App crashes on launch when building a variant release

After update my project to the latest version of React-Native, the APK start to crash on launch, so I create a new project with the latest version o RN, without any code and simply run the react-native run-android --variant=release and this new project crash on launch PS: i configured the keystore and the variant releases in build.graddle

Environment

React Native version:

  info 
  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: Linux 5.0 Fedora 29 (Workstation Edition) 29 (Workstation Edition)
    Binaries:
      Node: 11.15.0
      Yarn: 1.16.0
      npm: 6.9.0
    SDKs:
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 27, 28
        Build Tools: 28.0.3
        System Images: android-27 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-27 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.8.3 => 16.8.3 
      react-native: 0.59.8 => 0.59.8 
    npmGlobalPackages:
      react-native-cli: 2.0.1
      react-native-git-upgrade: 0.2.7

Steps To Reproduce

1. react-native init foo
2. Configure the keystore
3. react-native run-android --variant=release

Expected Behavior

The App should run without any crash or error. App returns BUILD SUCCESS, but crashes without logging any error on start

Code Example

App.js

/**
 * Sample React Native App
 * https://github.com/facebook/react-native
 *
 * @format
 * @flow
 */

import React, {Component} from 'react';
import {Platform, StyleSheet, Text, View} from 'react-native';

const instructions = Platform.select({
  ios: 'Press Cmd+R to reload,\n' + 'Cmd+D or shake for dev menu',
  android:
    'Double tap R on your keyboard to reload,\n' +
    'Shake or press menu button for dev menu',
});

type Props = {};
export default class App extends Component<Props> {
  render() {
    return (
      <View style={styles.container}>
        <Text style={styles.welcome}>Welcome to React Native!</Text>
        <Text style={styles.instructions}>To get started, edit App.js</Text>
        <Text style={styles.instructions}>{instructions}</Text>
      </View>
    );
  }
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
    backgroundColor: '#F5FCFF',
  },
  welcome: {
    fontSize: 20,
    textAlign: 'center',
    margin: 10,
  },
  instructions: {
    textAlign: 'center',
    color: '#333333',
    marginBottom: 5,
  },
});

[kylethielk]

Hi @GianMantuan I just encountered this too.

By chance I remember being prompted by Android Studio to upgrade my Gradle Version earlier in the day.

I reverted my Gradle version and the issue immediately resolved itself. Here are the gradle changes that Android Studio applied:

Once I reverted this change and re-built the release variant it worked without issue again.

[kelset]

I’ve investigated and yes, I can confirm that the current latest 0.59.x is NOT compatible with Gradle 3.4.0.

But surely 0.60 will, thanks to this commit: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/30348f789946dc99f5ccd02c85c8decbdb9ac29b

We will try to see if we can cherry pick it for the next 0.59.9, but it’s unlikely (you can stay updated here: https://github.com/react-native-community/releases/issues/124).

Please be patient, we are trying to get an 0.60 RC out this week.

(in the meantime I’ll close this since it’s a known limitation already fixed on master)