Crash "com.facebook.soloader.SysUtil.dumbDeleteRecursive"

Starting from May 21, most of our users’ devices began to crash with an error:

java.lang.RuntimeException: 
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication (ActivityThread.java:7409)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2400 (ActivityThread.java:251)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:2284)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:110)
  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:219)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:8393)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Native Method)
  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:513)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1055)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: 
  at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.init (SoLoader.java:214)
  at com.ultimateguitar.ugpro.MainApplication.onCreate (MainApplication.java:163)
  at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate (Instrumentation.java:1202)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication (ActivityThread.java:7393)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: 
  at com.facebook.soloader.SysUtil.dumbDeleteRecursive (SysUtil.java:119)
  at com.facebook.soloader.UnpackingSoSource.deleteUnmentionedFiles (UnpackingSoSource.java:207)
  at com.facebook.soloader.UnpackingSoSource.regenerate (UnpackingSoSource.java:264)
  at com.facebook.soloader.UnpackingSoSource.refreshLocked (UnpackingSoSource.java:321)
  at com.facebook.soloader.UnpackingSoSource.prepare (UnpackingSoSource.java:414)
  at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.initSoSources (SoLoader.java:322)
  at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.init (SoLoader.java:200)
  at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.init (SoLoader.java:182)
  at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.init (SoLoader.java:212)

We tested different ideas starting with targetSDKVersion=30 and different versions of the RN.

• react-native 0.63.3
• Android App Bundle
• Android 9, 10, 11

[nahuelb]

Also having the same issue on my last android release (released on May 19), I am using react native 0.64.1.

Stacktrace:

caused by: java.io.IOException: could not delete: /data/user/0/app.puramente.app/lib-0/libevent-2.1.so
        at com.facebook.soloader.SysUtil.dumbDeleteRecursive(SysUtil.java:119)
        at com.facebook.soloader.UnpackingSoSource.deleteUnmentionedFiles(UnpackingSoSource.java:207)
        at com.facebook.soloader.UnpackingSoSource.regenerate(UnpackingSoSource.java:264)
        at com.facebook.soloader.UnpackingSoSource.refreshLocked(UnpackingSoSource.java:321)
        at com.facebook.soloader.UnpackingSoSource.prepare(UnpackingSoSource.java:414)
        at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.initSoSources(SoLoader.java:322)
        at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.init(SoLoader.java:200)
        at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.init(SoLoader.java:182)
        at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.init(SoLoader.java:212)
        at app.puramente.app.MainApplication.onCreate(MainApplication.java:79)
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1158)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6266)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1200(ActivityThread.java:240)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1797)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7094)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:-2)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:494)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:975)

Some stuff I realized:

• Only happens when the user updates the app to the new version, fresh downloads work fine.
• If the user having the crash, uninstalls and re-installs the app, it works.
• If the user goes to the Android settings and clears the cache of the app, it is also fixed.

Edit I was able to fix the problem by adding this to my root build.gradle:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        ....stuff

        configurations.all {
            resolutionStrategy {
                force "com.facebook.soloader:soloader:0.10.1"
	    }
        }
    }
}

And also this to my app/build.gradle:

implementation 'com.facebook.soloader:soloader:0.10.1+'

[JeffGuKang]

It was a very critical issue. It is happened when we deploy application with RN version downgrade from 0.66.1 to 0.64.1.