Selectively disabling autolinking for Android in react-native.config.js fails build on 0.75.0-rc.6

[oblador]

Description

Selectively disabling autolinking of a native dependency in react-native.config.js causes build to fail with gradle trying to build it. If the dependency is disabled on both iOS and Android, it doesn't try to build it and build passes.

Looks like #45223 seems to attempt to fix this, but doesn't work for me.

Related:

• autolinkLibrariesFromCommand fails if a library does not contain an android specific config  #45222
• 0.75.0-rc.6 - App build failed for task ':app:generateAutolinkingPackageList'. #45403

Steps to reproduce

1. Create new project with npx @react-native-community/cli@latest init AutolinkingBug --version 0.75.0-rc.6
2. Add random dependency with native code (e.g. react-native-vector-icons).
3. Disable said dependency in react-native.config.js, with:

{
  dependencies: {
    'react-native-vector-icons': {
      platforms: {
        android: null,
      },
    },
  },
}

React Native Version

0.75.0-rc.6

Affected Platforms

Other (please specify)

Output of npx react-native info

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: macOS 14.5
  CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
  Memory: 67.98 MB / 32.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 20.11.0
    path: ~/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.0/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.2.4
    path: ~/.asdf/plugins/nodejs/shims/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2023.03.27.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods:
    version: 1.12.1
    path: /Users/joel/.asdf/shims/pod
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 23.5
      - iOS 17.5
      - macOS 14.5
      - tvOS 17.5
      - visionOS 1.2
      - watchOS 10.5
  Android SDK:
    API Levels:
      - "28"
      - "30"
      - "31"
      - "32"
      - "33"
      - "34"
    Build Tools:
      - 29.0.2
      - 30.0.2
      - 30.0.3
      - 31.0.0
      - 32.0.0
      - 33.0.0
      - 33.0.1
      - 34.0.0
    System Images:
      - android-32 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
      - android-33 | Google Play ARM 64 v8a
      - android-34 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
    Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 2023.3 AI-233.14808.21.2331.11842104
  Xcode:
    version: 15.4/15F31d
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.9
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 3.0.3
    path: /Users/joel/.asdf/shims/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react:
    installed: 18.3.1
    wanted: 18.3.1
  react-native:
    installed: 0.75.0-rc.6
    wanted: 0.75.0-rc.6
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: false
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: false

Stacktrace or Logs

1: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* Where:
Build file '/Users/joel/Code/AutolinkingBug/android/app/build.gradle' line: 54

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> Project with path ':react-native-vector-icons' could not be found in project ':app'.

Reproducer

https://github.com/oblador/react-native-android-autolinking-bug-repro

Screenshots and Videos

No response

[oblador]

Hmm, I tried reproducing this with a unit test on latest main, but I can't, so maybe it is indeed fixed, just not properly released. Will wait for RC 7 and confirm.

[cortinico]

Hmm, I tried reproducing this with a unit test on latest main, but I can't, so maybe it is indeed fixed, just not properly released. Will wait for RC 7 and confirm.

Yup it's indeed fixed by #45749

We had a problem with publishing of @react-native/gradle-plugin so that the RC6 published version was faulty (was missing a couple of commits). We're going to publish RC7 today which will include this fix as well

[cortinico]

This should be fixed now @oblador

[oblador]

Can confirm it works now, thanks!