Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugNativeLibs'. in react native

Question

I installed react-native-pdf and now when I run "npx react-native run-android", it fails with the following:

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugNativeLibs'.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade
   > More than one file was found with OS independent path 'lib/x86/libc++_shared.so'

Can anyone help me use the package react-native-pdf?

score 59 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 29 '20 at 09:06

59

I had the same issue and i resolved it by adding the following to android/app/build.gradle

android {

packagingOptions {
    pickFirst 'lib/x86/libc++_shared.so'
    pickFirst 'lib/x86_64/libc++_shared.so'
    pickFirst 'lib/armeabi-v7a/libc++_shared.so'
    pickFirst 'lib/arm64-v8a/libc++_shared.so'
}

/** rest of your code here **/

}

answered Sep 29 '20 at 09:06

Edward Tshifaro

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does anyone know why do we need to do this? i really dont like gradle tool, there is no explanation... – cs guy Feb 16 '21 at 18:14
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Gives the impression that including the react native pdf reader library somehow introduces other versions of these files and you're telling the compiler which ones to look at or something? – evesnight May 05 '21 at 15:54
This feels like a hack... – Electric Coffee Dec 06 '22 at 09:31

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 06 '22 at 03:55

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add this to your app/build.gradle

android {
   // yout existing code
   packagingOptions {
        pickFirst '**/libc++_shared.so'
        pickFirst '**/libfbjni.so'
    }
}

answered Nov 06 '22 at 03:55

Hayder Espinoza

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It worked for me – Tareq Islam Sep 02 '23 at 18:33

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 25 '21 at 16:51

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Open the project in Android Studio android and clean the project Build -> Clean Project

answered Mar 25 '21 at 16:51

Preetam

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Thanks.. it was just a stale environment. Running flutter -clean worked. – batthis Jun 12 '21 at 16:48

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 18 '21 at 17:57

Add this code to "/android/app/build.gradle"

android {
  packagingOptions {
      pickFirst 'lib/x86/libc++_shared.so'
      pickFirst 'lib/x86_64/libc++_shared.so'
      pickFirst 'lib/armeabi-v7a/libc++_shared.so'
      pickFirst 'lib/arm64-v8a/libc++_shared.so'
  }
  /** .... **/
}

So run this on the terminal

$ cd android/
$ ./gradlew cleanBuildCache
$ cd ..
$ sudo npx react-native run-android

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 28 '22 at 13:58

0

For us, it was caused by react-native-pdf.

So either, eject the project and update build.gradle same as other answers say or, get rid of it if not used or you may replace it with rn-pdf-reader-js

answered Jun 28 '22 at 13:58

Abdulrahman Hashem

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Which solution did you go with? Had you updated your Gradle file if yes? what changes were needed exactly? – Mudit Gulgulia Sep 22 '22 at 16:46
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We used `rn-pdf-reader-js`. It's much more better – Abdulrahman Hashem Sep 22 '22 at 16:57
`rn-pdf-reader-js` is only available for expo projects; if you're running a CRA build you can't use it it seems – Electric Coffee Dec 06 '22 at 09:31

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 06 '23 at 19:48

0

For me its gradle cache issue, I fixed it by running running the following command in the project's root directory:

cd android

and after

./gradlew clean

answered Aug 06 '23 at 19:48

DineshMsd

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score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 09 '21 at 08:45

i changed minSdkVersion to 21 in "android/app/build.gradle".

defaultConfig {
        // TODO: Specify your own unique Application ID (https://developer.android.com/studio/build/application-id.html).
        applicationId "com.example.custom_epub_view"
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
        versionName flutterVersionName
    }

score -1 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 24 '22 at 15:42

android build.gradle file under allprojects add following

allprojects {
   configurations.all {
   resolutionStrategy {
   force 'com.facebook.react:react-native:0.65.2' //select Version you used
   }
}

https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/35215#issuecomment-1304878829

Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugNativeLibs'. in react native

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