Android build failure in a monorepo with a react-native package

Question

After creating a new monorepo with a package for a new react-native project (0.77.2), the Android build was failing with the following error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Settings file '<project_name>/packages/<package_name>/android/settings.gradle' line: 2

* What went wrong:
Error resolving plugin [id: 'com.facebook.react.settings']
> Included build '<project_name>/packages/<package_name>/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin' does not exist.

* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
> Get more help at https://help.gradle.org.

BUILD FAILED in 462ms
error Failed to install the app. Command failed with exit code 1: ./gradlew app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * Where:
Settings file '<project_name>/packages/<package_name>/android/settings.gradle' line: 2 * What went wrong:
Error resolving plugin [id: 'com.facebook.react.settings']
> Included build '<project_name>/packages/<package_name>/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin' does not exist. * Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
> Get more help at https://help.gradle.org. BUILD FAILED in 462ms.
info Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
node:internal/errors:984
  const err = new Error(message);
              ^

Error: Command failed: yarn workspace <package_name> android

MikeL · Accepted Answer · 2025-06-04 12:18:54Z

0

After a few tries I found this blog post, the configuration it suggests did not work on my project, however it had insights about the location of node_modules (it is a couple of folders above what it "should be", i.e. an extra ../../) .
After some modifications I got it working:

packages/<package_name>/android/settings.gradle - add extra ../../:

pluginManagement { includeBuild("../../../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin") }
...
includeBuild('../../../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin')

packages/<package_name>/android/app/build.gradle - modify the default locations and add extra ../../:

...
reactNativeDir = file("../../../../node_modules/react-native")
...
codegenDir = file("../../../../node_modules/@react-native/codegen")
...

answered Jun 4 at 12:18

MikeL

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