Android release build fails

Can’t create an Android release build -debug works. A comment on a closed, related issue, says it’s a matter of version conflict between react-native (0.59.x) and Gradle plugin (3.4.x).

Tried downgrading the plugin to 3.3.x (as other users did on the thread) and also upgraded RN to 0.60.0 which, according to the comment, supports 3.4.x. No matter the versions, issue persists.

React Native version:

System:
  OS: macOS 10.14.5
  CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4250U CPU @ 1.30GHz
  Memory: 24.03 MB / 4.00 GB
  Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
  Node: 8.8.1 - /usr/local/bin/node
  npm: 4.6.1 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms: iOS 12.2, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2
  Android SDK:
    API Levels: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
    Build Tools: 23.0.1, 25.0.0, 25.0.2, 26.0.0, 26.0.2, 27.0.3, 28.0.0, 28.0.2, 28.0.3
    System Images: android-24 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 3.4 AI-183.6156.11.34.5522156
  Xcode: 10.2.1/10E1001 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
  react: ^16.8.6 => 16.8.6 
  react-native: 0.59.8 => 0.59.8 
npmGlobalPackages:
  create-react-native-app: 1.0.0
  react-native-cli: 2.0.1
  react-native-git-upgrade: 0.2.7

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create new React-Native project: react-native init appname
2. Open appname project within Android Studio
3. Change Build Variant from debug to release

What actually happens:

> Task :app:bundleReleaseJsAndAssets FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:bundleReleaseJsAndAssets'.
> A problem occurred starting process 'command '/Users/user/Code/appname/android/app/build/generated/assets/react/release/index.android.bundle.map''

* Try:
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BUILD FAILED in 39s

Stacktrace:

org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':app:bundleReleaseJsAndAssets'.Open stacktrace
Caused by: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: A problem occurred starting process 'command '/Users/user/Code/appname/android/app/build/generated/assets/react/release/index.android.bundle.map''Open stacktrace
Caused by: net.rubygrapefruit.platform.NativeException: Could not start '/Users/user/Code/appname/android/app/build/generated/assets/react/release/index.android.bundle.map'
at net.rubygrapefruit.platform.internal.DefaultProcessLauncher.start(DefaultProcessLauncher.java:27)
at net.rubygrapefruit.platform.internal.WrapperProcessLauncher.start(WrapperProcessLauncher.java:36)
at org.gradle.process.internal.ExecHandleRunner.startProcess(ExecHandleRunner.java:97)
at org.gradle.process.internal.ExecHandleRunner.run(ExecHandleRunner.java:70)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.CurrentBuildOperationPreservingRunnable.run(CurrentBuildOperationPreservingRunnable.java:42)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/Users/user/Code/appname/android/app/build/generated/assets/react/release/index.android.bundle.map" (in directory "/Users/user/Code/appname"): error=2, No such file or directory
at net.rubygrapefruit.platform.internal.DefaultProcessLauncher.start(DefaultProcessLauncher.java:25)
at net.rubygrapefruit.platform.internal.WrapperProcessLauncher.start(WrapperProcessLauncher.java:36)
at org.gradle.process.internal.ExecHandleRunner.startProcess(ExecHandleRunner.java:97)
at org.gradle.process.internal.ExecHandleRunner.run(ExecHandleRunner.java:70)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.CurrentBuildOperationPreservingRunnable.run(CurrentBuildOperationPreservingRunnable.java:42)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
at net.rubygrapefruit.platform.internal.DefaultProcessLauncher.start(DefaultProcessLauncher.java:25)
at net.rubygrapefruit.platform.internal.WrapperProcessLauncher.start(WrapperProcessLauncher.java:36)
at org.gradle.process.internal.ExecHandleRunner.startProcess(ExecHandleRunner.java:97)
at org.gradle.process.internal.ExecHandleRunner.run(ExecHandleRunner.java:70)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.CurrentBuildOperationPreservingRunnable.run(CurrentBuildOperationPreservingRunnable.java:42)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)user

[mcuelenaere]

We had the same issue, upgrading to a newer version of react-native-sentry fixed it for us.

[ferostar]

Tried with 0.60.0 (as specified in the issue description), and issue still exists. So there are two things worth mentioning:

• Given that the issue persists (and using different versions of Gradle Plugin), not sure it’s RN version related.
• Updating to 0.60.0 means breaking changes to the iOS project, so given the above, it would be great to have a fix/workaround/patch/anything for 0.59.x.

This is huge, can’t release an update to the Android app -and I’m already wasting a lot of time with this, don’t want to spend a considerable amount of time making the iOS app comply with 0.60.0 changes at the moment.