[FIX] fix(android): load inspector libraries on initialization

[raghav-reglobe]

🔧 Fix Android UnsatisfiedLinkError for DevTools on RN 0.80+

Summary

Problem
Opening the DevTools network-inspector on Android crashes with
UnsatisfiedLinkError: ...InspectorNetworkRequestListener.onHeaders(...)
when the app is built with React Native 0.80 or later.

Root cause
RN 0.80 stopped pre-loading libreactnativejni.so, which contains the
InspectorNetworkRequestListener JNI stubs.
Re.Pack initialises its ScriptManagerModule before RN has loaded the library.

Fix
Call SoLoader.loadLibrary("reactnativejni") once during
ScriptManagerModule initialisation, guarded by BuildConfig.DEBUG so it
runs only in debug builds.

Implementation details

• Added ensureInspectorLoaded() in ScriptManagerModule.
• Guarded with a @Volatile flag to ensure the load happens exactly once.
• No impact on release APKs (code path is skipped).

Test plan

Preconditions

• Android device/emulator.
• App built with RN 0.80+ and this patch applied.

Steps

1. Launch the app.
2. Open the dev menu (⌘ M / Ctrl M or shake).
3. Press j in the terminal to open the JS debugger.

Expected

• App remains running.
• A Chrome tab opens and successfully attaches to the JS runtime.

Before this fix

• The app crashed immediately with the UnsatisfiedLinkError.

Changelog

• Android: Fix crash when opening DevTools on RN 0.80 + by lazily loading libreactnativejni.so.

Checklist

• Ran on a physical device
• Verified debug build still strips inspector code in release
• Added a unit test (N/A – runtime linker issue)

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[jbroma]

@raghav-reglobe I've reviewed the PR and our DevTools integration and found that these changes are not needed. In principle, ScriptManager module should not have any dependency / reliance on the DevTools integration, so the changes in this PR are not fixing the root cause.

I've made necessary fixes for RN 80 compatibility in #1227 and got the DevTools working for all of the testers in the monorepo.

Sorry for the delayed response, and thank you for your time & contribution nonetheless. I'll close this PR since it's not needed anymore, but please do not feel discouraged from submitting another contributions in the future!

[raghav-reglobe]

Thanks