Use short RNTA path for Windows Android CI

Author: MeliValesca

.github/scripts/build-android.cmd

@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ setlocal
 rem subst the example app to a short drive to avoid Windows MAX_PATH in
 rem CMake-generated object file names from autolinked codegen.
 subst W: "%GITHUB_WORKSPACE%\example" || exit /b 1
+robocopy W:\node_modules\react-native-test-app W:\r /MIR /NFL /NDL /NJH /NJS /NP
+if %ERRORLEVEL% GEQ 8 exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
 cd /D W:\android || exit /b 1
 call gradlew.bat assembleDebug -PnewArchEnabled=%1

.github/workflows/android.yml

@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install example app dependencies
         run: yarn install
         working-directory: example
-      - name: Enable Windows long paths
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        shell: powershell
-        run: New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" -Name "LongPathsEnabled" -Value 1 -PropertyType DWORD -Force
       - name: Build android example app with new arch disabled
         run: ./.github/scripts/build-android.sh false
   android-build-fabric:
@@ -87,9 +83,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install example app dependencies
         run: yarn install
         working-directory: example
-      - name: Enable Windows long paths
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        shell: powershell
-        run: New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" -Name "LongPathsEnabled" -Value 1 -PropertyType DWORD -Force
       - name: Build android example app with new arch enabled
         run: ./.github/scripts/build-android.sh true

example/android/build.gradle

@@ -42,15 +42,5 @@ allprojects {
     }
 }
 
-subprojects { subproject ->
-    subproject.plugins.withId("com.android.application") {
-        if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("windows")) {
-            subproject.android.defaultConfig.externalNativeBuild.cmake.arguments(
-                "-DCMAKE_OBJECT_PATH_MAX=128"
-            )
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 rootProject.ext.set("react.compileSdkVersion", 36)
 rootProject.ext.set("react.targetSdkVersion", 36)

example/android/settings.gradle

@@ -19,3 +19,11 @@ apply(from: {
     throw new GradleException("Could not find `react-native-test-app`");
 }())
 applyTestAppSettings(settings)
+
+if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("windows")) {
+    def shortTestAppAndroidDir = file("../r")
+    if (shortTestAppAndroidDir.exists()) {
+        project(":app").projectDir = file("${shortTestAppAndroidDir}/android/app")
+        project(":support").projectDir = file("${shortTestAppAndroidDir}/android/support")
+    }
+}