[create-expo-module] Could not find method publishing()

[genesisxyz]

Summary

I am creating a new local module on a new Expo app with SDK 50.

I created the project with:

bun create expo-app --template tabs@50

And the module (default options) with:

npx create-expo-module --local

What platform(s) does this occur on?

Android

SDK Version

50.0.17

Environment

$ expo run:android
› Building app...
Configuration on demand is an incubating feature.

> Configure project :app
 ℹ️  Applying gradle plugin 'expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin' (expo-dev-launcher@3.6.9)

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Script '/Users/genesisxyz/dev/react-native/my-app/node_modules/expo-modules-core/android/ExpoModulesCorePlugin.gradle' line: 62

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':expo'.
> A problem occurred configuring project ':my-module'.
   > Could not find method publishing() for arguments [ExpoModulesCorePlugin_7snpjhp0a6e04yd23p5w5of3b$_run_closure2$_closure5$_closure7@276984e6] on project ':my-module' of type org.gradle.api.Project.

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BUILD FAILED in 8s
10 actionable tasks: 8 executed, 2 from cache
Error: /Users/genesisxyz/dev/react-native/my-app/android/gradlew exited with non-zero code: 1
Error: /Users/genesisxyz/dev/react-native/my-app/android/gradlew exited with non-zero code: 1
    at ChildProcess.completionListener (/Users/genesisxyz/dev/react-native/my-app/node_modules/@expo/spawn-async/build/spawnAsync.js:52:23)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:632:26)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:517:28)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1098:16)
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:303:5)
    ...
    at Object.spawnAsync [as default] (/Users/genesisxyz/dev/react-native/my-app/node_modules/@expo/spawn-async/build/spawnAsync.js:17:21)
    at spawnGradleAsync (/Users/genesisxyz/dev/react-native/my-app/node_modules/@expo/cli/build/src/start/platforms/android/gradle.js:72:46)
    at Object.assembleAsync (/Users/genesisxyz/dev/react-native/my-app/node_modules/@expo/cli/build/src/start/platforms/android/gradle.js:52:18)
    at runAndroidAsync (/Users/genesisxyz/dev/react-native/my-app/node_modules/@expo/cli/build/src/run/android/runAndroidAsync.js:36:24)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
error: script "android" exited with code 1

Minimal reproducible example

Make a new project with:

bun create expo-app --template tabs@50

Add expo-dev-client with:

npx expo install expo-dev-client 

npx expo prebuild

And make a new module (default options) with:

npx create-expo-module --local

Then compile for Android with:

bun android

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[adumat]

I fixed the problem temporarily by patching expo-modules-core/android/ExpoModulesCorePlugin.gradle, adding the following line to useExpoPublishing:

ext.useExpoPublishing = {
+  if (!project.plugins.hasPlugin('maven-publish')) {
+    apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+  }

  project.android {
    publishing {
      singleVariant("release") {
...........

[adumat]

i have another issue with ExpoModulesPackageList.java:

> Task :expo:compileDebugKotlin
w: file:///Users/matteo/Projects/sintesi-app-2/node_modules/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/ReactActivityDelegateWrapper.kt:139:50 No cast needed

> Task :expo:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
/Users/matteo/Projects/sintesi-app-2/node_modules/expo/android/build/generated/expo/src/main/java/expo/modules/ExpoModulesPackageList.java:46: error: cannot find symbol
      expo.modules.sintesiappgraphview.SintesiAppGraphViewModule.class
                                      ^
  symbol:   class SintesiAppGraphViewModule
  location: package expo.modules.sintesiappgraphview
1 error

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

i don't know if can be related with this.

[brentvatne]

hi there! this is fixed now in #28673 -- the problem is that the module being created was using the sdk 51 version of the module template.

[ljukas]

This still exists @brentvatne. But for me this happens when using non-local modules. In my monorepo that has a expo 50 sdk app I get the same error when building. "Cannot find publishing", it works when doing a local module

[DevDeyvidTav]

This is still happening to me. I'm using the following versions:

"expo": "~51.0.8",
"expo-av": "~14.0.5",
"expo-build-properties": "~0.12.1",
 "expo-constants": "~16.0.1",
"expo-linking": "~6.3.1",
"expo-router": "~3.5.14",
"expo-status-bar": "~1.12.1",

✖ Installing module dependencies
Error: npm install exited with non-zero code: 1
    at ChildProcess.completionListener (C:\Users\HASTJW\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\62900f925a4b91dc\node_modules\@expo\spawn-async\build\spawnAsync.js:42:23)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:628:26)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at cp.emit (C:\Users\HASTJW\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\62900f925a4b91dc\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:34:29)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1091:16)
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:302:5)
    ...
    at spawnAsync (C:\Users\HASTJW\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\62900f925a4b91dc\node_modules\@expo\spawn-async\build\spawnAsync.js:7:23)
    at installDependencies (C:\Users\HASTJW\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\62900f925a4b91dc\node_modules\create-expo-module\build\packageManager.js:9:37)
    at C:\Users\HASTJW\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\62900f925a4b91dc\node_modules\create-expo-module\build\create-expo-module.js:86:60  
    at newStep (C:\Users\HASTJW\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\62900f925a4b91dc\node_modules\create-expo-module\build\utils.js:21:22)     
    at Command.main (C:\Users\HASTJW\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\62900f925a4b91dc\node_modules\create-expo-module\build\create-expo-module.js:85:35) {
  pid: 9996,
  output: [ '', '' ],
  stdout: '',
  stderr: '',
  status: 1,
  signal: null
}