Package is not a valid resource name

[crispywong]

Having following issue when running command ./gradlew :app:assembleprodRelease with enableHermes: true. package.json is generated under folder android/app/build/generated/res/react/release/raw/ after execute command

Execution failed for task ':app:mergeProdReleaseResources'.
> 
android/app/build/generated/res/react/prod/release/raw/package.json: Error: package is not a valid resource name (reserved Java keyword)

There are 2 product flavors (stag and prod) for the project. Using below dependencies:
package.json

"react-native": "^0.60.3",
"react-native-fbsdk": "1.0.0-rc.5"

Below is the hermes dependency added in android/app/build.gradle

dependencies {
    if (enableHermes) {
      def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermesvm/android/";
      debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
      releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
      stagImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
      prodImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
    } else {
      implementation jscFlavor
    }
}

Same error when running command react-native run-android --variant prodRelease --appId <appId> --main-activity MainActivity

Even clean android/build folder using command ./gradlew :app:clean, issue still persist. Is there any other way to fix this error?

Any help would be very appreciated.

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[crispywong]

Finally found this which is same as my problem. After remove package.json from import, this issue is solved. I will close this issue.

[reime005]

facebook/metro#420 fixed it for me

[ghost]

Finally found this which is same as my problem. After remove package.json from import, this issue is solved. I will close this issue.

Where do you remove it

[crispywong]

Don't import package.json inside your app. Try to check if any file is having import ... from package.json

[sbvorpagel]

@crispywong
Why don't import the package.json in the app? I'm using this to show the version in the app.
Is this a bad practice?

[lucaspiressimao]

@crispywong
Why don't import the package.json in the app? I'm using this to show the version in the app.
Is this a bad practice?

Same here... What should I do instead ?

[winardis]

@crispywong
Why don't import the package.json in the app? I'm using this to show the version in the app.
Is this a bad practice?

can someone help answer this? i'm using the same method to show app version as well

[lanzer]

Like the mentioned thread, the answer is in not importing package.json file. Easy workaround is to make a copy of package.json and import that file instead. Just keep copying package.json to the renamed file before publishing.

[winardis]

Like the mentioned thread, the answer is in not importing package.json file. Easy workaround is to make a copy of package.json and import that file instead. Just keep copying package.json to the renamed file before publishing.

ok noted, thanks for the answer.
I actually turned to react-native-device-info instead since there are other features that i wanted to use from the package

[sertony]

@sbvorpagel you can use react-native-device-info library to get the app version and build number, e.g.

const appVersion = `${DeviceInfo.getVersion()}.${DeviceInfo.getBuildNumber()}`

[cdunkel]

@sertony, just to be clear, I believe DeviceInfo.getVersion() and getBuildNumber() will return the version and build number of the native application, not the number that is represented in the package.json.

[honeyp0t]

I imported package-lock.json instead of package.json, seems to work fine, fuck the police

[HadrienPierart]

@honeyp0t I dont know for you, but my package-lock.json is almost 1Mb. Quite a lot just to get the version...
I prefer keeping my app version in sync with gradle / Info.plist (with react-native-version for instance), and use :

import DeviceInfo from 'react-native-device-info'
const currentVersion = DeviceInfo.getVersionSync();