Fix for older react-native (< 0.63) - react-native

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The fix above only works on gradle 6.2 and higher. Older react-native used older gradle.
You may determine your gradle version by looking in your /android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties file.
If you are on an older version of react-native (for example 0.63 or earlier) that uses gradle version 6.1 or below, you must use a different workaround as gradle 6.1 does not support exclusiveContent.
Add this in the allprojects area of your android/build.gradle file.
def REACT_NATIVE_VERSION = new File(['node', '--print',"JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync(require.resolve('react-native/package.json'), 'utf-8')).version"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim())
allprojects {
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy {
// Remove this override in 0.65+, as a proper fix is included in react-native itself.
force "com.facebook.react:react-native:" + REACT_NATIVE_VERSION
}
}
Instead of using exclusiveContent, the hotfix must force the version of React Native. The recommended hotfix shells out to node to read your current version of react-native. If you hard code the version of react-native, when you upgrade your project in the future, your build will fail if you forget to remove this hotfix.
Note that this fix is fragile as the location of your package.json could be different if you are in a monorepo, and node might not be available if you use a node package manager like nvm.
fix issue when use react-native < 0.63