Running into issues compiling for Android with React-Native 0.73.4

[kgunderman]

The app builds fine with React-Native 0.71, and for 0.73.4 when apptentive-react-native is not a dependency. However whenever I add apptentive-react-native as a dependency to my 0.73.4 project the build fails:

My android/build.grade:

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "34.0.0"
        RNNKotlinVersion = "1.8.0"
        RNNKotlinStdlib = "kotlin-stdlib-jdk8"
        minSdkVersion = 21
        compileSdkVersion = 34
        targetSdkVersion = 34
        supportVersion = "29.0.2"
        facebookSdkVersion = "11.3.0"

        ndkVersion = "25.1.8937393"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenLocal()
        mavenCentral()
        gradlePluginPortal()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath "com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin"
        classpath "de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:4.1.2"
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$RNNKotlinVersion"
        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle")
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.14'
        classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:2.5.2'
        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin")
    }
    def credentialsProps = new Properties()
    if (file("$rootDir/app/credentials.properties").exists()) {
        file("$rootDir/app/credentials.properties").withInputStream { credentialsProps.load(it) }
    }
    ext.credentialsProps = credentialsProps
}

apply plugin: "com.facebook.react.rootproject"

[kgunderman]

Looks like the issue was twofold for me.

First - I used patch-package and removed the hasConstants override located at: node_modules/apptentive-react-native/android/src/main/java/com/apptentive/android/sdk/reactlibrary/ApptentiveModu Le.kt:359:3

This resolved the issue described in the first screenshot

node_modules/apptentive-react-native/android/src/main/java/com/apptentive/android/sdk/reactlibrary/ApptentiveModu
Le.kt:359:3 'hasConstants' overrides nothing

Second - It looks like the apptentive library is using lifecycle-viewmodel:2.3.1, and this was causing conflicting dependencies in my project that are using lifecycle-viewmodel:2.5.1.

I was able to resolve this conflict by adding:

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
        // apptentive-react-native 6.7.0 is using viewmodel 2.3.1 which is incompatible with lifecycle 2.5.1
        // this is a temp workaround until apptentive updates their library
        if (details.requested.group == 'androidx.lifecycle') {
            if (details.requested.name.startsWith('lifecycle-viewmodel')) {
                details.useVersion '2.5.1'
            }
        }
    }
}

to my app/build.gradle file

[borysenko-oleksandr]

We have the same issues. I hope the owners will fix it soon

[wilsolutions]

Thanks, it solved the hasContants issue, good catch!
Now, I'm facing a crash issue when I call the engage method, it results into:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: com.google.android.material.dialog.MaterialAlertDialogBuilder requires a value for the com.debugapp.v3:attr/colorSurface attribute to be set in your app theme. You can either set the attribute in your theme or update your theme to inherit from Theme.MaterialComponents (or a descendant).

Have anyone faced this issue? How did u address it?
I have added the colorSurface to the styles.xml but it didn't fix the issue, I'm tracking this issue in another ticket:
#262