Suppory Gradle configuration cache

Using a new Gradle 7 feature with org.gradle.unsafe.configuration-cache=true

I get the warning: Calculating task graph as configuration cache cannot be reused because cached version information for com.facebook.react:react-native:+ has expired.

This issue should be improved, otherwise the new feature and performance gain cannot be used in a project using React Native.

Gradle documentation: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/configuration_cache.html

Using com.facebook.react:react-native:+ is still the preferred way in build.gradle, right?

[cortinico]

is wrong for many reasons and today actually causing havoc in our releases.

That’s why we got rid of it in 0.71

[cortinico]

Enabling configuration cache still has some issues with what is done in react.gradle though.

We’re working towards getting rid of react.gradle entirely in favor of the react-native-gradle-plugin which will support also Configuration Caching.

There is a version of the Gradle plugin already out: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-gradle-plugin

More on this also here https://github.com/react-native-community/discussions-and-proposals/issues/273