Why doesnt my @react-native-community\cli-platform-android package contain a native_modules.gradle file

[haydenrust1]

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Hello!
I have tried installing the @react-native-community\cli and the @react-native-community\cli-platform-android separately for testing this problem, and neither packages contain a native_modules.gradle file within the root directory of cli-platform-android. Am I doing something wrong? Why isnt it there? I need it for my android build! Thank you

[atif089]

Are you using Node v20? Upgrading to v22 and nuking node_modules and android directory followed by a npm i fixed this for me.

[lulu-dev11]

Manually creating it in node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android works

import org.gradle.initialization.DefaultSettings

ext.applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle = { DefaultSettings defaultSettings ->
  logger.warn("\nDEPRECATION WARNING: The 'applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle' function is deprecated. Autolinking logic has moved to React Native Gradle Plugin. Please follow the upgrade instructions at: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/.\n")
}

ext.applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle = { Project project ->
  logger.warn("\nDEPRECATION WARNING: The 'applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle' function is deprecated. Autolinking logic has moved to React Native Gradle Plugin. Please follow the upgrade instructions at: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/.\n")
}

[Embraser01]

After looking a bit, in #2547, the native_modules.gradle was removed from the file property in package.json which means it's not included in the npm build anymore.

Same applies for ios native module file changed in the PR

[kyma]

what should we do to fix this error then? the file no longer exists

[thymikee]

The native logic for autolinking moved to the core react native in 0.75. Check the upgrade helper: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.74.0&to=0.75.1 and follow the changes please