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App Crash in Release Build --- FATAL EXCEPTION: create_react_context

See original GitHub issue

Description

I can build in debug mode, it works fine, but when I get release build, it gets build, but the application breaks, you can see the error output here.

React Native version:

“react-native”: “0.62.2”,

##Error

Name
FATAL EXCEPTION: create_react_context
Reason
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to load script. Make sure you're either running a Metro server (run 'react-native start') or that your bundle 'index.android.bundle' is packaged correctly for release.
Stacktrace
FATAL EXCEPTION: create_react_context
Process: com.seeandsign.papilon, PID: 27990
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to load script. Make sure you're either running a Metro server (run 'react-native start') or that your bundle 'index.android.bundle' is packaged correctly for release.
at com.facebook.react.bridge.CatalystInstanceImpl.jniLoadScriptFromAssets(Native Method)
at com.facebook.react.bridge.CatalystInstanceImpl.loadScriptFromAssets(Unknown Source:2)
at com.facebook.react.bridge.JSBundleLoader$1.loadScript(Unknown Source:10)
at com.facebook.react.bridge.CatalystInstanceImpl.runJSBundle(Unknown Source:18)
at com.facebook.react.q.q(Unknown Source:180)
at com.facebook.react.q.b(Unknown Source:0)
at com.facebook.react.q$e.run(Unknown Source:68)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:764)

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Reactions:5
Comments:18

Top GitHub Comments

13reactions

Aure77commented, Jan 25, 2021

@grkemtneri This is not a good solution, you are generating code (index.android.bundle) inside source folder (android/app/src/) during build phase…

react.gradle tasks will generate it in build folder (build/generated/assets/react/…). But like @rahulson says, with latest version of com.android.tools.build:gradle, index.android.bundle is not copied inside APK. I downgraded to 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.2' & it’s works too.

11reactions

rahulsoncommented, Jan 20, 2021

@grkemtneri I faced same issue so I changed gradle plugin version in project gradle from 4.1.1 to 4.0.1 Then clean, rebuild and generate apk and now it is working fine

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