Gradle does not apply patch-package patches.

[nmateo]

Description

gradlew assembleRelease / assembleDebug does not apply patch-package, whereas npx react-native start & npx react-native run-android does.

"postinstall": "patch-package"

How can i make gradle build apply my patches ?

Version

0.70.5

Output of npx react-native info

System:
    OS: Linux 6.1 Ultramarine Linux
    CPU: (16) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz
    Memory: 3.86 GB / 15.47 GB
    Shell: 5.2.15 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 18.1.0 - /usr/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.19 - /usr/bin/yarn
    npm: 8.19.2 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: Not Found
  SDKs:
    Android SDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: Not Found
  Languages:
    Java: 11.0.16.1 - /home/nmateo/Documents/react/amazon-corretto-11-x64-linux-jdk/amazon-corretto-11.0.16.9.1-linux-x64/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 18.1.0 => 18.1.0 
    react-native: 0.70.5 => 0.70.5 
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

Patch a dependency with patch-package, add "postinstall": "patch-package" to "scripts", in package.json

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

Here's my simple patch that get applied using expo go app or react-native binaries but not during gradle builds.

[cortinico]

gradlew assembleRelease / assembleDebug does not apply patch-package, whereas npx react-native start & npx react-native run-android does.

What's the reason why you're using directly Gradle commands?

[nmateo]

gradlew assembleRelease / assembleDebug does not apply patch-package, whereas npx react-native start & npx react-native run-android does.

What's the reason why you're using directly Gradle commands?

To test/distribute the apk's (x86, arm64 arm32, universal...) internally

[cortinico]

To test/distribute the apk's (x86, arm64 arm32, universal...) internally

You should be able to just use react-native run-android and find the APKs inside the android/app/build/outputs/apk/ folder anyway

[nmateo]

To test/distribute the apk's (x86, arm64 arm32, universal...) internally

You should be able to just use react-native run-android and find the APKs inside the android/app/build/outputs/apk/ folder anyway

Thanks, i did not realise that!
One last question where can i see exactly what does react-native run-android does more than assemble & adb install ?
Thanks in advance

[cortinico]

One last question where can i see exactly what does react-native run-android does more than assemble & adb install ?

The logic is here: https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/main/packages/cli-platform-android