RN 0.71.4 with New Architecture enabled and react-native-geolocation 3.0.5 C++ build error

[iozzyi]

Environment

System:
    OS: macOS 13.2.1
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 33.29 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8.1 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 18.14.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.14.2/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.19 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 9.5.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.14.2/bin/npm
    Watchman: 2023.03.13.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.11.3 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: DriverKit 21.0, iOS 15.0, macOS 12.0, tvOS 15.0, watchOS 8.0
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 26, 28, 29, 30, 33
      Build Tools: 29.0.2, 29.0.3, 30.0.2, 30.0.3, 31.0.0
      System Images: android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 4.2 AI-202.7660.26.42.7351085
    Xcode: 13.0/13A5154h - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 11.0.18 - /usr/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0 
    react-native: 0.71.4 => 0.71.4 
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Platforms

iOS - npx react-native run-ios

Versions

  "dependencies": {
    "@react-native-community/geolocation": "^3.0.5",
    "react": "18.2.0",
    "react-native": "0.71.4",
    ...
  },

Description

After installing @react-native-community/geolocation the iOS build started failing on a C++ compilation error.

Steps to reproduce

1. Follow the RN docs to create a new RN app with the New Architecture enabled on RN v0.71.4
2. Check that the app builds fine on iOS
3. Install @react-native-community/geolocation with yarn add @react-native-community/geolocation as per the README
4. Uninstall the app from the simulator
5. Open XCode, Select Product > Clean build folder
6. Run cd ios && RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED=1 bundle exec pod install
7. Run npx react-native run-ios
8. Check the terminal output:

...tor/react-native-geolocation.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/RNCGeolocati[1940/1940]
/Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/projects/AwesomeProject/node_modules/@react-native-community/geolocation/ios/RNCGeolocation.mm:393:23: error: property 'sourceInformation' not found on object of type 'CLLocation *'
    mocked = location.sourceInformation.isSimulatedBySoftware;
                      ^
1 error generated

...

The following build commands failed:
        CompileC /Users/xxxxxx/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/AwesomeProject-xxxxxx/Build/Intermediates.noindex/Pods.build/Debug
-iphonesimulator/react-native-geolocation.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/RNCGeolocation.o /Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/projects/AwesomeProject/node_modules/@react-native-community/geolocation/ios/RNCGeolocation.mm normal x86_64 objective-c++ com
.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler (in target 'react-native-geolocation' from project 'Pods')
(1 failure)

Also tried clearing the pod cache and rebuilding from scratch, same result.

1. Run rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/CocoaPods && rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/* && cd ios && rm -rf Pods && pod deintegrate && pod setup && RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED=1 bundle exec pod install
2. Run npx react-native run-ios
3. Check the terminal output:

The following build commands failed:
        CompileC /Users/xxxxxx/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/AwesomeProject-xxxxxx/Build/Intermediates.noindex/Pods.build/Debug
-iphonesimulator/react-native-geolocation.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/RNCGeolocation.o /Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/projects/AwesomeProject/node_modules/@react-native-community/geolocation/ios/RNCGeolocation.mm normal x86_64 objective-c++ com
.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler (in target 'react-native-geolocation' from project 'Pods')
(1 failure)

[iozzyi]

I've created a patch commenting-out the line of code causing the issue and it seems to work now:

patches/@react-native-community+geolocation+3.0.5.patch

diff --git a/node_modules/@react-native-community/geolocation/ios/RNCGeolocation.mm b/node_modules/@react-native-community/geolocation/ios/RNCGeolocation.mm
index 5403680..9bfa163 100644
--- a/node_modules/@react-native-community/geolocation/ios/RNCGeolocation.mm
+++ b/node_modules/@react-native-community/geolocation/ios/RNCGeolocation.mm
@@ -389,9 +389,9 @@ - (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager
   CLLocation *location = locations.lastObject;
 
   BOOL mocked = NO;
-  if (@available(iOS 15.0, *)) {
-    mocked = location.sourceInformation.isSimulatedBySoftware;
-  }
+  // if (@available(iOS 15.0, *)) {
+  //   mocked = location.sourceInformation.isSimulatedBySoftware;
+  // }
 
   _lastLocationEvent = @{
                          @"mocked": @(mocked),