error upgrading Gradle from 8.3 to 8.13 #54020
Description
Issue
MacOS Build failure
Versions
Gradle Plugin 0.73.4
React Native 0.73.5
Error
I faced these errors after upgrading Gradle from 8.3 to 8.13 via AGP.
Failed to install the app. Command failed with exit code 1: ./gradlew app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081
e: file:/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts:10:49: Unresolved reference: serviceOf
e: file:/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts:54:11: Unresolved reference: serviceOf FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* Where:
Build file '/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts' line: 10
* What went wrong:
Script compilation errors: Line 10: import org.gradle.configurationcache.extensions.serviceOf ^ Unresolved reference: serviceOf Line 54: serviceOf<ModuleRegistry>() ^ Unresolved reference: serviceOf 2 errors
Resolution
The following patch was applied to @react-native/[email protected].
diff --git a/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/buildOutputCleanup.lock b/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/buildOutputCleanup.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d99c5e
Binary files /dev/null and b/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/buildOutputCleanup.lock differ
diff --git a/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/cache.properties b/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/cache.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e13de93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/cache.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#Wed Oct 01 18:09:45 EDT 2025
+gradle.version=8.13
diff --git a/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 9346508..f80abc4 100644
--- a/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
import org.gradle.api.internal.classpath.ModuleRegistry
import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
-import org.gradle.configurationcache.extensions.serviceOf
import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
plugins {
@@ -49,13 +48,6 @@ dependencies {
testImplementation(libs.junit)
- testRuntimeOnly(
- files(
- serviceOf<ModuleRegistry>()
- .getModule("gradle-tooling-api-builders")
- .classpath
- .asFiles
- .first()))
}
// We intentionally don't build for Java 17 as users will see a cryptic bytecode versionSystem:
OS: macOS 15.6.1
CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M4
Memory: 180.14 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell:
version: "5.9"
path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node:
version: 24.8.0
path: /opt/homebrew/bin/node
Yarn:
version: 1.22.22
path: /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
npm:
version: 10.9.4
path: ~/Synchronic-/node_modules/.bin/npm
Watchman:
version: 2025.09.15.00
path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods:
version: 1.16.2
path: /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms:
- DriverKit 24.5
- iOS 18.5
- macOS 15.5
- tvOS 18.5
- visionOS 2.5
- watchOS 11.5
Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2025.1 AI-251.26094.121.2513.14007798
Xcode:
version: 16.4/16F6
path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java:
version: 21.0.7
path: /usr/bin/javac
Ruby:
version: 2.6.10
path: /usr/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
"@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
react:
installed: 18.2.0
wanted: 18.2.0
react-native:
installed: 0.73.5
wanted: 0.73.5
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
"*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
hermesEnabled: true
newArchEnabled: false
iOS:
hermesEnabled: true
newArchEnabled: false