Gradle v8.0 build fails react native v0.79.2

[meghancampbel9]

Description

Build failure with React Native v0.79.2 and Gradle v8.0.

** Note using Java 17

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Steps to reproduce

Build an android app with React Native v0.79.2 and Gradle v8.0 on linux.

Details:

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Gradle 8.0
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Build time:   2023-02-13 13:15:21 UTC
Revision:     62ab9b7c7f884426cf79fbedcf07658b2dbe9e97

Kotlin:       1.8.10
Groovy:       3.0.13
Ant:          Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.11 compiled on July 10 2021
JVM:          21.0.7 (Ubuntu 21.0.7+6-Ubuntu-0ubuntu124.04)
OS:           Linux 6.8.0-58-generic amd64

React Native Version

0.79.2

Affected Platforms

Build - Linux

Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info

npx @react-native-community/cli info
info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: Linux 6.8 Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS 24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat)
  CPU: (16) x64 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1360P
  Memory: 9.37 GB / 31.01 GB
  Shell:
    version: 5.2.21
    path: /bin/bash
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 23.10.0
    path: /usr/local/bin/node
  Yarn: Not Found
  npm:
    version: 10.9.2
    path: /usr/local/bin/npm
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.15
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 18.0.0
    wanted: 18.0.0
  react:
    installed: 19.0.0
    wanted: 19.0.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.79.2
    wanted: 0.79.2
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: false

Stacktrace or Logs

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/home/dev/app/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/shared-testutil/build.gradle.kts' line: 30

* What went wrong:
Script compilation errors:

  * Line 30:     allWarningsAsErrors =
               ^ Val cannot be reassigned

  * Line 31:         project.properties["enableWarningsAsErrors"]?.toString()?.toBoolean() ?: false
                   ^ Type mismatch: inferred type is Boolean but Property<Boolean> was expected`

MANDATORY Reproducer

https://github.com/meghancampbel9/gradleIssue

Screenshots and Videos

No response

[Rahul0001k]

getting same issue

[meghancampbel9]

@Rahul0001k it was resolved in isse #51297. For a quick fix I recommend updating the gradle version in your project.

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-all.zip

[karan-Singh711]

i upgrade my gradle version to 8.10.2-all.zip but still show

Could not resolve all artifacts for configuration ':classpath'. Could not find com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin:0.79.2.

[atypiape]

I had the same issue with React Native 0.72.17, Gradle 8.0.1

[atypiape]

I had the same issue with React Native 0.75.17, Gradle 8.0.1

My problem is because of yarn 4, I changed yarn version to 1 and it works, React Native 0.73+ seems to be yarn version 3