APK gained size after 0.62, enableVmCleanup not working

After upgrading to RN 0.62 our release android APK gained size. This is because libhermes-inspector.so and libhermes-executor-debug.so files are now bundled with our release APK:

There’s code which is supposed to strip these files, governed by enableVmCleanup variable which is true by default: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/master/react.gradle#L310 but it is not executed anymore (the files to delete are not found)

We’re using android gradle plugin v. 3.6.3

React Native version:

System:
    OS: macOS Mojave 10.14.6
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 2.45 GB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 8.16.0 - /var/folders/hl/xrvrwgcs4g3_pwb1vgz767rc0000gp/T/yarn--1590683523594-0.7003201588515626/node
    Yarn: 1.22.4 - /var/folders/hl/xrvrwgcs4g3_pwb1vgz767rc0000gp/T/yarn--1590683523594-0.7003201588515626/yarn
    npm: 6.4.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.16.0/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.9.1 - /Users/denyskniazhev/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.6.5/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 13.2, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.2, watchOS 6.1
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 27, 28, 29
      Build Tools: 28.0.2, 28.0.3, 29.0.2
      System Images: android-23 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 3.6 AI-192.7142.36.36.6392135
    Xcode: 11.3.1/11C504 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 1.8.0_221 - /usr/bin/javac
    Python: 2.7.10 - /usr/bin/python
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 16.11.0 => 16.11.0
    react-native: 0.62.2 => 0.62.2
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

[heroic]

@denisk20

Add this to your app/build.gradle under packagingOptions:

def taskName = getGradle().getStartParameter().getTaskRequests().toString() exclude "/libjsc*.so" if (taskName.contains(“Debug”)) { // Release libs take precedence and must be removed // to allow debugging exclude '/libhermes-executor-release.so’ } else { // Reduce size by deleting the debugger/inspector exclude ‘/libhermes-inspector.so’ exclude '/libhermes-executor-debug.so’ }

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