EAS build fails with gradlew Spawn ENONENT

[zegenerative]

Build/Submit details page URL

https://expo.dev/accounts/zegerdevos/projects/sugenda-front-end/builds/100f4b9f-6347-4362-a7d6-1b5411798538

Summary

When I run
eas build --platform android --profile development
it fails when I locally have already an android folder in my repo. when I delete this and run it again, the build will succeed.

BTW - your link to workflows (managed/bare) in this form has a 404

Managed or bare?

Managed

Environment

expo-env-info 1.2.2 environment info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 14.7.4
      Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 21.6.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.2/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.22.22 - /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
      npm: 10.2.4 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.2/bin/npm
      Watchman: 2025.03.10.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    Managers:
      CocoaPods: 1.15.2 - /usr/local/bin/pod
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: DriverKit 24.0, iOS 18.0, macOS 15.0, tvOS 18.0, visionOS 2.0, watchOS 11.0
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 2024.1 AI-241.18034.62.2412.12266719
      Xcode: 16.0/16A242d - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      expo: ~52.0.39 => 52.0.39
      expo-router: ~4.0.19 => 4.0.19
      react: 18.3.1 => 18.3.1
      react-dom: 18.3.1 => 18.3.1
      react-native: 0.76.7 => 0.76.7
      react-native-web: ~0.19.13 => 0.19.13
    npmGlobalPackages:
      eas-cli: 15.0.15
      expo-cli: 6.3.10
    Expo Workflow: managed

Error output

See link to build.

Build failed

ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/expo/workingdir/build/android/gradlew'

Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

see description

[AVATAR197]

I've been getting similar message, I tried many things but nothing helped with a fix. A week ago building a project worked without any issues. No changes in project setup.

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:20:04 GMT ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/expo/workingdir/build/android/gradlew'

[AVATAR197]

Root of the issue is that I was trying to import file that did not exist inside app.confg.ts file. Make sure all files that you import there are correct. It would also be appreciated if expo can show us better error in this case.

[Juanperezc]

Same error here

[anhltsefpt]

Same issue

[virajdoshi11]

Hi, did anyone figure out the issue? I tried @AVATAR197 suggestion but there are no files in my app.json/app.config.ts file that doesn't exist. @zegenerative Please let us know if you have figure out a solution.

[frogconn]

I found same issue like this.

In my solution check on .gitignore and find this

/android
/ios

remove this line and re-build with eas build --profile development --platform android --local then work.

[jaaywags]

Why are you guys posting screenshots of the errors? It makes it difficult for others to find this issue when searching google or github.

[FIX_GRADLEW] 
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/var/folders/w0/dpsjc0t96lg1x8l_qzp2gdqh0000gn/T/eas-build-local-nodejs/769eeaa2-0a78-4a3f-8827-378442e4375c/build/android/gradlew'

Build failed
Unknown error. See logs of the Fix gradlew build phase for more information.

gradlew builds succeed

./gradlew assembleRelease

Possibly realted to https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/issues/2866

This might be helpful for anyone looking into this issue reproduce the problem. This issue happens on this repo for me.

[jaaywags]

Okay I solved this for my case. @AVATAR197 pointed me in the right direction. I did not have any files in app.json that did not exist. But my specific case I migrated from a RN CLI project to expo. I had tried to delete any packages, files and folders I did not need. I think I missed one though. I deleted a .bundle folder and now my builds pass.

[NinjaAniket]

Thanks @frogconn removing ./android ./ios from gitignore fixed the issue

[Gokulkrishna-Raju]

But Still

npx expo-doctor@latest
env: load .env env: export EXPO_PUBLIC_API_BASE EXPO_PUBLIC_ANDROID_API_BASE EXPO_PUBLIC_SERVER_SCHEME EXPO_PUBLIC_ENV EXPO_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID 14/15 checks passed. 1 checks failed. Possible issues detected: Use the --verbose flag to see more details about passed checks.

✖ Check for app config fields that may not be synced in a non-CNG project This project contains native project folders but also has native configuration properties in app.json, indicating it is configured to use Prebuild. When the android/ios folders are present, EAS Build will not sync the following properties: scheme, orientation, icon, userInterfaceStyle, splash, notification, ios, android, plugins.

Advice: Add '/android' and '/ios' to your .gitignore file if you intend to use CNG / Prebuild. Learn more: https://docs.expo.dev/workflow/prebuild/#usage-with-eas-build

1 check failed, indicating possible issues with the project.

[SamarthSJ]

Tried by running expo-doctor

Still facing the same issue

[nicolasguzca]

Facing the same issue on a very old repo, creating a new codebase does not have the problem

[duykhanh0409]

Thanks @frogconn removing ./android ./ios from gitignore is fixed the issue for me

[alwi2022]

I found same issue like this.

In my solution check on .gitignore and find this

/android
/ios

remove this line and re-build with eas build --profile development --platform android --local then work.

thanks, this is very helpful

[RockyMM]

For me it helped to remove local /android folder and to run again.

This is definitely a change since eas-cli 15.x

[hbweb]

Thanks you all. By removing /android and /ios we got something else came up with expo-doctor check failed

✖ Check for app config fields that may not be synced in a non-CNG project This project contains native project folders but also has native configuration properties in app.json, indicating it is configured to use Prebuild. When the android/ios folders are present, EAS Build will not sync the following properties: orientation, icon, scheme, userInterfaceStyle, ios, android, plugins.

Advice: Add '/android' and '/ios' to your .gitignore file if you intend to use CNG / Prebuild. Learn more: https://docs.expo.dev/workflow/prebuild/#usage-with-eas-build

1 check failed, indicating possible issues with the project.

[daveteu]

I found same issue like this. In my solution check on .gitignore and find this

/android
/ios

remove this line and re-build with eas build --profile development --platform android --local then work.

thanks, this is very helpful

Strangely, removing android and ios folder from gitignore does fix this. Thank u.

[youssefsahri]

i add /ios and /android and ALSO .vscode

[anantkrsingh]

Check if you have added android/ ios/ into .gitignore, if added remove these lines from .gitignore, make sure you have ran npx expo prebuild

[naro-code-lab]

Thanks @frogconn removing ./android ./ios from gitignore fixed the issue

This worked for me!!