react-native: :app:recordFilesBeforeBundleCommandDebug FAILED

I get the following error message when running ‘react-native run-android’, and cannot get more detailed information even with --stacktrace, --info or --debug options.

:app:recordFilesBeforeBundleCommandDebug FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:recordFilesBeforeBundleCommandDebug'.
> A problem occurred starting process 'command 'node''

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 3.042 secs
Could not install the app on the device, read the error above for details.
Make sure you have an Android emulator running or a device connected and have
set up your Android development environment:
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/android-setup.html

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 8 years ago
Reactions: 21
Comments: 40 (15 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

I’ve seen this too - similar to @anderson916 in that it’s by no means 100% failing. My workaround is to run ./gradlew --stop (which stops the daemon)

+131

seeligd on Apr 29, 2016

By changing node executable path in build.gradle(app) works for me.

project.ext.react = [
        nodeExecutableAndArgs : ["/usr/local/bin/node"]
];

+61

cskaynar on Apr 11, 2017

Still experiencing this issue right now, even after running ./gradlew --stop as suggested multiple times.

My project is native with react native. My Environment : android studio : 3.0 beta gradle plugin : 3.0.0-beta7 gradle wrapper: gradle-4.1-all.zip Any ideas?

2017-10-27, I updated my android studio to 3.0 stable version , but still experiencing this issue.

Execution failed for task ‘:app:recordFilesBeforeBundleCommandOfficialDebug’.

A problem occurred starting process ‘command ‘node’’

+10

gtzh110 on Oct 27, 2017

I got the same error with buildTools to 26.0.2 and Android Studio 3.0.0 on Mac @mkonicek could we reopen the issue?

YuraLaguta on Oct 31, 2017

./gradlew --stop or simply you can close your Android Studio

masako-yamada on Jul 17, 2017

@cskaynar’s solution is the correct one. Downgrading from 26 to 25 is a bandaid.

You can also specify your node executable at your root build.gradle so that it applies to all sub projects, which makes sense:

ext {    
    react = [
        nodeExecutableAndArgs:  ["/usr/local/bin/node"]
    ]
}

To find out where your node executable is located, run which node from the terminal and replace /usr/local/bin/node with whatever the result is.

joshuapinter on Dec 29, 2017

@gtzh110 Did you ever resolve your issue? Running into the same issue myself and none of the other suggestions are working.

UPDATE: I reverted back to buildToolsVersion 25.0.0 and this error went away. It appears that in upgrading to Android Studio 3.0.0 and taking the suggestion to update buildTools to 26.0.2 seems to have caused the error.

hatlestad on Oct 27, 2017

I got the same error with buildTools to 26.0.2 and Android Studio 3.0.0 on Mac

olivercm on Oct 30, 2017

I got the same error with buildTools to 26.0.2 and Android Studio 3.0.0 on Mac

thanhthang20 on Oct 30, 2017

Just create a symbolic link like so:

Step 1:

which node

In my case that printed out /usr/local/opt/nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/bin/node

Step 2: Then I did

ln -s /usr/local/opt/nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node

and it now works.