native android app Process crashes

[lbutterfly]

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Description

1. android app Process crashes after update detox 8.2.3 to 9.1.2.
2. My app is native app, not an react-native app

Steps to Reproduce

My app is success for detox 8.2.3, Then I follow this Guide
(https://github.com/wix/detox/blob/master/docs/Guide.Migration.md#migrating-from-detox-8xx-to-9xx) update to 9.1.2, And also install react-native use "npm install react-native", But when I command "detox test". app will crash after launch.

which step missing ?

Detox, Node, Device, Xcode and macOS Versions

• Detox: 9.1.2
• React Native: 0.55.4
• Node: v11.0.0
• Device: Emulator Nexus_6_API_28
• Xcode: 10.0.0
• macOS: 10.14

Device and verbose Detox logs

Detox logs:
detox_log.txt

Device logs:
devices_log.txt

12-20 16:31:55.876 15543-15626/com.motherapp.herman_miller_android.debug E/UncaughtException: java.lang.ClassCastException: com.motherapp.herman_miller_android.MainApplication cannot be cast to com.facebook.react.ReactApplication
        at com.wix.detox.ReactNativeSupport.getInstanceManager(ReactNativeSupport.java:65)
        at com.wix.detox.ReactNativeSupport.waitForReactNativeLoad(ReactNativeSupport.java:120)
        at com.wix.detox.ReactNativeCompat.waitForReactNativeLoad(ReactNativeCompat.java:33)
        at com.wix.detox.DetoxManager.start(DetoxManager.java:72)
        at com.wix.detox.Detox$1$1.run(Detox.java:133)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:873)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
        at com.wix.detox.Detox$1.run(Detox.java:136)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:764)

[rotemmiz]

You are right, this is a real issue. We started removing usage of reflection to react-native APIs. We need to do a better job at only loading react native support classes when react native exists in classpath.

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs.
If you believe the issue is still relevant, please test on the latest Detox and report back.
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[LeoNatan]

This is an old issue. If still relevant, please reproduce on a modern version of Detox and open a new issue.