Android AAB builds fail to load bundled .lottie assets

[rgestudillo]

Bug Description

When building an Android App Bundle (AAB) for production, .lottie files bundled via Metro's require() fail to load. The animations work correctly in:

• Development mode (Metro bundler)
• Debug APK builds

But fail in:

• Production AAB builds

Root Cause

The DotlottieReactNativeView.kt always uses DotLottieSource.Url(url) to load animations.

In development, Image.resolveAssetSource() returns an HTTP URL like http://10.0.2.2:8081/assets/..., which works.

In production AAB builds, React Native bundles assets differently and the resolved URI is either a resource identifier or file path, neither of which work with DotLottieSource.Url().

Proposed Fix

Modify DotlottieReactNativeView.kt to detect the source type and use the appropriate DotLottieSource (Url, Data, or load from resources).

I'm happy to submit a PR with this fix!

Environment

• @lottiefiles/dotlottie-react-native: 0.7.1
• React Native: 0.81.5
• Android build type: AAB (app-bundle)

[theashraf]

Hi @rgestudillo
Thank you for the details.
I saw you mentioned you'd be happy to submit a PR for your proposed fix. Are you still interested and available to open that PR ?
Let me know if you'd still like to tackle it or if your bandwidth has changed and you'd prefer someone else to take it from here