Version code doesn't handle all use cases in the gradle task

Environment

How do you use Sentry? Sentry SaaS (sentry.io)

Which SDK and version? @sentry/react-native@4.0.2

Steps to Reproduce

1. Upgraded to latest version.
2. Started the same CI process using
   • Azure Devops
   • Mobile App Tasks for iOS and Android
   • Gradle@2

Expected Result

Successful build.

Actual Result

The build failed with this log:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Script '/Users/runner/work/1/s/apps/gmap/node_modules/@sentry/react-native/sentry.gradle' line: 68

* What went wrong:
No signature of method: static java.lang.Math.abs() is applicable for argument types: (String) values: [347]
Possible solutions: abs(double), abs(float), abs(int), abs(long), any(), acos(double)

Temporary solution

As a temporary solution, I patched the package to remove the Math.abs usage:

diff --git a/node_modules/@sentry/react-native/sentry.gradle b/node_modules/@sentry/react-native/sentry.gradle
index dcdc3d4..f175698 100644
--- a/node_modules/@sentry/react-native/sentry.gradle
+++ b/node_modules/@sentry/react-native/sentry.gradle
@@ -65,12 +65,11 @@ gradle.projectsEvaluated {
           variant = currentVariant[0]
           releaseName = currentVariant[1]
           versionCode = currentVariant[2]
-          def absVersionCode = Math.abs(versionCode)
 
           // The Sentry server distinguishes source maps by release (`--release` in the command
           // below) and distribution identifier (`--dist` below).  Give the task a unique name
           // based on where we're uploading to.
-          def nameCliTask = "${bundleTask.name}_SentryUpload_${releaseName}_${absVersionCode}"
+          def nameCliTask = "${bundleTask.name}_SentryUpload_${releaseName}_${versionCode}"
 
           // If several outputs have the same releaseName and versionCode, we'd do the exact same
           // upload for each of them.  No need to repeat.

[marandaneto]

The RN template uses Gradle 7.3.3 for RN 0.68.x https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/v0.68.2/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties and AGP 7.0.4 https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/v0.68.2/template/android/build.gradle#L25= Please try to upgrade it.

Otherwise, provide a minimal reproduction example, I can’t reproduce it on my end.

[SpreadTriad]

Thank you, @marandaneto and team! 👍