Local Android Build Failed - Errors coming from react-native-nitro-modules, react-native-skia, react-native-screens and react-native-worklets.

[Tommy-2000]

Hey everyone,

I've been running into a local Android build error when using react-native-nitro-modules, react-native-skia, react-native-screens and react-native-worklets in my project. I've tested a local build on web and it's working fine. I'm unsure whether the error is coming from a react native module or if its a C++/CMake related error when building for Android. The attached build log and package.json are below:

System Specs

MSI Katana 15 B13VGK
Windows 11 2H25
Intel i9-13900H (13th Gen) CPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
16GB RAM
1TB SSD Storage

Build Log Showing Errors

expo-build-error.txt

package.json

package.json

You're more than welcome to contribute to my repo (https://github.com/Tommy-2000/dreamStudy-Student) to test and debug iOS functionality and Skia rendering in a new PR if you have any spare time. You can also reach me at dreamdev.tommy.2000@outlook.com to further discuss any changes and recommendations for my project. Thank you very much for your help! 🙂👍

[wcandillon]

Unfortunately I am not a Windows user so it will be hard for me to debug this. Could this be related to the JDK version you use on Windows?

[Tommy-2000]

Hi William thank you very much for your reply. I ran npx expo-doctor to check my packages and none of the packages are outdated, I have JDK 25 set on my JAVA_PATH, so I'll switch to JDK 21 LTS and check again if it's a CMake error. I'll also test with an emulator just to be sure and I'll update you. Thanks again! 🙂👍

[Tommy-2000]

I switched my JDK to 21 and got a different error. react-native-nitro-modules didn't return an error but the react-native-skia and react-native-worklets packages returned two errors for Task :shopify_react-native-skia:configureCMakeDebug[arm64-v8a] and Task :react-native-worklets:configureCMakeDebug[arm64-v8a]. I’ve already enabled LONG_PATHS in my Windows registry and now moved the project to the root of my C drive and ran it again. CMake is still giving warnings about the maximum file path and returned an error in the react-native-worklets package (See CMake error below). Gradle is not giving me any errors but CMake is currently. I'll try upgrading CMake (currently v3.22.1) and the Android NDK (currently v27.1.12297006) and I'll get back to you when I can. Thanks again! 👍

C/C++: CMake Error at C:/Users/thoma/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/cmake/3.22.1/share/cmake-3.22/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake:62 (message):
C/C++:   The C++ compiler
C/C++:     "C:/Users/thoma/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/ndk/27.1.12297006/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/clang++.exe"
C/C++:   is not able to compile a simple test program.
C/C++:   It fails with the following output:
C/C++:     Change Dir: C:/Users/thoma/OneDrive/Documents/dreamStudy/DreamStudy-App/node_modules/.pnpm/react-native-worklets@0.7.4_33a89531670feb659a7153e9f744cb05/node_modules/react-native-worklets/android/.cxx/Debug/393w7131/arm64-v8a/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
C/C++:     
C/C++:     Run Build Command(s):C:\Users\thoma\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\cmake\3.22.1\bin\ninja.exe cmTC_5501b && [1/2] Building CXX object CMakeFiles\cmTC_5501b.dir\testCXXCompiler.cxx.o
C/C++:     [2/2] Linking CXX executable cmTC_5501b
C/C++:     FAILED: cmTC_5501b 
C/C++:     cmd.exe /C "cd . && C:\Users\thoma\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk\27.1.12297006\toolchains\llvm\prebuilt\windows-x86_64\bin\clang++.exe -g -DANDROID -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector-strong -no-canonical-prefixes -D__BIONIC_NO_PAGE_SIZE_MACRO -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wl,-z,max-page-size=16384 -Wl,--build-id=sha1 -Wl,--no-rosegment -Wl,--no-undefined-version -Wl,--fatal-warnings -Wl,--no-undefined -Qunused-arguments CMakeFiles\cmTC_5501b.dir\testCXXCompiler.cxx.o -o cmTC_5501b  -latomic -lm && cd ."
C/C++:     lld: error: unknown argument: -z
C/C++:     lld: error: unknown argument: --no-rosegment
C/C++:     lld: error: unknown argument: --no-undefined-version
C/C++:     clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
C/C++:     ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
C/C++:     
C/C++:     
C/C++:   
C/C++:   CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
C/C++: Call Stack (most recent call first):
C/C++:   CMakeLists.txt:1 (project)
> Task :react-native-worklets:configureCMakeDebug[arm64-v8a] FAILED

[Tommy-2000]

I upgraded the Expo SDK from v55 to v56 and nothing changed there. It definitely looks like a CMake/Ninja problem on my machine or an issue with native packages when compiling C++ code on windows. If anyone is working with react-native-skia on windows, have you had this problem with CMake before when building react native apps? Anyone is more than welcome to clone my repo https://github.com/Tommy-2000/dreamStudy-Student and test it on their machine for any build or performance errors I might have missed. Thank you very much! 🙂👍

[Tommy-2000]

I solved it now, nodeLinker: hoisted in .npmrc wasn't recognised by pnpm following an update. So I moved it to the pnpm-workspace.yaml and CMake is now compiling successfully. See this for more info: expo/expo#40963. Something to keep in mind for anyone using pnpm when building with skia. Thank you very much! 🙂👍

[wcandillon]

I'm glad it worked out :)

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