In Android Studio, real-time compilation and code navigation features malfunction for any code file that imports the react-android package.

[sfateAA]

Description

In Android Studio, real-time compilation and code navigation features malfunction for any code file that imports the react-android package.

Even more strangely, it's possible to navigate to a few individual files within the react-android library using code navigation, but doing so triggers the following error:

This error doesn't affect the running of the project.

Steps to reproduce

My Computer: Mac M4
1 prepare env
2 npx create-expo-app@latest
3 npx expo prebuild --platform android
4 Import android folder to Android Studio

Initially, I encountered the problem shown in the image below:

I resolved this by using the command open -a "Android Studio.app"
After that, the project could compile and run normally. but the strange problems I described above will then occur.

React Native Version

0.79.5

Affected Platforms

Build - MacOS, Runtime - Android

Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info

System:
  OS: macOS 15.1
  CPU: (16) arm64 Apple M4 Max
  Memory: 3.17 GB / 48.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 24.5.0
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/node
  Yarn: Not Found
  npm:
    version: 11.5.1
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2025.08.04.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods: Not Found
SDKs:
  iOS SDK: Not Found
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 2025.1 AI-251.26094.121.2512.13840223
  Xcode:
    version: /undefined
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.16
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 2.6.10
    path: /usr/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react:
    installed: 19.0.0
    wanted: 19.0.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.79.5
    wanted: 0.79.5
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

Stacktrace or Logs

Could not determine the dependencies of task ':app:ijDownloadArtifact147ec5c3-778'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:downloadArtifact_ddb30512-4675-43ad-b04f-77e7a7030bd0'.
   > Could not resolve com.facebook.react:react-android:0.79.5.
     Required by:
         project :app
      > Unable to find a matching variant of com.facebook.react:react-android:0.79.5:
          - Variant 'debugVariantDefaultApiPublication'
          - Variant 'debugVariantDefaultRuntimePublication'
          - Variant 'debugVariantDefaultSourcePublication'
          - Variant 'releaseVariantDefaultApiPublication'
          - Variant 'releaseVariantDefaultRuntimePublication'
          - Variant 'releaseVariantDefaultSourcePublication'

* Try:
> No matching variant errors are explained in more detail at https://docs.gradle.org/8.13/userguide/variant_model.html#sub:variant-no-match.
> Review the variant matching algorithm at https://docs.gradle.org/8.13/userguide/variant_attributes.html#sec:abm_algorithm.
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
> Get more help at https://help.gradle.org.

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.

You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.

For more on this, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/8.13/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings in the Gradle documentation.
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MANDATORY Reproducer

https://github.com/react-native-community/template.git

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Note

Expo related: It looks like your issue is related to Expo and not React Native core. Please open your issue in Expo's repository. If you are able to create a repro that showcases that this issue is also happening in React Native vanilla, we will be happy to re-open.

[thainx]

Please re-open this issue. I'm running into the same thing. Code completion and code navigation suddenly stop working, and Android Studio is stuck at Analyzing...