Unable to successfully run @nx/react-native:run-android

[NickFitton]

Current Behavior

Running nx run-android from the project root causes a failure.
Running nx run-ios from the project root is successful.

Expected Behavior

No failure when running react native run android.

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/NickFitton/nx-react-native-android

Steps to Reproduce

(can also be done with a freshly generated app)

git clone git@github.com:NickFitton/nx-react-native-android.git
cd nx-react-native-android
nx run-android mobile // This will work fine
cd apps/mobile
nx run-android // This will fail

Nx Report

>  NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

   Node   : 18.17.0
   OS     : darwin-arm64
   npm    : 9.6.7
   
   nx (global)        : 17.0.3
   nx                 : 17.2.8
   @nx/js             : 17.2.8
   @nx/jest           : 17.2.8
   @nx/linter         : 17.2.8
   @nx/eslint         : 17.2.8
   @nx/workspace      : 17.2.8
   @nx/detox          : 17.2.8
   @nx/devkit         : 17.2.8
   @nx/eslint-plugin  : 17.2.8
   @nx/react          : 17.2.8
   @nx/react-native   : 17.2.8
   @nrwl/tao          : 17.2.8
   @nx/web            : 17.2.8
   typescript         : 5.2.2

Failure Logs

>  NX   Running target run-android for project mobile and 2 tasks it depends on:

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> nx run mobile:ensure-symlink


> nx run mobile:sync-deps

info Dependencies for 'mobile' are up to date! No changes made.

> nx run mobile:run-android


 >  NX   ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod 'apps/mobile/android/gradlew'


Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod 'apps/mobile/android/gradlew'
    at chmodSync (node:fs:1991:3)
    at chmodAndroidGradlewFiles ({path to repro}/reproduction/node_modules/@nx/react-native/src/utils/chmod-android-gradle-files.js:8:24)
    at runAndroidExecutor ({path to repro}/reproduction/node_modules/@nx/react-native/src/executors/run-android/run-android.impl.js:11:63)
    at runAndroidExecutor.next (<anonymous>)
    at getLastValueFromAsyncIterableIterator ({path to repro}/reproduction/node_modules/nx/src/utils/async-iterator.js:13:27)
    at iteratorToProcessStatusCode ({path to repro}/reproduction/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/run/run.js:41:94)
    at {path to repro}/reproduction/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/run/run.js:155:16
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async handleErrors ({path to repro}/reproduction/node_modules/nx/src/utils/params.js:9:16)
    at async process.<anonymous> ({path to repro}/reproduction/node_modules/nx/bin/run-executor.js:59:28)

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 >  NX   Running target run-android for project mobile and 2 tasks it depends on failed

   Failed tasks:
   
   - mobile:run-android
   
   Hint: run the command with --verbose for more details.

Package Manager Version

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Operating System

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Additional Information

Looking at the functionality of run-android.impl.ts, it runs chmod without being context aware of the current directory.
I believe making this function aware of the current directory it's in would help resolve this issue.
I only raise this as an issue as functionality differs between run-ios and run-android.

[xiongemi]

@NickFitton i cloned your repo and i can run android. Did you run the command from the workspace root? i think it was trying to access apps/mobile/android/gradlew, which needs to run the command at workspace root.

[NickFitton]

Apologies, I wasn't specific enough in the initial description, when I said:

Running nx run-android from the project root causes a failure.
Running nx run-ios from the project root is successful.

I meant the root of the react native app (apps/mobile). My assumption was that you could run these functions from the app location due to being able to run nx run-ios from the same place.

[xiongemi]

i create a pr #21212 to change the gradlew path to be absolute so it can be ran in the project folder

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