Rive is not working in Expo SDK 54

[MarroosSK]

Hello,

after creating new expo react native project with SDK 54, RN 0.81 my project is not launching. I have finished 1 app about 2 weeks ago with SDK 53 RN 0.73 and Rive worked so i guess issue is related to new SDK/ RN versions? Thank you

Description

i have done following steps:

• npx create-expo-app@latest .
• npm i expo-custom-assets (created /src/resources where i did put my .riv file)
• npx expo prebuild
• npx expo run:android (crash happens here)

Device & Versions

• Device: Android device through USB
• Versions Expo 54.0.8, RN 0.81.4, Rive ^9.6.0

Additional context

console throws at me this:

Task :rive-react-native:compileDebugKotlin FAILED
e: file:///home/marroos/expo-apps/lieky-app/node_modules/rive-react-native/android/src/main/java/com/rivereactnative/RiveReactNativeView.kt:809:36 Argument type mismatch: actual type is 'String?', but 'String' was expected.
e: file:///home/marroos/expo-apps/lieky-app/node_modules/rive-react-native/android/src/main/java/com/rivereactnative/RiveReactNativeViewManager.kt:17:12 Return type mismatch: expected 'MutableMap<String, Map<String, String>>?', actual 'Map<String, Map<String, String>>'.

[rhinck]

I am experiencing the same issue, it worked fine on Expo SDK 53, but this error is only thrown on Android on Expo SDK 54.

[bob-steffen]

Same issue here

[Hanro50]

Can't create an Android build on Expo SDK 54 due to this.

[bsmayer]

I posted a temporary fix here until the official PR is merged:

#350 (comment)

[HayesGordon]

The linked PR has now been merged, and should be fixed in v9.6.1