/app.config.jar

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