Detox: cannot be cast to com.facebook.react.ReactApplication

Describe the bug

After running detox test -c android.emu.debug it launches the app in the emulator extremely briefly and then crashes immediately. Looking at the Logcat, I see the following error:

03-21 11:19:25.059 4118-4156/com.insightemissions.trak.debug E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: com.wix.detox.manager
    Process: com.insightemissions.trak.debug, PID: 4118
    java.lang.ClassCastException: com.insightemissions.trak.CNTRAL cannot be cast to com.facebook.react.ReactApplication
        at com.wix.detox.ReactNativeSupport.getInstanceManager(ReactNativeSupport.java:64)
        at com.wix.detox.ReactNativeSupport.waitForReactNativeLoad(ReactNativeSupport.java:118)
        at com.wix.detox.ReactNativeCompat.waitForReactNativeLoad(ReactNativeCompat.java:33)
        at com.wix.detox.DetoxManager.initReactNativeIfNeeded(DetoxManager.java:121)
        at com.wix.detox.DetoxManager.start(DetoxManager.java:66)
        at com.wix.detox.Detox$1$1.run(Detox.java:133)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
        at com.wix.detox.Detox$1.run(Detox.java:136)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

Screenshots

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Detox: 11.0.2
• React Native: 0.57.8
• Node: 10.11.0
• Device: Mac Pro / Android Emulator (API 22)
• OS: macOS 10.13.6

Device and Verbose Detox Logs

cntral_mobile $ node_modules/.bin/detox test -c android.emu.debug --loglevel verbose
configuration="android.emu.debug" loglevel="verbose" artifactsLocation="artifacts/android.emu.debug.2019-03-21 17-28-27Z" node_modules/.bin/jest "e2e" --config=e2e/config.json --maxWorkers=1 '--testNamePattern=^((?!:ios:).)*$' 
detox[50428] INFO:  [DetoxServer.js] server listening on localhost:51770...
detox[50428] DEBUG: [AsyncWebSocket.js/WEBSOCKET_OPEN] opened web socket to: ws://localhost:51770
detox[50428] DEBUG: [DetoxServer.js/LOGIN] role=tester, sessionId=d15ff434-a7ff-5eee-fd8f-506fef1ee04f
detox[50428] DEBUG: [DetoxServer.js/LOGIN_SUCCESS] role=tester, sessionId=d15ff434-a7ff-5eee-fd8f-506fef1ee04f
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #0] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator -list-avds --verbose
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #1] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb  devices
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #2] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 shell "getprop dev.bootcomplete"
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #3] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 shell "getprop ro.build.version.sdk"
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #4] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 shell "dumpsys power | grep \"^[ ]*m[UW].*=\""
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #5] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/28.0.3/aapt dump badging "/Users/me/Development/app/cntral/build/outputs/apk/debug/cntral-debug.apk" | grep -e "package: name="
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #6] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 shell "pm list packages com.insightemissions.trak.debug"
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #7] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 uninstall com.insightemissions.trak.debug
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #8] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 shell "pm list packages com.insightemissions.trak.debug.test"
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #9] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 uninstall com.insightemissions.trak.debug.test
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #10] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 install -rg /Users/me/Development/app/cntral/build/outputs/apk/debug/cntral-debug.apk
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #11] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 install -rg /Users/me/Development/app/cntral/build/outputs/apk/androidTest/debug/cntral-debug-androidTest.apk
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #12] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 shell "am force-stop com.insightemissions.trak.debug"
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #13] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 shell "pm list instrumentation"
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/SPAWN_CMD, #14] [pid=50449] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 shell am instrument -w -r "-e detoxServer ws://localhost:51770 -e detoxSessionId d15ff434-a7ff-5eee-fd8f-506fef1ee04f" -e debug false com.insightemissions.trak.debug.test/androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/EXEC_CMD, #15] /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 shell "ps | grep \"com\.insightemissions\.trak\.debug$\""
detox[50428] DEBUG: [DetoxServer.js/CANNOT_FORWARD] role=testee not connected, cannot fw action (sessionId=d15ff434-a7ff-5eee-fd8f-506fef1ee04f)
detox[50428] DEBUG: [exec.js/KILL] sending SIGINT to [pid = 50449]: /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 shell am instrument -w -r -e detoxServer ws://localhost:51770 -e detoxSessionId d15ff434-a7ff-5eee-fd8f-506fef1ee04f -e debug false com.insightemissions.trak.debug.test/androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner
 FAIL  e2e/firstTest.spec.js (21.593s)
  Example
    ✕ should have CNTRAL logo (27ms)

  ● Example › should have CNTRAL logo

    Timeout - Async callback was not invoked within the 20000ms timeout specified by jest.setTimeout.Error: Timeout - Async callback was not invoked within the 20000ms timeout specified by jest.setTimeout.

      at mapper (../node_modules/jest-jasmine2/build/queueRunner.js:25:45)

  ● Example › should have CNTRAL logo

    ReferenceError: element is not defined

       5 |   } );
       6 | 
    >  7 |   it( "should have CNTRAL logo", async () => {
         |                                  ^
       8 |     console.log( "test1" );
       9 |     await expect( element( by.id( "cntral_logo" ) ) ).toBeVisible();
      10 |   } );

      at _callee2$ (firstTest.spec.js:7:34)
      at tryCatch (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:62:40)
      at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:288:22)
      at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:114:21)
      at tryCatch (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:62:40)
      at invoke (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:152:20)
      at ../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:187:11
      at callInvokeWithMethodAndArg (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:186:16)
      at AsyncIterator.enqueue (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:209:13)
      at AsyncIterator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:114:21)
      at Object.<anonymous>.runtime.async (../node_modules/@babel/runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:233:14)
      at Object._callee2 (firstTest.spec.js:7:34)

Test Suites: 1 failed, 1 total
Tests:       1 failed, 1 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        21.646s, estimated 22s
Ran all test suites matching /e2e/i with tests matching "^((?!:ios:).)*$".
detox[50428] DEBUG: [DetoxServer.js/DISCONNECT] role=tester, sessionId=d15ff434-a7ff-5eee-fd8f-506fef1ee04f
  console.log e2e/firstTest.spec.js:3
    test1 beforeEach

  console.log e2e/firstTest.spec.js:8
    test1

  console.log e2e/init.js:17
    afterAll

child_process.js:651
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Command failed: node_modules/.bin/jest "e2e" --config=e2e/config.json --maxWorkers=1 '--testNamePattern=^((?!:ios:).)*$' 
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:611:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:648:13)
    at runJest (/Users/me/Development/app/node_modules/detox/local-cli/detox-test.js:170:6)
    at run (/Users/me/Development/app/node_modules/detox/local-cli/detox-test.js:88:7)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/me/Development/app/node_modules/detox/local-cli/detox-test.js:233:1)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)