React Native Gradle fails with `java.lang.NullPointerException (no error message)`

Question

Problem

On a brand new react native project (created with create-react-native-app), the gradle build fails.

Output

--debug

$ cd android/ $ ./gradlew build --debug

gives this output (truncated to the error point)

16:17:09.777 [DEBUG] [com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformManager]      InputStream: OriginalStream{jarFiles=[], folders=[], scopes=[SUB_PROJECTS], contentTypes=[CLASSES], dependencies=[prepareDebugDependencies, build dependencies configuration ':app:_debugApk' all dependencies]}
16:17:09.777 [DEBUG] [com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformManager]      InputStream: OriginalStream{jarFiles=[], folders=[], scopes=[SUB_PROJECTS_LOCAL_DEPS], contentTypes=[CLASSES], dependencies=[prepareDebugDependencies, build dependencies configuration ':app:_debugApk' all dependencies]}
16:17:09.777 [DEBUG] [com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformManager]      InputStream: OriginalStream{jarFiles=[], folders=[/Users/noel/w/crna-test/android/app/build/intermediates/classes/debug], scopes=[PROJECT], contentTypes=[CLASSES], dependencies=[compileDebugJavaWithJavac]}
16:17:09.777 [DEBUG] [com.android.build.gradle.internal.pipeline.TransformManager]      OutputStream: IntermediateStream{rootLocation=/Users/noel/w/crna-test/android/app/build/intermediates/transforms/dex/debug, scopes=[PROJECT, PROJECT_LOCAL_DEPS, SUB_PROJECTS, SUB_PROJECTS_LOCAL_DEPS, EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES], contentTypes=[DEX], dependencies=[transformClassesWithDexForDebug]}
16:17:09.778 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.model.internal.registry.DefaultModelRegistry] Project :app - Registering model element 'tasks.transformClassesWithDexForDebug' (hidden = false)
16:17:09.793 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
16:17:09.793 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
16:17:09.793 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
16:17:09.793 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] * What went wrong:
16:17:09.793 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
16:17:09.793 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] > java.lang.NullPointerException (no error message)
16:17:09.793 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
16:17:09.793 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] * Try:
16:17:09.793 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
16:17:09.795 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.BuildResultLogger]
16:17:09.795 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.BuildResultLogger] BUILD FAILED
16:17:09.795 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.BuildResultLogger]
16:17:09.795 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.BuildResultLogger] Total time: 6.915 secs

--stacktrace

and the stacktrace is

$ ./gradlew build --stacktrace

* Exception is:
org.gradle.api.ProjectConfigurationException: A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
        at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.addConfigurationFailure(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:79)
        at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.notifyAfterEvaluate(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:74)
        at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.evaluate(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:61)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:540)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:93)
        at org.gradle.execution.TaskPathProjectEvaluator.configureHierarchy(TaskPathProjectEvaluator.java:47)
        at org.gradle.configuration.DefaultBuildConfigurer.configure(DefaultBuildConfigurer.java:35)
        at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$2.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:124)
        at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)
        at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:91)
        at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:53)
        at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:121)
        at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.access$200(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:32)
        at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$1.create(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:98)
        at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$1.create(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:92)
        at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:91)
        at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:63)
        at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:92)
        at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:83)
        at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.run(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:99)
        at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ExecuteBuildActionRunner.run(ExecuteBuildActionRunner.java:28)
        at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildActionRunner.java:35)
        at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:48)
        at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:30)
        at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:81)
        at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:46)
        at org.gradle.launcher.exec.DaemonUsageSuggestingBuildActionExecuter.execute(DaemonUsageSuggestingBuildActionExecuter.java:51)
        at org.gradle.launcher.exec.DaemonUsageSuggestingBuildActionExecuter.execute(DaemonUsageSuggestingBuildActionExecuter.java:28)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.RunBuildAction.run(RunBuildAction.java:43)
        at org.gradle.internal.Actions$RunnableActionAdapter.execute(Actions.java:173)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:239)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:212)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.JavaRuntimeValidationAction.execute(JavaRuntimeValidationAction.java:35)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.JavaRuntimeValidationAction.execute(JavaRuntimeValidationAction.java:24)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:33)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:22)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:205)
        at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:169)
        at org.gradle.launcher.Main.doAction(Main.java:33)
        at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.EntryPoint.run(EntryPoint.java:45)
        at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.runNoExit(ProcessBootstrap.java:55)
        at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.run(ProcessBootstrap.java:36)
        at org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain.main(GradleMain.java:23)
        at org.gradle.wrapper.BootstrapMainStarter.start(BootstrapMainStarter.java:30)
        at org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:127)
        at org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain.main(GradleWrapperMain.java:61)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.ndk.DefaultNdkInfo.findTargetPlatformVersionOrLower(DefaultNdkInfo.java:167)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.ndk.DefaultNdkInfo.findLatestPlatformVersion(DefaultNdkInfo.java:89)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.ndk.NdkHandler.getPlatformVersion(NdkHandler.java:131)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.ndk.NdkHandler.supports64Bits(NdkHandler.java:234)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.ndk.NdkHandler.getSupportedAbis(NdkHandler.java:297)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.transforms.StripDebugSymbolTransform.<init>(StripDebugSymbolTransform.java:86)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.TaskManager.createStripNativeLibraryTask(TaskManager.java:1342)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.ApplicationTaskManager.createTasksForVariantData(ApplicationTaskManager.java:289)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.VariantManager.createTasksForVariantData(VariantManager.java:485)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.VariantManager$3.call(VariantManager.java:293)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.VariantManager$3.call(VariantManager.java:290)
        at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:156)
        at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:120)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.profile.SpanRecorders.record(SpanRecorders.java:44)
        at com.android.build.gradle.internal.VariantManager.createAndroidTasks(VariantManager.java:286)
        at com.android.build.gradle.BasePlugin$11.call(BasePlugin.java:688)
        at com.android.build.gradle.BasePlugin$11.call(BasePlugin.java:685)
        at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:156)
        at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:120)
        at com.android.build.gradle.BasePlugin.createAndroidTasks(BasePlugin.java:683)
        at com.android.build.gradle.BasePlugin$10.call(BasePlugin.java:608)
        at com.android.build.gradle.BasePlugin$10.call(BasePlugin.java:605)
        at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:156)
        at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:120)
        at com.android.build.gradle.BasePlugin.lambda$createTasks$1(BasePlugin.java:603)
        at org.gradle.internal.event.BroadcastDispatch$ActionInvocationHandler.dispatch(BroadcastDispatch.java:93)
        at org.gradle.internal.event.BroadcastDispatch$ActionInvocationHandler.dispatch(BroadcastDispatch.java:82)
        at org.gradle.internal.event.AbstractBroadcastDispatch.dispatch(AbstractBroadcastDispatch.java:44)
        at org.gradle.internal.event.BroadcastDispatch.dispatch(BroadcastDispatch.java:79)
        at org.gradle.internal.event.BroadcastDispatch.dispatch(BroadcastDispatch.java:30)
        at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ProxyDispatchAdapter$DispatchingInvocationHandler.invoke(ProxyDispatchAdapter.java:93)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy11.afterEvaluate(Unknown Source)
        at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.notifyAfterEvaluate(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:67)
        ... 44 more

.gradles

root

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
        jcenter()
        maven {
            // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
        }
    }
}

app

apply plugin: "com.android.application"

import com.android.build.OutputFile

project.ext.react = [
    entryFile: "index.js"
]

apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"

def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false

def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.crnatest"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        ndk {
            abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
        }
    }
    splits {
        abi {
            reset()
            enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
            universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
            include "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
        }
    }
    // 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
            }
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1"
    compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
}

// 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'
}

Environment

npm ls react-native-scripts: (empty)
npm ls react-native: [email protected]
npm ls expo: (empty)
node -v: v8.3.0
npm -v: 5.6.0
yarn --version: 0.21.3
watchman version: "version": "4.7.0"
Operating system: macOS 10.13.3

Reproducible Demo

https://github.com/noelweichbrodt/crna-test

Hi Noel did you got any solution for this ? I am also facing the same issue — Rama
– Rama, Commented Nov 1, 2019 at 13:48

Eddie Owens · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-14 23:48:57Z

5

I had the exact same problem when building on Mac but not Windows (using gradle 2.2.3 as well). the only thing I found that helped was to downgrade the gradle version to 2.1.2. Not 100% sure why this works but it does. Hope this helps!

answered Apr 14, 2018 at 23:48

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laymand · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-28 13:20:43Z

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I have no idea will it helpful for someone or not but my problem was resolved by adding required (they were used in build.gradle) but missed variables to .env

edited Jul 28, 2022 at 13:20

answered Jul 28, 2022 at 13:20

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