fix: posthog-cli finds the correct path on android gradle plugin (#2764)

Author: marandaneto

.changeset/chilly-cobras-brush.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'posthog-react-native': patch
+---
+
+fix: posthog-cli finds the correct path on android gradle plugin

packages/react-native/tooling/posthog-xcode.sh

@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@ fi
 # Check for posthog-cli using installer environment variables
 # TODO: provide a config that users can force the location
 # Xcode starts with a very limited $PATH so using whereis does not work
-if [ -n "$POSTHOG_CLI_INSTALL_DIR" ]; then
-  PH_CLI_PATH="$POSTHOG_CLI_INSTALL_DIR/posthog-cli"
-elif [ -n "$CARGO_DIST_FORCE_INSTALL_DIR" ]; then
-  PH_CLI_PATH="$CARGO_DIST_FORCE_INSTALL_DIR/posthog-cli"
-elif [ -f "$HOME/.posthog/posthog-cli" ]; then
+if [ -f "$HOME/.posthog/posthog-cli" ]; then
   PH_CLI_PATH="$HOME/.posthog/posthog-cli"
 else
   # Check if installed via npm -g @posthog/cli

packages/react-native/tooling/posthog.gradle

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ plugins.withId('com.android.application') {
                             injected.execOps.exec {
                                 workingDir reactRoot
 
-                                def cliPackage = "posthog-cli"
+                                def cliPackage = resolvePostHogCliPackagePath(reactRoot)
                                 def args = [cliPackage]
 
                                 args.addAll(["exp", "hermes", "clone",
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ plugins.withId('com.android.application') {
                             injected.execOps.exec {
                                 workingDir reactRoot
 
-                                def cliPackage = "posthog-cli"
+                                def cliPackage = resolvePostHogCliPackagePath(reactRoot)
                                 def args = [cliPackage]
 
                                 def sourcemapDir = sourcemapOutput.getParent()
@@ -157,6 +157,67 @@ plugins.withId('com.android.application') {
     }
 }
 
+def resolvePostHogCliPackagePath(reactRoot) {
+    // First, try to find @posthog/cli folder from require.resolve
+    try {
+        def resolvedPath = new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@posthog/cli/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()).getParentFile()
+        if (resolvedPath != null && resolvedPath.exists()) {
+            def runPostHogCliFile = new File(resolvedPath, "run-posthog-cli.js")
+            if (runPostHogCliFile.exists()) {
+                project.logger.info("resolved posthog-cli dynamically: `${runPostHogCliFile.getAbsolutePath()}`")
+                return runPostHogCliFile.getAbsolutePath()
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+
+    // Second, check if @posthog/cli exists in $reactRoot/node_modules
+    def nodeModulesPath = new File("$reactRoot/node_modules/@posthog/cli")
+    if (nodeModulesPath.exists()) {
+        def runPostHogCliFile = new File(nodeModulesPath, "run-posthog-cli.js")
+        if (runPostHogCliFile.exists()) {
+            project.logger.info("resolved posthog-cli hard-coded path (yarn or npm): `${runPostHogCliFile.getAbsolutePath()}`")
+            return runPostHogCliFile.getAbsolutePath()
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Third, check for pnpm installation with node_modules/.bin/posthog-cli
+    def pnpmBinPath = new File("$reactRoot/node_modules/.bin/posthog-cli")
+    if (pnpmBinPath.exists()) {
+        project.logger.info("resolved posthog-cli hard-coded path (pnpm): `${pnpmBinPath.getAbsolutePath()}`")
+        return pnpmBinPath.getAbsolutePath()
+    }
+
+    // Fourth, check using npm root for local installation
+    try {
+        def npmRoot = ["npm", "root"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()
+        def npmPostHogCliPath = new File(npmRoot, "@posthog/cli")
+        if (npmPostHogCliPath.exists()) {
+            def runPostHogCliFile = new File(npmPostHogCliPath, "run-posthog-cli.js")
+            if (runPostHogCliFile.exists()) {
+                project.logger.info("resolved posthog-cli via npm root: `${runPostHogCliFile.getAbsolutePath()}`")
+                return runPostHogCliFile.getAbsolutePath()
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+
+    // Fifth, check for global npm installation of @posthog/cli
+    try {
+        def globalPrefix = ["npm", "prefix", "-g"].execute().text.trim()
+        def globalPostHogCliPath = new File(globalPrefix, "lib/node_modules/@posthog/cli")
+        if (globalPostHogCliPath.exists()) {
+            def runPostHogCliFile = new File(globalPostHogCliPath, "run-posthog-cli.js")
+            if (runPostHogCliFile.exists()) {
+                project.logger.info("resolved posthog-cli from global npm installation: `${runPostHogCliFile.getAbsolutePath()}`")
+                return runPostHogCliFile.getAbsolutePath()
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+
+    // Finally, fallback to global install
+    project.logger.info("falling back to global posthog-cli")
+    return "posthog-cli"
+}
+
 def resolvePostHogReactNativeSDKPath(reactRoot) {
     def resolvedPath = null
     try {