unable to build android with react native 0.71.1, got error `android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element `

[xiongemi]

What happened?

setup android test on a react native (version 0.71.1) app following the instructions. when building the android app regularly, it does not throw this error. ios test works fine as well. keep getting error:

android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <activity#androidx.test.core.app.InstrumentationActivityInvoker$BootstrapActivity>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.

What was the expected behaviour?

should not throw above error

Was it tested on latest Detox?

• [X] I have tested this issue on the latest Detox release and it still reproduces.

Did your test throw out a timeout?

• [X] I have followed the instructions under Identifying which synchronization mechanism causes us to wait too much.

Help us reproduce this issue!

No response

In what environment did this happen?

Detox version: 20.1.2 React Native version: 0.71.1 Has Fabric (React Native's new rendering system) enabled: (yes/no) Node version: 18.11.0 Device model: Android version: Test-runner (select one): jest

Detox logs

Detox logs

npx detox build --configuration android.emu.debug --loglevel trace
cd android ; ./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=debug ; cd -

> Task :app:processDebugAndroidTestManifest FAILED
/Users/emilyxiong/Code/tmp/reactNative711/android/app/build/intermediates/tmp/manifest/androidTest/debug/tempFile1ProcessTestManifest17853538679311875052.xml:27:9-33:20 Error:
        android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <activity#androidx.test.core.app.InstrumentationActivityInvoker$BootstrapActivity>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.
/Users/emilyxiong/Code/tmp/reactNative711/android/app/build/intermediates/tmp/manifest/androidTest/debug/tempFile1ProcessTestManifest17853538679311875052.xml:34:9-40:20 Error:
        android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <activity#androidx.test.core.app.InstrumentationActivityInvoker$EmptyActivity>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.
/Users/emilyxiong/Code/tmp/reactNative711/android/app/build/intermediates/tmp/manifest/androidTest/debug/tempFile1ProcessTestManifest17853538679311875052.xml:41:9-47:20 Error:
        android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <activity#androidx.test.core.app.InstrumentationActivityInvoker$EmptyFloatingActivity>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.

See http://g.co/androidstudio/manifest-merger for more information about the manifest merger.


FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

1: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugAndroidTestManifest'.
> Manifest merger failed with multiple errors, see logs

* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

2: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
java.lang.StackOverflowError (no error message)

* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 9s
37 actionable tasks: 6 executed, 31 up-to-date

Device logs

Device logs

npx detox build --configuration android.emu.debug --record-logs all
cd android ; ./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=debug ; cd -
Starting a Gradle Daemon, 1 stopped Daemon could not be reused, use --status for details

> Task :app:processDebugAndroidTestManifest FAILED
/Users/emilyxiong/Code/tmp/reactNative711/android/app/build/intermediates/tmp/manifest/androidTest/debug/tempFile1ProcessTestManifest12150465681108452725.xml:27:9-33:20 Error:
        android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <activity#androidx.test.core.app.InstrumentationActivityInvoker$BootstrapActivity>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.
/Users/emilyxiong/Code/tmp/reactNative711/android/app/build/intermediates/tmp/manifest/androidTest/debug/tempFile1ProcessTestManifest12150465681108452725.xml:34:9-40:20 Error:
        android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <activity#androidx.test.core.app.InstrumentationActivityInvoker$EmptyActivity>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.
/Users/emilyxiong/Code/tmp/reactNative711/android/app/build/intermediates/tmp/manifest/androidTest/debug/tempFile1ProcessTestManifest12150465681108452725.xml:41:9-47:20 Error:
        android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <activity#androidx.test.core.app.InstrumentationActivityInvoker$EmptyFloatingActivity>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.

See http://g.co/androidstudio/manifest-merger for more information about the manifest merger.


FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

1: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugAndroidTestManifest'.
> Manifest merger failed with multiple errors, see logs

* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

2: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
java.lang.StackOverflowError (no error message)

* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
==============================================================================

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 20s
38 actionable tasks: 3 executed, 35 up-to-date

More data, please!

No response

[noomorph]

Our only Android developer is on his vacation, so we can't help earlier than the next week, sorry.

[d4vidi]

I'm keeping this open but we largely expect this to be resolved via #3884.

[shadydealer]

I seem to be running into the same issue. I followed the guide from https://wix.github.io/Detox/docs/introduction/project-setup/#step-4-additional-android-configuration

What happened?

tried to build the android app with

detox build --configuration android.emu.debug

but got the following errors:

android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <activity#androidx.test.core.app.InstrumentationActivityInvoker$BootstrapActivity>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.
android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <activity#androidx.test.core.app.InstrumentationActivityInvoker$EmptyActivity>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.
android:exported needs to be explicitly specified for element <activity#androidx.test.core.app.InstrumentationActivityInvoker$EmptyFloatingActivity>. Apps targeting Android 12 and higher are required to specify an explicit value for `android:exported` when the corresponding component has an intent filter defined. See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element#exported for details.

Was it tested on latest Detox?

Yes, I have tested this issue on the latest Detox release and it still reproduces.

In what environment did this happen?

Detox version: 20.1.5 React Native version: 0.70.7 (tried 0.70.0 as well) Has Fabric (React Native's new rendering system) enabled: (yes/no) Node version: v19.3.0 Device model: Android version: Test-runner (select one): jest

[d4vidi]

The error is very likely not related to Detox. Try this reference. Also, mind the current issues with Android 12 and 13 (SDK 32, 33): #3762

[PayamRF]

I have the same problem. The main project that I am working on, is a react native library. There is a demo app inside this library and I added detox to that demo app. This error (android:exported needs to...) shows a location from the library, which has no activity (or services, etc...) that needs android:exported. If I remove the library dependency, Then the demo app itself has no problem with detox and the build is successful.

[bitdriftr]

This is caused by android.test:core < v1.4.0.

Adding this to android/app/build.gradle fixes for me :

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy {
        force 'androidx.test:core:1.5.0'
    }
}

[professorkolik]

Another way of solving that is to find out the package activity name causing that and overwriting it in your own AndroidManifest.xml i.e.

<activity
          android:name="com.surveymonkey.surveymonkeyandroidsdk.SMFeedbackActivity"
          android:exported="false"
          tools:replace="exported"
      />

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[d4vidi]

This is caused by android.test:core < v1.4.0.

Adding this to android/app/build.gradle fixes for me :

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy {
        force 'androidx.test:core:1.5.0'
    }
}

@arcln That's a great find 💪🏻 Please try to see whether this can be removed with Detox 20.9.0

[d4vidi]

@arcln ping

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[Wahsner]

This is still an issue 20.11.1

edit: I cannot see it stated I the original description, however we had Fabric and the new RN Arch enabled. We disabled it and for us this issue then stopped.

[krini]

A workaround for me was to add this to app/build.gradle

    androidTestImplementation "androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3"
    androidTestImplementation "androidx.fragment:fragment-testing:1.4.1"
    androidTestImplementation "androidx.test:core:1.4.0"

[d4vidi]

A workaround for me was to add this to app/build.gradle

    androidTestImplementation "androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3"
    androidTestImplementation "androidx.fragment:fragment-testing:1.4.1"
    androidTestImplementation "androidx.test:core:1.4.0"

@krini have you tried the latest Detox version? As I mentioned, this should have been fixed in Detox 20.9.x (i.e. by bumping Detox to take androidx.test:core:1.5.0).

[krini]

A workaround for me was to add this to app/build.gradle

    androidTestImplementation "androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3"
    androidTestImplementation "androidx.fragment:fragment-testing:1.4.1"
    androidTestImplementation "androidx.test:core:1.4.0"

@krini have you tried the latest Detox version? As I mentioned, this should have been fixed in Detox 20.9.x (i.e. by bumping Detox to take androidx.test:core:1.5.0).

You are right. It seems to work. I did actually update detox to version 20.11.4, but maybe it was in the wrong order. I removed the packages again and it still builds.

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[phoet]

reactivating a stale detox installation, i ran into this error. i walked through the setup-guides and checked everything was in place. looks like there were some changes in the meantime:

diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index d5b67d7a4..1ed7f5d4c 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ android {
         versionCode 55
         versionName "5.1.0"
         missingDimensionStrategy "store", "play"
+        testBuildType System.getProperty('testBuildType', 'debug')
+        testInstrumentationRunner 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
     }
     signingConfigs {
         debug {
@@ -112,9 +114,7 @@ proguardFile "${rootProject.projectDir}/../node_modules/detox/android/detox/prog
 }

 dependencies {
-    androidTestImplementation('com.wix:detox:+') {
-        exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
-    }
+    androidTestImplementation('com.wix:detox:+')
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
     implementation "com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:9.1.0"

It compiles given those changes.

[d4vidi]

Closing this in favor of more recent upgrades (RN72 in Detox 20.17.0, RN73 in 20.18.1) Please report whichever issues accordingly 🙏 Sorry for the hassle, but it helps managing things more clearly