Direct local hermes-release.aar file dependencies are not supported when building an AAR

Description

Direct local .aar file dependencies are not supported when building an AAR. The resulting AAR would be broken because the classes and Android resources from any local .aar file dependencies would not be packaged in the resulting AAR. Previous versions of the Andr oid Gradle Plugin produce broken AARs in this case too (despite not throwing this error). The following direct local .aar file dependencies of the :ReactNative project caused this error: D:\works\HAssistant\HzgClientHUAZHU\node_modules\hermes-engine\android\hermes-release.aar

Version

0.62.2

Output of npx react-native info

System: OS: Windows 10 10.0.19042 CPU: (12) x64 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G with Radeon Graphics Memory: 3.21 GB / 15.38 GB Binaries: Node: 14.17.5 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE Yarn: 1.22.11 - ~\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD npm: 6.14.14 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD Watchman: Not Found SDKs: Android SDK: Not Found Windows SDK: Not Found IDEs: Android Studio: Version 4.1.0.0 AI-201.8743.12.41.6858069 Visual Studio: Not Found Languages: Java: 1.8.0_242-release Python: 3.10.1 npmPackages: @react-native-community/cli: Not Found react: 16.11.0 => 16.11.0 react-native: 0.62.2 => 0.62.2 react-native-windows: Not Found npmGlobalPackages: react-native: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

the build.gradle:

if (enableHermes) { def hermesPath = “…/…/node_modules/hermes-engine/android/”; debugImplementation files(hermesPath + “hermes-debug.aar”) releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + “hermes-release.aar”) } else { implementation ‘org.webkit:android-jsc:+’ }

[wilsolutions]

Direct local .aar file dependencies are not supported when building an AAR.

You should not need to bundle hermes-release.aar if you’re trying to build an AAR (a library). It should be up to final consumer (the app) to decide which JS engine to use.

Please let me know if I’m missing something on your setup

Yeah, I agree with that.

However what about a React Native Module that contains 2 .arr libs and it fails if we pass the --deviceId flag? Would you have any insight about this? It runs fine in the device without the flag 😂

[cortinico]

Hey, I needed to put this on hold given other priorities but I will need to revisit at certain point before releasing the App.

I’m closing this as it’s stale + the issue you’re havign @wilsolutions it’s different from the root issues. Feel free to open a new issue with reproducer once you have time 👍