chore: Verify New Architecture

- Need a CMAKE workaround for Windows as path names are too long (specifying a CMAKE version in an `.env` file didn't work).

Author: cyanChill

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ and this project attempts to adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Other
+
+- Validate that the New Architecture works in example app.
+  - Required a workaround for CMAKE due to long paths in Windows.
+
 ## [0.8.0] - 2025-02-13
 
 ### ⚡ Changes

android/gradle.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-MetadataRetriever_kotlinVersion=1.9.24
+MetadataRetriever_kotlinVersion=1.9.25
 MetadataRetriever_minSdkVersion=24
 MetadataRetriever_targetSdkVersion=34
 MetadataRetriever_compileSdkVersion=35
-MetadataRetriever_ndkversion=21.4.7075529
+MetadataRetriever_ndkversion=26.1.10909125

android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

examples/benchmarking-demo/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0.0"
+
+        /**
+         * Work around on Windows due potentially having a Filename longer than 260 characters.
+         * Basically, we need to change what version of `ninja` CMAKE uses.
+         *  - Ref: https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/issues/1900#issuecomment-1817532728
+         */
+        externalNativeBuild {
+            cmake {
+                arguments "-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:\\ninja\\ninja.exe", "-DCMAKE_OBJECT_PATH_MAX=1024"
+            }
+        }
     }
     /**
      * https://developer.android.com/build/configure-apk-splits

examples/benchmarking-demo/android/gradle.properties

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ reactNativeArchitectures=armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a,x86,x86_64
 # your application. You should enable this flag either if you want
 # to write custom TurboModules/Fabric components OR use libraries that
 # are providing them.
-newArchEnabled=false
+newArchEnabled=true
 
 # Use this property to enable or disable the Hermes JS engine.
 # If set to false, you will be using JSC instead.

examples/benchmarking-demo/app.json

@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
         "expo-build-properties",
         {
           "android": {
-            "newArchEnabled": false,
             "enableProguardInReleaseBuilds": true,
             "enableShrinkResourcesInReleaseBuilds": true
           }
         }
       ]
-    ]
+    ],
+    "newArchEnabled": true
   }
 }