fix: node cmd issues with new AS version

Author: isekovanic

examples/SampleApp/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
 apply plugin: 'com.google.firebase.crashlytics'
 apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"
 
+// Some libraries look up the React Native location on the application project
+// instead of the root project. Mirror the root setting here so they never need
+// to shell out to a bare `node` binary just to resolve react-native.
+ext.REACT_NATIVE_NODE_MODULES_DIR =
+    rootProject.ext.has("REACT_NATIVE_NODE_MODULES_DIR")
+        ? rootProject.ext.get("REACT_NATIVE_NODE_MODULES_DIR")
+        : file("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native").absolutePath
+ext.REACT_NATIVE_WORKLETS_NODE_MODULES_DIR =
+    rootProject.ext.has("REACT_NATIVE_WORKLETS_NODE_MODULES_DIR")
+        ? rootProject.ext.get("REACT_NATIVE_WORKLETS_NODE_MODULES_DIR")
+        : file("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native-worklets").absolutePath
+
 /**
  * This is the configuration block to customize your React Native Android app.
  * By default you don't need to apply any configuration, just uncomment the lines you need.

examples/SampleApp/android/build.gradle

@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ buildscript {
     }
 }
 
+ext.REACT_NATIVE_NODE_MODULES_DIR = file("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native").absolutePath
+ext.REACT_NATIVE_WORKLETS_NODE_MODULES_DIR =
+    file("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native-worklets").absolutePath
+
+subprojects { subproject ->
+    if (subproject.path != ":app") {
+        evaluationDependsOn(":app")
+    }
+}
+
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         maven {
@@ -39,15 +49,8 @@ allprojects {
 }
 
 project(':app') {
-    afterEvaluate {
-        if (tasks.findByName("preBuild")) {
-            tasks.preBuild.doFirst {
-                exec {
-                    workingDir rootDir
-                    commandLine './gradlew', 'generateCodegenArtifactsFromSchema'
-                }
-            }
-        }
+    tasks.matching { it.name == "preBuild" }.configureEach {
+        dependsOn("generateCodegenArtifactsFromSchema")
     }
 }