Manifest merger failed due to incompatible minSdkVersion assembleDebug for detox

[RemyNtshaykolo]

Hi there,

I'm encountering an issue when trying to build my project for detox using the command ./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=debug. The build process fails with the following error:

Execution failed for task ‘:rive-react-native:processDebugAndroidTestManifest’.

	Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 21 cannot be smaller than version 23 declared in library [com.facebook.react:react-android:0.74.5] /Users/hidden_path/.gradle/caches/8.8/transforms/4cdf2579b3c60d835b578bdaa2429cde/transformed/jetified-react-android-0.74.5-debug/AndroidManifest.xml as the library might be using APIs not available in 21
Suggestion: use a compatible library with a minSdk of at most 21,
or increase this project’s minSdk version to at least 23,
or use tools:overrideLibrary=“com.facebook.react” to force usage (may lead to runtime failures)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Run the command: ./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=debug.
2. Observe the error regarding minSdkVersion.

Expected Behavior:

The build should complete successfully without any manifest merger errors.

Actual Behavior:

The build fails due to a conflict in minSdkVersion between the project and the react-android library.

Possible Solutions:

• Update the project's minSdkVersion to at least 23 in the build.gradle file.
• Use a compatible library with a minSdkVersion of at most 21.
• Use tools:overrideLibrary="com.facebook.react" in the manifest, but this may lead to runtime failures.

Environment:

• React Native version: 0.74.5

[RemyNtshaykolo]

Hi there.
I find a hack to prevent the error from happening by excludeing the rive related tasks.

./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=debug -x rive-react-native:processDebugAndroidTestManifest -x rive-react-native:processDebugAndroidTestResources -x rive-react-native:mergeDebugAndroidTestNativeLibs -x rive-react-native:packageDebugAndroidTest"

With that command I can successfully build the my androidTest.apk file and run my detox tests smoothly.

[aecorredor]

We ran into this exact problem, but only locally in some dev machines. In Expo EAS we haven't seen this error.