Android gradle build failed

[Marcel-Urlaubsguru]

Hey, thanks for your work. I am currently trying to build an app with your package on expo eas. Unfortunately the android build fails.

Environment:

expo-env-info 1.2.0 environment info:
System:
OS: macOS 15.1
Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 18.20.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.20.3/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.22 - /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
npm: 9.6.7 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.20.3/bin/npm
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.15.2 - /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 24.1, iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2023.1 AI-231.9392.1.2311.11255304
Xcode: 16.1/16B40 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
expo: ~50.0.20 => 50.0.21
expo-router: ~3.4.10 => 3.4.10
react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
react-dom: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
react-native: 0.73.6 => 0.73.6
react-native-web: ^0.19.6 => 0.19.6
npmGlobalPackages:
eas-cli: 12.6.2
Expo Workflow: managed

Error message:

FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.
1: Task failed with an exception.

• Where:
  Build file '/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/expo-alternate-app-icons/android/build.gradle' line: 10
• What went wrong:

A problem occurred evaluating project ':expo-alternate-app-icons'.

Could not find method useDefaultAndroidSdkVersions() for arguments [] on project ':expo-alternate-app-icons' of type org.gradle.api.Project.

• Try:

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2: Task failed with an exception.

---

• Where:
  Script '/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/expo-modules-core/android/ExpoModulesCorePlugin.gradle' line: 65
• What went wrong:
  A problem occurred configuring project ':expo'.

Could not get unknown property 'release' for SoftwareComponent container of type org.gradle.api.internal.component.DefaultSoftwareComponentContainer.

• Try:

Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
Run with --scan to get full insights.
Get more help at https://help.gradle.org/.
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BUILD FAILED in 1m 40s
10 actionable tasks: 10 executed
Error: Gradle build failed with unknown error. See logs for the "Run gradlew" phase for more information.

[pchalupa]

Thanks for the reporting this issue @Marcel-Urlaubsguru. I will have a look tomorrow. 👍 It might be related to the latest changes in the build.gradle.

[pchalupa]

By introducing this PR #106 I removed support for Expo SDK 50. It is because this function is introduced in expo-modules-code@1.12.26 but Expo SDK 50 depends on 1.11.8.
The solution for you should be upgrading to the Expo SDK 51. If the upgrade is problematic for you, you can try this canary version https://www.npmjs.com/package/expo-alternate-app-icons/v/1.0.3--canary.9072319.0 and see If it helps. In the PR #113 tried to bump the expo-modules-core dependency.

[Marcel-Urlaubsguru]

Hey thanks for the answer, unfortunately the canary version has the some problem. Looks like I finally have to upgrade to Expo 51.

[pchalupa]

Hey thanks for the answer, unfortunately the canary version has the some problem. Looks like I finally have to upgrade to Expo 51.

If it is possible for you, then it is great. 👍 If not, this PR #106 can be reverted and I can release a backward compatible version of this lib. So you can migrate later. Just let me know. 👍

I will add a note about the Expo min version support to the readme.

[Marcel-Urlaubsguru]

It would be fantastic if you release a version compatible with older expo versions.