[Help Wanted]: Upgraded project to Expo SDK 53 and Android build failing in with background geolocation not found

[mikeghealth]

Required Reading

• Confirmed

Plugin Version

4.18.6

Mobile operating-system(s)

• iOS
• Android

Device Manufacturer(s) and Model(s)

Google Pixel

Device operating-systems(s)

Android 15 / 16

React Native / Expo version

Expo 53

What do you require assistance about?

When I run build for Android it is failing, my project had been on Expo 52 and working just fine when building. I am running EAS build commands locally / up in Expo cloud to build the app, so relying on the plugin setup up until now in my app.config.js

Here is the plugin section for my project:
"plugins": [ "react-native-background-fetch", [ "react-native-background-geolocation", { "license": bgGeolocationKey } ], [ "expo-asset" ], [ "expo-gradle-ext-vars", { "googlePlayServiceLocationVersion": "21.1.0", "appCompatVersion": "1.4.2" } ], [ "expo-image-picker", { "photosPermission": "The app accesses your photos to let you upload your avatar.", "cameraPermission": "The app accesses your camera to let you take photos for your avatar." } ], "react-native-background-geolocation", [ "@sentry/react-native/expo", { "url": "https://sentry.io/", "note": "Use SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN env to authenticate with Sentry.", "project": "react-native", "organization": "saferidehealth" } ], "expo-notifications" ]

Here is my error:

`> Task :react-native-background-geolocation:generateDebugBuildConfig

Task :react-native-background-geolocation:javaPreCompileDebug
Task :react-native-community_netinfo:javaPreCompileDebug
Task :app:processDebugMainManifest
/home/expo/workingdir/build/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml:6:5-162 Warning:
application@android:usesCleartextTraffic was tagged at AndroidManifest.xml:6 to replace other declarations but no other declaration present
Task :react-native-community_netinfo:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
Task :react-native-community_netinfo:bundleLibCompileToJarDebug
Task :react-native-safe-area-context:checkKotlinGradlePluginConfigurationErrors SKIPPED
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/@react-native-community/netinfo/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/netinfo/NetInfoModule.java:47: warning: [removal] onCatalystInstanceDestroy() in NativeModule has been deprecated and marked for removal
public void onCatalystInstanceDestroy() {
^
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
1 warning
Task :react-native-safe-area-context:generateDebugBuildConfig
Task :app:processDebugManifest
Task :app:processDebugManifestForPackage
Task :react-native-background-geolocation:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/RNBackgroundGeolocationModule.java:36: error: cannot find symbol
import com.transistorsoft.locationmanager.adapter.TSConfig;
^
symbol: class TSConfig
location: package com.transistorsoft.locationmanager.adapter
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/RNBackgroundGeolocationModule.java:38: error: cannot find symbol
import com.transistorsoft.locationmanager.config.TransistorAuthorizationToken;
^
symbol: class TransistorAuthorizationToken
location: package com.transistorsoft.locationmanager.config
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/RNBackgroundGeolocationModule.java:39: error: cannot find symbol
import com.transistorsoft.locationmanager.config.TSAuthorization;
^
symbol: class TSAuthorization
location: package com.transistorsoft.locationmanager.config
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:43: error: cannot find symbol
if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_TERMINATE)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_TERMINATE
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:45: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_LOCATION)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_LOCATION
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:51: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_MOTIONCHANGE)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_MOTIONCHANGE
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:53: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_HTTP)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_HTTP
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:55: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_PROVIDERCHANGE)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_PROVIDERCHANGE
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:57: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_ACTIVITYCHANGE)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_ACTIVITYCHANGE
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:59: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_SCHEDULE)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_SCHEDULE
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:61: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_BOOT)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_BOOT
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:63: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_GEOFENCE)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_GEOFENCE
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:65: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_GEOFENCESCHANGE)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_GEOFENCESCHANGE
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:67: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_HEARTBEAT)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_HEARTBEAT
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:69: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_POWERSAVECHANGE)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_POWERSAVECHANGE
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:71: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_CONNECTIVITYCHANGE)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_CONNECTIVITYCHANGE
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:73: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_ENABLEDCHANGE)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_ENABLEDCHANGE
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:75: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_NOTIFICATIONACTION)) {
^
symbol: variable EVENT_NOTIFICATIONACTION
location: class BackgroundGeolocation
/home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/android/src/main/java/com/transistorsoft/rnbackgroundgeolocation/HeadlessTask.java:77: error: cannot find symbol
} else if (name.equals(BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_AUTHORIZATION)) {
^
`

[Optional] Plugin Code and/or Config

[Optional] Relevant log output

[christocracy]

Your server seems to stripped-out the plugin's tslocationmager.aar from your build.

[mikeghealth]

@christocracy This also happened when I built locally in another separate experiment and updated my react native 0.77, something about these upgrades is modifying the build process and causing it not to see it, maybe adding some other Expo plugin directive to fetch it via maven or something? How would you proceed?

[christocracy]

Show me the android/build.gradle this build is using.

[mikeghealth]

@christocracy at the moment prebuild is run as part of the build process in Expo cloud (also when I build locally) in the run Gradlew step I see these logs earlier, the line [react-native-background-location] purging debug resources in release build could be suspicious?

`Running 'gradlew :app:assembleDebug' in /home/expo/workingdir/build/android
Welcome to Gradle 8.13!
Here are the highlights of this release:

• Daemon JVM auto-provisioning
• Enhancements for Scala plugin and JUnit testing
• Improvements for build authors and plugin developers
  For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/8.13/release-notes.html
  To honour the JVM settings for this build a single-use Daemon process will be forked. For more on this, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/8.13/userguide/gradle_daemon.html#sec:disabling_the_daemon in the Gradle documentation.
  Daemon will be stopped at the end of the build

Configure project :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin-shared
w: file:///home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/expo-modules-autolinking/android/expo-gradle-plugin/expo-autolinking-plugin-shared/build.gradle.kts:32:9: The expression is unused
Task :gradle-plugin:shared:checkKotlinGradlePluginConfigurationErrors SKIPPED
Task :gradle-plugin:settings-plugin:checkKotlinGradlePluginConfigurationErrors SKIPPED
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-settings-plugin:checkKotlinGradlePluginConfigurationErrors
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin-shared:checkKotlinGradlePluginConfigurationErrors
Task :gradle-plugin:settings-plugin:pluginDescriptors
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-settings-plugin:pluginDescriptors
Task :gradle-plugin:settings-plugin:processResources
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-settings-plugin:processResources
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin-shared:processResources NO-SOURCE
Task :gradle-plugin:shared:processResources NO-SOURCE
Task :gradle-plugin:shared:compileKotlin
Task :gradle-plugin:shared:compileJava
NO-SOURCE
Task :gradle-plugin:shared:classes UP-TO-DATE
Task :gradle-plugin:shared:jar
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin-shared:compileKotlin
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin-shared:compileJava NO-SOURCE
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin-shared:classes UP-TO-DATE
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin-shared:jar
Task :gradle-plugin:settings-plugin:compileKotlin
Task :gradle-plugin:settings-plugin:compileJava NO-SOURCE
Task :gradle-plugin:settings-plugin:classes
Task :gradle-plugin:settings-plugin:jar
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-settings-plugin:compileKotlin
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-settings-plugin:compileJava NO-SOURCE
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-settings-plugin:classes
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-settings-plugin:jar
Configure project :expo-updates-gradle-plugin
w: file:///home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/expo-updates/expo-updates-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts:25:3: 'kotlinOptions(KotlinJvmOptionsDeprecated /* = KotlinJvmOptions */.() -> Unit): Unit' is deprecated. Please migrate to the compilerOptions DSL. More details are here: https://kotl.in/u1r8ln
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin:checkKotlinGradlePluginConfigurationErrors
Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:checkKotlinGradlePluginConfigurationErrors SKIPPED
Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:checkKotlinGradlePluginConfigurationErrors
Task :expo-module-gradle-plugin:checkKotlinGradlePluginConfigurationErrors
Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:pluginDescriptors
Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:pluginDescriptors
Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:processResources
Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:processResources
Task :gradle-plugin:react-native-gradle-plugin:checkKotlinGradlePluginConfigurationErrors SKIPPED
Task :expo-module-gradle-plugin:pluginDescriptors
Task :expo-module-gradle-plugin:processResources
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin:pluginDescriptors
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin:processResources
Task :gradle-plugin:react-native-gradle-plugin:pluginDescriptors
Task :gradle-plugin:react-native-gradle-plugin:processResources
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin:compileKotlin
w: file:///home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/expo-modules-autolinking/android/expo-gradle-plugin/expo-autolinking-plugin/src/main/kotlin/expo/modules/plugin/ExpoAutolinkingPlugin.kt:29:71 Name shadowed: project
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin:compileJava NO-SOURCE
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin:classes
Task :expo-gradle-plugin:expo-autolinking-plugin:jar
Task :gradle-plugin:react-native-gradle-plugin:compileKotlin
Task :gradle-plugin:react-native-gradle-plugin:compileJava NO-SOURCE
Task :gradle-plugin:react-native-gradle-plugin:classes
Task :gradle-plugin:react-native-gradle-plugin:jar
Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:compileKotlin
Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:compileJava NO-SOURCE
Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:classes
Task :expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin:jar
Task :expo-module-gradle-plugin:compileKotlin
w: file:///home/expo/workingdir/build/node_modules/expo-modules-core/expo-module-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/expo/modules/plugin/android/AndroidLibraryExtension.kt:9:24 'targetSdk: Int?' is deprecated. Will be removed from library DSL in v9.0. Use testOptions.targetSdk or/and lint.targetSdk instead
Task :expo-module-gradle-plugin:compileJava NO-SOURCE
Task :expo-module-gradle-plugin:classes
Task :expo-module-gradle-plugin:jar
Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:compileKotlin
Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:compileJava NO-SOURCE
Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:classes
Task :expo-updates-gradle-plugin:jar
Configure project :
[ExpoRootProject] Using the following versions:

• buildTools: 35.0.0
• minSdk: 24
• compileSdk: 35
• targetSdk: 35
• ndk: 27.1.12297006
• kotlin: 2.0.21
• ksp: 2.0.21-1.0.28

Configure project :app
ℹ️ Applying gradle plugin 'expo-dev-launcher-gradle-plugin'
ℹ️ Applying gradle plugin 'expo-updates-gradle-plugin'
[react-native-background-geolocation] Purging debug resources in release build
Configure project :expo
Using expo modules

• expo-constants (17.1.7)
• expo-dev-client (5.2.4)
• expo-dev-launcher (5.1.16)
• expo-dev-menu (6.1.14)
• expo-dev-menu-interface (1.10.0)
• expo-eas-client (0.14.4)
• expo-image-loader (5.1.0)
• expo-image-manipulator (13.1.7)
• expo-json-utils (0.15.0)
• expo-manifests (0.16.6)

Configure project :expo-modules-core
Checking the license for package NDK (Side by side) 27.1.12297006 in /home/expo/Android/Sdk/licenses
License for package NDK (Side by side) 27.1.12297006 accepted.
Preparing "Install NDK (Side by side) 27.1.12297006 v.27.1.12297006".
"Install NDK (Side by side) 27.1.12297006 v.27.1.12297006" ready.
Installing NDK (Side by side) 27.1.12297006 in /home/expo/Android/Sdk/ndk/27.1.12297006
"Install NDK (Side by side) 27.1.12297006 v.27.1.12297006" complete.
"Install NDK (Side by side) 27.1.12297006 v.27.1.12297006" finished.
Configure project :expo

• expo-modules-core (2.5.0)
• expo-structured-headers (4.1.0)
• expo-updates (0.28.17)
• expo-updates-interface (1.1.0)
  • [📦] expo-application (6.1.5)
  • [📦] expo-asset (11.1.7)
  • [📦] expo-device (7.1.4)
  • [📦] expo-font (14.0.9)
  • [📦] expo-image-picker (16.1.4)
  • [📦] expo-notifications (0.31.4)
  • [📦] expo-system-ui (5.0.11)

Task :expo-dev-client:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :expo-dev-client:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :expo:generatePackagesList
Task :expo:preBuild
Task :expo:preDebugBuild
Task :expo-constants:createExpoConfig
env: load .env
`

I ran npx expo prebuild on my local machine just now to see what android/build.gradle would look like and this is it:

`
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

ext {
// @generated begin expo-gradle-ext-vars - expo prebuild (DO NOT MODIFY) sync-9948878b1d9af0174cfc00f4ccd2cc4604f474e3
googlePlayServiceLocationVersion = "21.1.0"
appCompatVersion = "1.4.2"
// @generated end expo-gradle-ext-vars
}

buildscript {
repositories {
google()
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.1'
classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle')
classpath('com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin')
classpath('org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin')
}
}

def reactNativeAndroidDir = new File(
providers.exec {
workingDir(rootDir)
commandLine("node", "--print", "require.resolve('react-native/package.json')")
}.standardOutput.asText.get().trim(),
"../android"
)

allprojects {
repositories {
// @generated begin react-native-background-fetch-maven - expo prebuild (DO NOT MODIFY) sync-b86324ce2eb77b03cc8b69ba206ef8275cd006ff
maven { url "${project(":react-native-background-fetch").projectDir}/libs" }
// @generated end react-native-background-fetch-maven
maven {
// @generated begin react-native-background-geolocation-maven - expo prebuild (DO NOT MODIFY) sync-4b2bae87fd8579c445d8885f6bdc8542d9d0bbca
maven { url "${project(":react-native-background-geolocation").projectDir}/libs" }
maven { url 'https://developer.huawei.com/repo/' }
// @generated end react-native-background-geolocation-maven
// All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
url(reactNativeAndroidDir)
}

google()
mavenCentral()
maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }

}
}

apply plugin: "expo-root-project"
apply plugin: "com.facebook.react.rootproject"
`

[christocracy]

Hmmm...In preparation for the next major release, where the native lib IS going to be consumed from mavencentral (no more custom maven url), I wonder if the build is picking up the tslocationmanager artifact from mavencentral now. I did just do the first release last night.

The plug-in's build.gradle might need to be cap TSLocationManager dependency at version :3.+

The current react-native-background-geolocation is not yet ready for tslocationmanager from mavencentral.

[christocracy]

This line here might need to be capped at version 3.+.

react-native-background-geolocation/android/build.gradle

Line 78 in 9ce1d44

api(group: 'com.transistorsoft', name:'tslocationmanager-v21', version: '+')

[mikeghealth]

oooh is there a way I could maybe test with a workaround / custom Expo plugin considering you did the first release last night? Or should I wait for next version of react-native-background-geolocation?

[christocracy]

I've confirmed that this is, in fact, the issue. Yesterday, I began publishing my libs to Maven Central, in preparation of the next big release. I didn't consider the eagerness of those libs to be pulled-in from Maven Central, in spite of the custom maven url for referencing tslocationmanager.aar locally from node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation.

4.19.1 pins tslocationmanager dependency to a version found only locally.

In the near future, the custom maven url in your android/build.gradle will no longer be necessary. All my native libs will be pulled from Maven Central: tslocationmanger and tsbackgroundfetch for Android and iOS TSLocationManager.xcframework and TSBackgroundFetch.xcframework from Swift Package Manager / Cocoapods.

There is a very big release coming soon — a 3-month re-factor with Chat GPT and Claude.

[mikehardy]

this (incorrect artifact from maven-central) nailed react-native in the past as well! the '*' version dep in build.gradle is a footgun

[christocracy]

It was all fine up until yesterday: tslocationmanager.aar was imported locally from this library within the app's node_modules, which only ever contained THE version.

If only I'd just put in a :3.+ before...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<metadata>
  <groupId>com.transistorsoft</groupId>
  <artifactId>tslocationmanager-v21</artifactId>
  <versioning>
    <latest>3.7.0</latest>
    <release>3.7.0</release>
    <versions>
      <version>3.7.0</version>
    </versions>
    <lastUpdated>20250908142827</lastUpdated>
  </versioning>
</metadata>

The second I published tslocationmanager to Maven Central, it began serving up that artifact from there.

Fortunately, I think this should only affect those using playServicesLocationVersion <v21.

in the lib's build-flavours, I marked the modern version with -v21, while the old version was just tslocationmanager.

In this repo's build.gradle, selecting the appropriate artifact went like this:

def locationMajorVersion = playServicesLocationVersion.split('\\.')[0] as int
    if (locationMajorVersion >= 21) {
        api(group: 'com.transistorsoft', name:'tslocationmanager-v21', version: '3.+')
    } else {
        api(group: 'com.transistorsoft', name:'tslocationmanager', version: '3.+')
    }

In the new build system, I've reversed it:

• tslocationmanager-gms20 = `playServicesLocationVersion = <= 20
• tslocationmanager = `playServicesLocationVersion = >=21

[shubhlumber]

Experiencing the same issue with Expo SDK 53.

Current setup:
Expo SDK: ^53.0.0
react-native-background-geolocation: 4.19.0 (pinned, no caret)
React Native: 0.79.6
React: 19.0.0

Issue details:

With 4.19.0: Android build fails with the same compilation errors shown in the original issue (missing TSConfig, TransistorAuthorizationToken, TSAuthorization, and various BackgroundGeolocation.EVENT_* constants).

With 4.19.1: Expo prebuild fails with:
Error: Cannot find module './expo/plugin/build' Require stack: - /node_modules/react-native-background-geolocation/app.plugin.js
This occurs during expo prebuild when Expo tries to load the plugin.

[christocracy]

With 4.19.1: Expo prebuild fails with:

Fixed in 4.19.2.

[christocracy]

Btw, what does everyone have configured for playServicesLocationVersion in your app.json?

[mikeghealth]

@christocracy sorry for my late response, i've got "googlePlayServiceLocationVersion": "21.1.0", I probably grabbed that from EXPO setup docs you supplied, is it still ok to be on that version?

my full plugin config is:

"expo-gradle-ext-vars",
{
"googlePlayServiceLocationVersion": "21.1.0",
"appCompatVersion": "1.4.2"
}

I built SDK53 with 4.19.2 and it seemed to be working, thank you for the quick turn around and follow up 🙏 very much appreciated