Just so it doesn't get lost, but the closed issue described here is still an issue on the new RN release candidate 0.62.0-rc.2
#967
It can be replicated on new init projects when the build folder is empty or cleared.
➜ yarn android
yarn run v1.22.0
$ react-native run-android
info Running jetifier to migrate libraries to AndroidX. You can disable it using "--no-jetifier" flag.
Jetifier found 960 file(s) to forward-jetify. Using 4 workers...
info JS server already running.
error ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'app/build/intermediates/merged_manifests/debug/AndroidManifest.xml'. Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'app/build/intermediates/merged_manifests/debug/AndroidManifest.xml'
├─ @react-native-community/cli-debugger-ui@3.0.0
├─ @react-native-community/cli-platform-android@4.0.2
├─ @react-native-community/cli-platform-ios@4.1.0
├─ @react-native-community/cli-tools@3.0.0
├─ @react-native-community/cli-types@3.0.0
└─ @react-native-community/cli@4.1.0
➜ npx react-native info
info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
OS: macOS 10.15.3
CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7267U CPU @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 85.88 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 5.7.1 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 10.19.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.19.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.0 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 6.13.4 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.19.0/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 13.2, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.2, watchOS 6.1
Android SDK:
API Levels: 23, 26, 27, 28, 29
Build Tools: 26.0.3, 27.0.3, 28.0.2, 28.0.3, 29.0.2
System Images: android-22 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
IDEs:
Android Studio: 3.5 AI-191.8026.42.35.6010548
Xcode: 11.2.1/11B53 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
react: 16.11.0 => 16.11.0
react-native: 0.62.0-rc.2 => 0.62.0-rc.2
Just so it doesn't get lost, but the closed issue described here is still an issue on the new RN release candidate 0.62.0-rc.2
#967
It can be replicated on new init projects when the build folder is empty or cleared.