New Architecture - Build Failure: Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object

[ravindraguptacapgemini]

Environment

System:
OS: macOS 13.4
CPU: (12) arm64 Apple M2 Pro
Memory: 194.19 MB / 32.00 GB
Shell:
version: "5.9"
path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node:
version: 16.20.0
path: /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn:
version: 1.22.19
path: /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
npm:
version: 8.19.4
path: /usr/local/bin/npm
Watchman:
version: 2023.06.26.00
path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods:
version: 1.12.1
path: /Users/ravindragupta/.rbenv/shims/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms:
- DriverKit 22.4
- iOS 16.4
- macOS 13.3
- tvOS 16.4
- watchOS 9.4
Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2022.2 AI-222.4459.24.2221.10121639
Xcode:
version: 14.3.1/14E300c
path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java:
version: 11.0.19
path: /usr/bin/javac
Ruby:
version: 3.0.4
path: /Users/ravindragupta/.rbenv/shims/ruby
npmPackages:
"@react-native-community/cli":
installed: 11.3.5
wanted: ^11.3.4
react:
installed: 18.2.0
wanted: ^18.2.0
react-native:
installed: 0.72.1
wanted: 0.72.1
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
"react-native": Not Found
Android:
hermesEnabled: false
newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
hermesEnabled: true
newArchEnabled: true

Description

Recently we migrated our app to new architecture with React Native 0.72.1, debug builds are working fine but getting below error for release build with command: /bin/bash gradlew assembleRelease, error logs are as follows:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where:
  Script '/Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle' line: 426

• What went wrong:
  A problem occurred evaluating script.

Calling [node, /Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/bin.js, config] finished with an exception. Error message: groovy.json.JsonException: Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object

The current character read is 'C' with an int value of 67
Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object
line number 1
index number 0
Config Validation Error: "dependencies.react-native-webview.platforms.android.androidMkPath" is not allowed at readConfigFromDisk (/Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-config/build/readConfigFromDisk.js:52:11) at loadConfig (/Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-config/build/loadConfig.js:65:65) at setupAndRun (/Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/index.js:159:39) at run (/Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/index.js:129:11) at Object. (/Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/bin.js:31:3) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1196:14) at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1250:10) at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1074:32) at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:909:12) at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
^. Output: Config Validation Error: "dependencies.react-native-webview.platforms.android.androidMkPath" is not allowed at readConfigFromDisk (/Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-config/build/readConfigFromDisk.js:52:11) at loadConfig (/Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-config/build/loadConfig.js:65:65) at setupAndRun (/Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/index.js:159:39) at run (/Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/index.js:129:11) at Object. (/Users/ravindragupta/Desktop/Projects/mobilev2/native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/bin.js:31:3) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1196:14) at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1250:10) at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1074:32) at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:909:12) at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)

Reproducible Demo

N/A

[liamjones]

From the error message, this sounds like it's probably the same error as issue #1984?

[memanoj]

I fixed in my case by below steps

First, run

npx --quiet --no-install react-native config

Then check if you got an error message about No package name found then add a package in mainfest tag like this

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.packagename"
>

</manifest>

Also patch your package and clean Android cache by

cd android     
./gradlew clean

[szymonrybczak]

See #1981 (comment).