[Android] Build error RN 0.74.5 / react-native-quick-sqlite 8.1.0[-8.2.7]

[tobiasorth]

Encountered a build failure on Android when using the react-native-quick-sqlite in version 8.1.0 (as well as 8.2.7) with a react native 0.74.5 project (no Expo). The error occurs when building a debug version of the app.

Details

When building in debug mode the following error appears:

> Task :app:mergeDebugNativeLibs FAILED
> Task :react-native-quick-sqlite:mergeDebugAndroidTestNativeLibs FAILED

2 files found with path 'lib/arm64-v8a/libreact_nativemodule_core.so' from inputs:
 - /Users/X/workspace/zeitmeister/app/node_modules/react-native-quick-sqlite/android/build/intermediates/library_jni/debug/jni/arm64-v8a/libreact_nativemodule_core.so
 - /Users/X/.gradle/caches/transforms-4/33fac424075fc23f7fbb9fb5fe63964a/transformed/jetified-react-android-0.74.5-debug/jni/arm64-v8a/libreact_nativemodule_core.so
If you are using jniLibs and CMake IMPORTED targets, see
https://developer.android.com/r/tools/jniLibs-vs-imported-targets

Environment

react-native-quick-sqlite: 8.2.7
react-native: 0.74.5
Development OS: macOS
Android Studio: 2024.2.1 Patch 3
Android Target: Debug build
Gradle : 8.6

Background

The issue seems to be similar to this one:
mrousavy/react-native-vision-camera#3270

And as it turns out, it can be fixed like the one mentioned above:
mrousavy/react-native-vision-camera@16d6cd5

Workaround / Fix

When excluding the libraries libreact_nativemodule_core.so and libturbomodulejsijni.so from the package, the build succeeds. This can be achieved by adding the following lines to packaging options in android/build.gradle (L168):

"**/libreact_nativemodule_core.so",
"**/libturbomodulejsijni.so"

I don't know if this error persists in the 9.x.x version but at this point I'm not able to test.

Will investigate further in a couple of days.