0.75-rc.3: autolink should handle failures in `rnc/cli config`

[mfazekas]

Description

My yarn installation went wrong for some reason and executable permission was missing from rn-cli. Now it's fair that build failed, but it was failing in a cryptic way. Especially since the command mentioned in error message - react-native config was working fine.

Execution failed for task ':app:generateAutolinkingPackageList'.
> RNGP - Autolinking: Could not find project.android.packageName in react-native config output! Could not autolink packages without this field.

What's wasn't working and was invoked by gradle is npx @react-native-community/cli config

npx @react-native-community/cli config
sh: /private/tmp/TestAL/rn-075-autolink/ReproducerApp/node_modules/.bin/rnc-cli: Permission denied

Also the failure of the commend itself is not printed to grade and an empty autolink.json got created

ls -al build/generated/autolinking/autolinking.json
-rw-r--r--@ 1 boga  wheel  0 Jul  6 13:45 build/generated/autolinking/autolinking.json

Code should be logging failure of command and remove output file in such case.

react-native/packages/gradle-plugin/settings-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactSettingsExtension.kt

Lines 49 to 56 in 8c8c77b

	if (lockFilesChanged || outputFile.exists().not() || outputFile.length() != 0L) {
	ProcessBuilder(command)
	.directory(workingDirectory)
	.redirectOutput(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.to(outputFile))
	.redirectError(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.INHERIT)
	.start()
	.waitFor(5, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
	}

Something simple could be added to then end:

      val process = ProcessBuilder(command)
          .directory(workingDirectory)
          .redirectOutput(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.to(outputFile))
          .redirectError(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.INHERIT)
          .start()
      val finished = process
          .waitFor(5, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
      if (!finished) {
        Logging.getLogger("ReactSettingsExtension").error("Process ${command} exited with error code ${process.exitValue()}")
        throw GradleException("Process ${command} timed out")
      } else if (process.exitValue() != 0) {
        outputFile.delete()
        Logging.getLogger("ReactSettingsExtension").error("Process ${command} exited with error code ${process.exitValue()}")
        throw GradleException("Process ${command} exited with error code ${process.exitValue()}")
      }

Steps to reproduce

git clone https://github.com/mfazekas/rn-075-autolink
cd ReproducerApp
yarn install
chmod -x node_modules/.bin/rnc-cli 
cd android
./gradlew assembleDebug

React Native Version

0.75.0-rc.3

Affected Platforms

Runtime - Android, Build - MacOS

Areas

Codegen

Output of npx react-native info

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: macOS 14.5
  CPU: (12) arm64 Apple M2 Max
  Memory: 66.97 MB / 32.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 18.20.2
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.20.2/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 3.6.4
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.20.2/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.5.0
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.20.2/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2024.05.06.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods:
    version: 1.14.2
    path: /Users/boga/.rbenv/shims/pod
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 23.5
      - iOS 17.5
      - macOS 14.5
      - tvOS 17.5
      - visionOS 1.2
      - watchOS 10.5
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 2024.1 AI-241.15989.150.2411.11948838
  Xcode:
    version: 15.4/15F31d
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 20.0.1
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 2.7.8
    path: /Users/boga/.rbenv/shims/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react: Not Found
  react-native: Not Found
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: false

### Stacktrace or Logs

```text
Execution failed for task ':app:generateAutolinkingPackageList'.
> RNGP - Autolinking: Could not find project.android.packageName in react-native config output! Could not autolink packages without this field.

android % npx react-native config
{
"root": "/private/tmp/TestAL/rn-075-autolink/ReproducerApp",
"reactNativePath": "/private/tmp/TestAL/rn-075-autolink/ReproducerApp/node_modules/react-native",
"reactNativeVersion": "0.75",
...
}

Reproducer

https://github.com/mfazekas/rn-075-autolink

Screenshots and Videos

No response

[cortinico]

Something simple could be added to then end:

Sounds great to me 👍 Could you send this as a PR @mfazekas and ping me there?

[mfazekas]

@cortinico PR #45333 added