Android crashing when Remote Debug is enabled

Summary

I’m trying to get an app up and running on an android emulator. I’ve tried both Genymotion and the Android Studio Emulator with the same results for both. I’ve also tried Android API 26, 27 and 28 both 32 and 64 bit versions, same exact behavior. I can get the app running and showing me the default page with the info about React-Native. As soon as I enable Remote JS Debugging it opens the new window in chrome for me but then the app crashes. And there is no way to get back into the app, I’ve tried rerunning react-native run-android which succeeds but then the app instantly fails. Trying to just open the app through the Android menu gives the same result. The only way to get the app back up and running is to wipe the data from my emulator and restart it, that way remote debug is then disabled again.

So long story short the app runs perfectly fine on android until I enable Remote JS Debugging then it constantly crashes as soon as I try to start the app up.

System Info

System:
    OS: macOS 10.14.6
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8850H CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 814.70 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 8.10.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.10.0/bin/node
    npm: 5.6.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.10.0/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 12.4, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
      Build Tools: 26.0.2, 28.0.3, 29.0.1, 29.0.2
      System Images: android-24 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-25 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-26 | Intel x86 Atom, android-26 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-26 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-26 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-26 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-27 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64, android-29 | Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 3.4 AI-183.6156.11.34.5692245
    Xcode: 10.3/10G8 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  npmPackages:
    react: 16.8.6 => 16.8.6 
    react-native: 0.60.5 => 0.60.5 
  npmGlobalPackages:
    react-native: 0.60.5

React Native version: 0.60.5

Steps To Reproduce

1. npm i -g react-native-cli
2. react-native init testApp
3. cd testapp
4. npm i
5. react-native start
6. react-native run-android

At this point the app is up and running with no problem.

1. Enable Remote JS Debugging
2. Watch the app consistently crash every time it opens

Describe what you expected to happen: I expect the app to not crash and start giving me debug info in the new window opened in chrome.

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[messenja]

Same here. RN 0.63.4

[robertwt7]

Hey peeps, is there any issue that’s still open for this? I’m still having the same issue specifically for android when pressing debug, it crashes