[Android] Build fails when upgrading react-native 0.83.x due to gradle 9

[arelstone]

Describe the bug?

After upgrading to react-native 0.83.x my build fails due to gradle being upgraded to version 9.0.0

What is expected to happen?

Build should not fail

What is the actual behavior?

The build fails

Reproduction Steps?

Change the distributionUrl in android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties to distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0.0-bin.zip

Additional Information?

A pull request has been created. Untill this is approved, merged and published this patch can be used

diff --git a/node_modules/@okta/okta-react-native/android/build.gradle b/node_modules/@okta/okta-react-native/android/build.gradle
index df85505..bb30c8d 100644
--- a/node_modules/@okta/okta-react-native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/node_modules/@okta/okta-react-native/android/build.gradle
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ afterEvaluate { project ->
         def javaCompileTask = variant.javaCompileProvider.get()
 
         task "jar${name}"(type: Jar, dependsOn: javaCompileTask) {
-            from javaCompileTask.destinationDir
+            from javaCompileTask.destinationDirectory
         }
     }
 

SDK Version

2.17.2

Build Information

No response

[steventnorris]

This is a critical need for a current project. Is there any ETA on when this will be included or mitigation steps until it is?

[steventnorris]

This is a critical need for a current project. Is there any ETA on when this will be included or mitigation steps until it is?

I was able to get a mitigation strategy working with a postinstall script. Be advised that if your gradle has aggressively cached stuff, you may need to do a deep gradle clean before this will work. However, it seems to work for me well after it is cleaned once.

Add this to ./scripts/patch-okta-gradle.js:

#!/usr/bin/env node

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

const OKTA_BUILD_GRADLE_PATH = path.join(
  __dirname,
  '..',
  'node_modules',
  '@okta',
  'okta-react-native',
  'android',
  'build.gradle',
);
const OKTA_VERSION = '2.17.2'; // Update this when upgrading Okta

function patchOktaGradle() {
  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
  console.log(
    '\n🔧 Applying Gradle 9.x compatibility patch for @okta/okta-react-native...',
  );

  if (!fs.existsSync(OKTA_BUILD_GRADLE_PATH)) {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.log('⚠️  Okta build.gradle not found - skipping patch');
    return;
  }

  try {
    const content = fs.readFileSync(OKTA_BUILD_GRADLE_PATH, 'utf8');

    // Check if already patched
    if (content.includes('destinationDirectory')) {
      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
      console.log('✅ Okta Gradle patch already applied');
      return;
    }

    // Apply the patch: replace destinationDir with destinationDirectory
    const patched = content.replace(
      /from javaCompileTask\.destinationDir/g,
      'from javaCompileTask.destinationDirectory',
    );

    if (patched === content) {
      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
      console.log(
        '⚠️  No destinationDir found to patch - Okta may have been updated',
      );
      return;
    }

    fs.writeFileSync(OKTA_BUILD_GRADLE_PATH, patched, 'utf8');

    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.log(
      `✅ Successfully patched @okta/okta-react-native@${OKTA_VERSION} for Gradle 9.x compatibility`,
    );
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.log('📋 PATCH INFO:');
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.log('   - Issue: destinationDir property removed in Gradle 9.x');
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.log('   - Fix: Replaced with destinationDirectory');
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.log(
      `   - Remove this patch when upgrading Okta beyond v${OKTA_VERSION}`,
    );
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.log(
      '   - Check: https://github.com/okta/okta-react-native/issues for updates\n',
    );
  } catch (error) {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.error('❌ Failed to patch Okta Gradle file:', error.message);
    process.exit(1);
  }
}

// Run the patch
patchOktaGradle();

Then in your package.json add it as a postinstall script under the "scripts" block like this: "postinstall": "node scripts/patch-okta-gradle.js"

[MobileMon-Majestic]

I'm having this issue too

This package not compatible with Expo 55

Okta hasn't updated this package in a long time. I hope its still supported

[bkzoller]

Also having this issue on Expo 55 with React Native 0.83. Is there an ETA? The PR already exists but just requires review #469 .