Build failure with react-native 0.79.0

[rlepinski]

Description

Trying to update my module to build against latest react-native and getting a build failure.

dependencies:

"devDependencies": {
    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.6.0",
    "@eslint/compat": "^1.2.7",
    "@eslint/eslintrc": "^3.3.0",
    "@eslint/js": "^9.22.0",
    "@react-native-community/cli": "18.0.0",
    "@react-native/eslint-config": "^0.79.0",
    "@types/jest": "^29.5.5",
    "@types/react": "^19.0.0",
    "commitlint": "^19.6.1",
    "del-cli": "^5.1.0",
    "eslint": "^9.22.0",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^10.1.1",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.2.3",
    "jest": "^29.7.0",
    "prettier": "^3.0.3",
    "react": "19.0.0",
    "react-native": "0.79.0",
    "react-native-builder-bob": "^0.40.4",
    "turbo": "^1.10.7",
    "typedoc": "^0.27.9",
    "typescript": "^5.2.2"
  },

error:

Error
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/ryan.lepinski/git/react-native-airship/node_modules/react-native-builder-bob/lib/utils/spawn.js:27:16)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:628:26)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1101:16)
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:305:5)

Issue is reproducible in this branch: https://github.com/urbanairship/react-native-airship/tree/release-24.0.0-bob-issue

Packages

• create-react-native-library
• react-native-builder-bob

Selected options

Built with fabric view, kotlin and obj-c

Link to repro

https://github.com/urbanairship/react-native-airship/tree/release-24.0.0-bob-issue

Environment

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
OS: macOS 15.3.2
CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
Memory: 123.45 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell:
version: "5.9"
path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node:
version: 23.4.0
path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v23.4.0/bin/node
Yarn:
version: 1.22.22
path: /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
npm:
version: 10.9.2
path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v23.4.0/bin/npm
Watchman:
version: 2025.03.10.00
path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods:
version: 1.16.2
path: /Users/ryan.lepinski/.rbenv/shims/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms:
- DriverKit 24.2
- iOS 18.2
- macOS 15.2
- tvOS 18.2
- visionOS 2.2
- watchOS 11.2
Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2024.3 AI-243.22562.218.2431.13114758
Xcode:
version: 16.2/16C5032a
path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java:
version: 21.0.6
path: /Users/ryan.lepinski/.sdkman/candidates/java/current/bin/javac
Ruby:
version: 3.2.0
path: /Users/ryan.lepinski/.rbenv/shims/ruby
npmPackages:
"@react-native-community/cli":
installed: 18.0.0
wanted: 18.0.0
react:
installed: 19.0.0
wanted: 19.0.0
react-native:
installed: 0.79.0
wanted: 0.79.0
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
"react-native": Not Found
Android:
hermesEnabled: false
newArchEnabled: false
iOS:
hermesEnabled: Not found
newArchEnabled: Not found

[satya164]

Yea, seems codegen had some breaking changes and we need to make some changes to make it work.

[darapsas]

For those, who just want to start coding and don't care about 0.79.0 atm, use these commands when creating library:

# latest = 0.49.6
# the important part is to use reactNativeVersion parameter
# with the version you want to work with (in this example 0.78.2 - latest one that works)
npx create-react-native-library@latest --reactNativeVersion=0.78.2 rn-library
# only tested with Fabric view and Trubo module
cd rn-library
yarn
# or iOS
yarn example android

[satya164]

This looks like a bug rather than an intentional change in the codegen script. Related PR facebook/react-native#50645

[rlepinski]

Builder bob is no longer failing with 0.79.1:

> @ua/react-native-airship@24.0.0 prepare
> bob build

ℹ [module] Cleaning up previous build at lib/module
ℹ [typescript] Cleaning up previous build at lib/typescript
ℹ [codegen] Cleaning up previous iOS codegen native code at ios/generated
ℹ [codegen] Cleaning up previous Android codegen native code at android/generated
ℹ [typescript] Generating type definitions with tsc
ℹ [module] Compiling 27 files in src with babel
✔ [module] Wrote files to lib/module
✔ [typescript] Wrote definition files to lib/typescript
✔ [codegen] Generated native code with codegen

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  "devDependencies": {
    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.6.0",
    "@eslint/compat": "^1.2.7",
    "@eslint/eslintrc": "^3.3.0",
    "@eslint/js": "^9.22.0",
    "@react-native-community/cli": "18.0.0",
    "@react-native/eslint-config": "^0.79.1",
    "@types/jest": "^29.5.5",
    "@types/react": "^19.0.0",
    "commitlint": "^19.6.1",
    "del-cli": "^5.1.0",
    "eslint": "^9.22.0",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^10.1.1",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.2.3",
    "jest": "^29.7.0",
    "prettier": "^3.0.3",
    "react": "19.0.0",
    "react-native": "0.79.1",
    "react-native-builder-bob": "^0.40.5",
    "turbo": "^1.10.7",
    "typedoc": "^0.27.9",
    "typescript": "^5.2.2"
  }