@react-native-community/cli-platform-android Build Failed: The current character read is 'i' with an int value of 105

[ablack34]

I was building, running and demoing my app at 11:30am this morning using npx react-native run-android, I made a PR and merged my branch into Dev an hour later. The build failed with the error below. I thought this was odd so in my local I deleted node_modules and package-lock.json, ran cd android && ./gradlew clean, then cd.. and npx react-native run-android. My local started producing this same error. I have no idea what could have changed or what would have caused this.

I have been googling and trying different solutions with no success and a deadline looming. Can anybody help guide me to a solution please? TIA!

Environment

react-native info

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.22621
    CPU: (8) x64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1185G7 @ 3.00GHz
    Memory: 10.99 GB / 31.85 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.18.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    Yarn: 1.22.19 - ~\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD
    npm: 8.19.2 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
    Watchman: Not Found
  SDKs:
    Android SDK: Not Found
    Windows SDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: Not Found
    Visual Studio: 17.5.33627.172 (Visual Studio Enterprise 2022)
  Languages:
    Java: 11.0.16.1
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 18.1.0 => 18.1.0
    react-native: 0.70.7 => 0.70.7
    react-native-windows: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

**react-native --version**

react-native-cli: 2.0.1
react-native: 0.70.7

Description

npx react-native run-android

warn Package react-native-sqlite-storage contains invalid configuration: "dependency.platforms.ios.project" is not allowed. Please verify it's properly linked using "react-native config" command and contact the package maintainers about this.
info Starting JS server...
info Launching emulator...
info Successfully launched emulator.
info Installing the app...

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Script 'C:\Users\Public\xyz\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\native_modules.gradle' line: 450

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating script.
> Calling `[node, C:\Users\Public\xyz\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli\build\bin.js, config]` finished with an exception. Error message: groovy.json.JsonException: Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object

 The current character read is 'i' with an int value of 105
 Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object
 line number 1
 index number 0
 info Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
 ^. Output: info Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.

* 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 7s

error Failed to install the app. Make sure you have the Android development environment set up: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup.
Error: Command failed: gradlew.bat app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Script 'C:\Users\Public\xyz\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\native_modules.gradle' line: 450

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating script.
> Calling `[node, C:\Users\Public\xyz\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli\build\bin.js, config]` finished with an exception. Error message: groovy.json.JsonException: Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object

 The current character read is 'i' with an int value of 105
 Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object
 line number 1
 index number 0
 info Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
 ^. Output: info Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.

* 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 7s

   at makeError (C:\Users\Public\xyz\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\node_modules\execa\index.js:174:9)
   at C:\Users\Public\xyz\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\node_modules\execa\index.js:278:16
   at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
   at async runOnAllDevices (C:\Users\Public\xyz\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\build\commands\runAndroid\runOnAllDevices.js:109:5)
   at async Command.handleAction (C:\Users\Public\xyz\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli\build\index.js:142:9)
info Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
   

[ablack34]

FYI this StackOverflow is very similar to my issue but it is nearly 4 years old so may vary slightly. I have tried following it but if anyone can help explain or point me to more possible solutions that would be great.

[Ritorna]

i'm experiencing the same issue since upgrading a dependency. I've also tried a clean install, downgrading the dependencies, further upgrading them but i can't the app running. (Can also confirm this on various apps)

[ablack34]

When did this error start for you? I've tried rolling back to previous commits and re-cloning to an earlier version of the app I'm still facing the same error.

Could you talk me through you clean install process please?

[Ritorna]

It seems like this issue is related with the latest cli release which came with the release of react native 0.72 yesterday. Problems occurred since then for me.
I did a gradlew clean, deleted node modules and deleted the android build folder.

[ttshivhula]

I am also facing this issue with no solution

[jlora-mck]

Im also facing the same issue... is there any fix yet for this ? Thanks

[OFD16]

me to. Suddenly this error appeared.

[jlora-mck]

Guys i have found a workaround, we changed 3 things

• Node version => 19.6.1
• NPM version => 9.4.0
• We were using Yarn, started using NPM again and started working!
  Not sure if this can help you guys but it worked for us!

[VEmpink]

same issue here, it only works when I do delete node_modules and yarn install again but the error will appear again if I run the second build (yarn react-native run-android), which means I must delete node_modules and yarn install again every single time I want to develop/build the app. I found this issue when i add react-native-cameraroll

I've already tried it on my both device which is Windows 11 and MacOS Ventura 13.3.1 and the issue is still the same

[dr1verrr]

Same. Impossible. Changed so many versions. It is everywhere, it does not depend on packages that you have at all.

[VEmpink]

same issue here, it only works when I do delete node_modules and yarn install again but the error will appear again if I run the second build (yarn react-native run-android), which means I must delete node_modules and yarn install again every single time I want to develop/build the app. I found this issue when i add react-native-cameraroll

I've already tried it on my both device which is Windows 11 and MacOS Ventura 13.3.1 and the issue is still the same

Already fixed here

[ablack34]

I don't understand how or why, but I removed "react-native-image-picker": "^5.0.1" and it started to build again.

How got to removing this package:

• I ran the command "npx.cmd --quiet react-native config" based on this StackOverflow

I wasn't returning JSON.

• I think I removed 2 lines in Gradle files from this StackOverflow

And that revealedan error that there was something missing in the AndroidManifest.xml of the react-native-image-picker package.
I wasn't using this package as it was an artifact from a previous phase so was just able to remove it.

• Then delete node_modules and run npm install again.

I don't understand why this happened, it was done through ALOT of trial and error but it worked. Hope this helps someone

[dr1verrr]

I don't understand how or why, but I removed "react-native-image-picker": "^5.0.1" and it started to build again.

How got to removing this package:

• I ran the command "npx.cmd --quiet react-native config" based on this StackOverflow

I wasn't returning JSON.

• I think I removed 2 lines in Gradle files from this StackOverflow

And that revealedan error that there was something missing in the AndroidManifest.xml of the react-native-image-picker package. I wasn't using this package as it was an artifact from a previous phase so was just able to remove it.

• Then delete node_modules and run npm install again.

I don't understand why this happened, it was done through ALOT of trial and error but it worked. Hope this helps someone

Yeah and then try to build again. It will fail

[dr1verrr]

same issue here, it only works when I do delete node_modules and yarn install again but the error will appear again if I run the second build (yarn react-native run-android), which means I must delete node_modules and yarn install again every single time I want to develop/build the app. I found this issue when i add react-native-cameraroll
I've already tried it on my both device which is Windows 11 and MacOS Ventura 13.3.1 and the issue is still the same

Already fixed here

So how it fixed ?