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@dynatrace/react-native-plugin fails on Android after upgrade to Expo 55

hnggrs — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:45:36 GMT

Hi,

we have updated our Expo project to SDK 55, which is now using Gradle 9.0.0 instead of 8.14.3 for Android builds.

With that our android builds are failing with the following errors:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Script '<redacted>/node_modules/@dynatrace/react-native-plugin/files/plugin-runtime.gradle' line: 7

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeReleaseAssets'.
> Could not find method exec() for arguments [plugin_runtime_35t1c0y1jua3q16b3tb5ka2j4$_run_closure1$_closure2$_closure3$_closure4@7e601b89] on task ':app:mergeReleaseAssets' of type com.android.build.gradle.tasks.MergeSourceSetFolders.

We are using version 2.333.1, which is depending on Gradle 9 compatible Android Gradle Plugin version 8.333.1.1106.

Anything we are missing to get our builds running with Expo 55 / Gradle 9?

Re: @dynatrace/react-native-plugin fails on Android after upgrade to Expo 55

matthias_hochri — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:47:51 GMT

Thanks for bringing this up. I would recommend to open a support case. We acknowledge the issue and are working on a solution for you. Gradle 9 breaks one of our internal tasks.

EDIT: Internally fixed this already and will provide update ASAP.

Re: @dynatrace/react-native-plugin fails on Android after upgrade to Expo 55

smrbyrk — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:17:10 GMT

Is it fixed? I am still having issues running it with expo 55, web+mobile monorepo with nx

Re: @dynatrace/react-native-plugin fails on Android after upgrade to Expo 55

matthias_hochri — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:02:30 GMT

Hey, this fix will be available with 2.337.1. It will be released most likely this week.