react-native: Release APK crash immediately on launch - React Native ( Version 0.58.4)

Try to use adb logcat *:E, super helpful if the error is not JS related

I’m getting these crashes with RN version 0.59.5 with APK, too. It works fine when building, but APK crashes right after opening the app. Can reproduce this on a real device (OnePlus 3, Android version 8.0.0), as well as on emulators (Pixel 3 XL with 64 bit Android 9.0 and Nexus 6P with Android 7.1.1). I can confirm that this is an issue even with a clean project created with react-native init. Other solutions mentioned here have not worked for me.

Disabling minification for release builds solved it for me:

def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false

This might help!!!

When the screen closes at start, there might be some errors not being showed in the build console. I don’t know why. So instead of running the react-native run-android, try tu run this:

react-native bundle --platform android --dev false --entry-file index.js --bundle-output android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle --assets-dest android/app/src/main/res It will try to compile and it will start throwing the errors nobody was telling you!!

It took me several hours to notice this, after knowing the errors, i fixed one by one. Hope it helps!!

Some of the silly errors that were closing the app just after starts:

@jassumgoran, this is already false. Not working.

I am having the same issue. RN version 0.60. Solved when I set enableProguardInReleaseBuilds to false.

I have resolved this issue by using JSC build scripts for Android. Thanks to jsc-android.

Upgrading from RN 0.59.5 to RN 0.59.10 worked for me.

I am facing the same problem with RN 0.59.4. After installing react-native-admob and changing some dependencies I can compile but not run the app. But I can’t use even in debug. What I should check ? This problem occours affter instaling and linking admob lib.

dependencies {
    implementation (project(':react-native-admob')){
        exclude group: "com.google.android.gms", module: "play-services-ads"
    }
    implementation project(':react-native-vector-icons')
    implementation project(':react-native-gesture-handler')
    implementation project(':react-native-firebase')
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${rootProject.ext.supportLibVersion}"
    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:16.2.1"
    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.8"
    implementation ("com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:17.0.0") {
        force = true;
    }
}

Any ideas ? plz…

Sorry for late reply. Its working both in emulator as well as in production build (real device). For this you have to install JSC build scripts for Android. You must use version r15c to build. r17 and above break NDK build that this app requires. Download the r15c NDK version here: https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/older_releases.

and follow the installation requirements for JSC build scripts for Android. After installation and path setup i have made following changes in Android/build.gradle:

allprojects { repositories { mavenLocal() jcenter() google() maven { // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm url “$rootDir/…/node_modules/react-native/android” } maven { // Local Maven repo containing AARs with JSC library built for Android url “$rootDir/…/node_modules/jsc-android/android” } maven { url “https://jitpack.io” } maven { url “https://maven.google.com” } } }

and in Android i have made following changes in android/app/build.gradle

project.ext.react = [ entryFile: “index.js” ]

apply from: “…/…/node_modules/react-native/react.gradle”

def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false

def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false

android { compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion buildToolsVersion rootProject.ext.buildToolsVersion

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.abbc"
    minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
    targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
    ndk {
        abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
    }
    multiDexEnabled true
    renderscriptTargetApi 23
    renderscriptSupportModeEnabled true
}

packagingOptions {
    pickFirst 'lib/x86_64/libjsc.so'
    pickFirst 'lib/arm64-v8a/libjsc.so'
}
signingConfigs {
    release {
        if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE')) {
            storeFile file(MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
            storePassword MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
            keyAlias MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
            keyPassword MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
        }
    }
}
splits {
    abi {
        reset()
        enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
        universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
        include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a"
    }
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
        signingConfig signingConfigs.release
    }
}
// applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release

applicationVariants.all { variant -> variant.outputs.each { output -> // For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here: // http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide/apk-splits def versionCodes = [“armeabi-v7a”:1, “x86”:2] def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI) if (abi != null) { // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants output.versionCodeOverride = versionCodes.get(abi) * 1048576 + defaultConfig.versionCode } } } compileOptions { sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8 targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8 } }

dependencies { implementation fileTree(dir: “libs”, include: [“*.jar”]) implementation “com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${rootProject.ext.supportLibVersion}” implementation “com.facebook.react:react-native:+” // From node_modules }

configurations.all { resolutionStrategy { force ‘org.webkit:android-jsc:r216113’ } } // Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK // puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) { from configurations.compile into ‘libs’ }

I hope this will help you. Thanks

@ank26oct It just works in emulator, not in real device. Could you post your solution here?

@quietbits Seems to be related to https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/24260

Already tried at least 10 times. The app is building the release correctly but once i run the apk on a device it crashes at the start

the same, any solution for help me!!

I have the exact same issue and the same dependencies (versions). All works good in debug builds but release builds are crashing:

2019-02-10 12:22:53.475 9442-9482/? E/ReactNativeJS: Module AppRegistry is not a registered callable module (calling runApplication)
2019-02-10 12:22:53.486 9442-9483/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: mqt_native_modules
    Process: com.borntoinvest.borntoinvest, PID: 9442
    com.facebook.react.common.c: null is not an object (evaluating 'P.MARKET'), stack:
    <unknown>@408:287
    _@2:1514
    d@2:967
    o@2:435
    <unknown>@406:3622
    _@2:1514
    d@2:967
    o@2:435
    <unknown>@382:167
    _@2:1514
    d@2:967
    o@2:435
    <unknown>@380:152
    _@2:1514
    d@2:967
    o@2:435
    <unknown>@355:216
    _@2:1514
    d@2:967
    o@2:435
    <unknown>@11:58
    _@2:1514
    d@2:897
    o@2:435
    global code@643:4
    
        at com.facebook.react.modules.core.ExceptionsManagerModule.showOrThrowError(Unknown Source:20)
        at com.facebook.react.modules.core.ExceptionsManagerModule.reportFatalException(Unknown Source:0)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaMethodWrapper.invoke(Unknown Source:148)
        at com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaModuleWrapper.invoke(Unknown Source:21)
        at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.NativeRunnable.run(Native Method)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:808)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:101)
        at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadHandler.dispatchMessage(Unknown Source:0)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:166)
        at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadImpl$3.run(Unknown Source:16)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:784)