react-native-async-storage 16kb page size alignment failure problem due to libsqlitejni.so

[nudiref]

What happened?

hello there. i am upgrading my react native app to the latest versions for the 16kb page size compliance.

i created a fresh project (using "react-native init" command) and i am testing each of the dependencies i have one by one. so, i have a project in which the only dependency is async-storage, and i am having a problem. when i generate the apk and check the compliance status in Android Studio APK Analyzer, it tells me the app is not compliant. the reason seems to be the " libsqlitejni.so". and the warning message is "RELRO is not a suffix and its end is not 16 KB aligned".

as i said, async-storage is the only dependency i added. and when i delete it, and recompile, the new apk passes the test.

all components are up to date and in the latest version. i have gradle 9.3.1, sdk 36, ndk 29+.

i read past issues and the readme file. i can't see if i am missing something, and i dont see anyone else having the same issue.

any help will be greatly appreciated.

here is my packages.json:

{
  "name": "rnfcompass",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "android": "react-native run-android",
    "ios": "react-native run-ios",
    "lint": "eslint .",
    "start": "react-native start",
    "test": "jest"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "react": "19.2.3",
    "react-native": "0.85.2",
    "@react-native/new-app-screen": "0.85.2",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "^5.5.2",
    "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "^3.0.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.25.2",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.25.3",
    "@babel/runtime": "^7.25.0",
    "@react-native-community/cli": "20.1.0",
    "@react-native-community/cli-platform-android": "20.1.0",
    "@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios": "20.1.0",
    "@react-native/babel-preset": "0.85.2",
    "@react-native/eslint-config": "0.85.2",
    "@react-native/jest-preset": "0.85.2",
    "@react-native/metro-config": "0.85.2",
    "@react-native/typescript-config": "0.85.2",
    "@types/jest": "^29.5.13",
    "@types/react": "^19.2.0",
    "@types/react-test-renderer": "^19.1.0",
    "eslint": "^8.19.0",
    "jest": "^29.6.3",
    "prettier": "2.8.8",
    "react-test-renderer": "19.2.3",
    "typescript": "^5.8.3"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": ">= 22.11.0"
  }
}

here is the android/build.gradle file:

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "36.0.0"
        minSdkVersion = 24
        compileSdkVersion = 36
        targetSdkVersion = 36
        ndkVersion = "29.0.14206865"
        kotlinVersion = "2.1.20"
    }
    repositories {        
        google()
        mavenCentral() 
        
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle")
        classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin")
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral() 

        maven {
            url = uri(project(":react-native-async-storage_async-storage").file("local_repo"))
            //uri("../node_modules/@react-native-async-storage/async-storage/android/local_repo")
        }
    }
}


apply plugin: "com.facebook.react.rootproject"

here is the APK analyzer result:

Version

3.0.2

What platforms are you seeing this issue on?

• Android
• iOS
• macOS
• Windows
• web

System Information

  OS: Windows 11 10.0.26200
  CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz
  Memory: 534.07 MB / 7.88 GB
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 24.15.0
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
  Yarn: Not Found
  npm:
    version: 11.12.1
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK:
    API Levels:
      - "15"
      - "16"
      - "17"
      - "18"
      - "19"
      - "20"
      - "21"
      - "22"
      - "23"
      - "24"
      - "25"
      - "26"
      - "27"
      - "28"
      - "29"
      - "30"
      - "31"
      - "32"
      - "33"
      - "34"
      - "35"
      - "36"
      - "36"
    Build Tools:
      - 30.0.2
      - 30.0.3
      - 33.0.1
      - 35.0.0
      - 36.0.0
      - 36.1.0
      - 37.0.0
      - 37.0.0
    System Images:
      - android-26 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
      - android-30 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
      - android-34 | Intel x86_64 Atom
    Android NDK: Not Found
  Windows SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: AI-253.32098.37.2534.15232325
  Visual Studio: Not Found
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.18
    path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\jdk-17.0.18.8-hotspot\bin\javac.EXE
  Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 20.1.0
    wanted: 20.1.0
  react:
    installed: 19.2.3
    wanted: 19.2.3
  react-native:
    installed: 0.85.2
    wanted: 0.85.2
  react-native-windows: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

Steps to Reproduce

• Create a new project with react-native init

• add async storage to the package.json

• modify android/build gradle as explained on async storage git page.

• run "npm install"

• run "gradlew clean"

• run "gradlew assembleRelease"

• check the APK in APK analyzer.
  Result: 16kb alignment problem

• delete async storage from package.json

• delete node_modules folder

• run "npm install"

• run "gradlew clean"

• run "gradlew assembleRelease"

• check the APK in APK analyzer.

• Result: 16kb alignment issue disappears

[michaelcarrano]

I ran into this myself but took a different direction since all that was being stored was booleans and sqlite was overkill for that.

What you can try for your Android project is updating the version of the sqlite-bundled dependency. When I updated this to 2.6.2, I no longer had the 16 KB alignment failure.

implementation("androidx.sqlite:sqlite-bundled:2.6.2")

The project is currently using 2.6.0

async-storage/gradle/libs.versions.toml

Line 13 in ac228ab

sqlite = "2.6.0"

[krizzu]

This one is interesting. I just created fresh RN project and added async-storage to it. Checking apk, it does have every native lib 16kb compatible:

I guess this so is coming from sqlite:bundled package, but can't tell why you are getting the one non-16kb compatible. Maybe indeed bumping version would help?

Are you able to clone this project on your machine and check out the example project in examples/react-native ?

[nudiref]

@krizzu i am still having the problem. i tried several RN versions from 86 down to 81, with corresponsing NDK and gradle versions. in each of them the same thing happened. the bare-bones react project i created was fine. but as soon as i added async storage as a dependency, i got the same warning.

it looks like there is someone else experiencing the same issue and they suspect async storage too: https://www.reddit.com/r/reactnative/comments/1shtk5b/16kb_page_size_problem/

another thing is: when i upload to the android store the same apk which gets the aforementioned warning from apk analyzer, it is not rejected, but only gets a warning saying that

Supports 16 KB
You may still have errors if your app uses libraries that we couldn't detect, or if your code assumes a device is using a specific page size. Learn more

so, technically, this issue does not prevent me from creating new release, but i think i need to resolve it somehow.

Maybe indeed bumping version would help?

which version do you mean?

Are you able to clone this project on your machine and check out the example project in examples/react-native ?

i am not sure if i understand what you mean, but if it will help you track down the issue, and explain me a bit, i can try.

@michaelcarrano , where exactly did you add implementation("androidx.sqlite:sqlite-bundled:2.6.2") ?? can you please provide example of the file? is it the build.gradle file?

[krizzu]

which version do you mean?

In async-storage, a bundled sqlite native dependency which is currently at version 2.6.0. Changelog of 2.6.1 mentions Reduce the JNI/native dependencies of bundled-sqlite to increase compatibility when loading the library, which might be related to your stuff. I will bump the version tomorrow.

i am not sure if i understand what you mean, but if it will help you track down the issue, and explain me a bit, i can try.

I asked, if you could clone async-storage to your local machine (using git clone), install dependencies and run react-native example project, to see if you see the same issue there

[nudiref]

@krizzu i cloned it but could not install dependencies. i never worked with workspace protocol and pnpm. when i try to install, i get:

C:\Mobile\async\async-storage\examples\react-native>pnpm install
[WARN] The "workspaces" field in package.json is not supported by pnpm. Create a "pnpm-workspace.yaml" file instead.
[ERR_PNPM_WORKSPACE_PKG_NOT_FOUND] In : "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage@workspace:*" is in the dependencies but no package named "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage" is present in the workspace

This error happened while installing a direct dependency of C:\Mobile\async\async-storage\examples\react-native

is there a readme file to guide through installing/running the example react native project?

[krizzu]

@nudiref the project is using yarn, so you can start with just yarn. It will install all required dependencies, in example projects too. Then inside examples/react-native/android you can run assembleDebug to build apk: ./gradlew assembleDebug. It will be available in app/build/outputs/debug/*.apk

[nudiref]

@krizzu i tried twice but i am getting the following error when i run gradlew assembleDebug:

C:\Mobile\async\async-storage\examples\react-native\android>gradlew assembleDebug

Configure project :app
Signing config for 'release' build type not found; reusing debug config

[Incubating] Problems report is available at: file:///C:/Mobile/async/async-storage/examples/react-native/android/build/reports/problems/problems-report.html

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  Could not determine the dependencies of task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
  Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugCompileClasspath'.
  Could not find org.asyncstorage.shared_storage:storage-android:1.0.0.
  Required by:
  project :app > project :react-native-async-storage_async-storage

[krizzu]

Right, that's because the native part is not build - that's a separate step. In order to build it, you need to run (in project root) yarn build:android. This runs a shell script, that runs gradle to build native sdk and then includes it in async-storage. Then you will be able to run assembleDebug

[nudiref]

@krizzu , build failed with the following error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:buildCMakeDebug[arm64-v8a]'.
> com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: ninja: Entering directory `C:\Mobile\async\async-storage\examples\react-native\node_modules\react-native-test-app\android\app\.cxx\Debug\6b63z71j\arm64-v8a'
  [0/2] Re-checking globbed directories...

  C++ build system [build] failed while executing:
      @echo off
      "C:\\Android\\android-sdk\\cmake\\3.22.1\\bin\\ninja.exe" ^
        -C ^
        "C:\\Mobile\\async\\async-storage\\examples\\react-native\\node_modules\\react-native-test-app\\android\\app\\.cxx\\Debug\\6b63z71j\\arm64-v8a" ^
        react_codegen_safeareacontext ^
        reacttestapp_appmodules
    from C:\Mobile\async\async-storage\examples\react-native\node_modules\react-native-test-app\android\app
  ninja: error: Stat(safeareacontext_autolinked_build/CMakeFiles/react_codegen_safeareacontext.dir/C_/Mobile/async/async-storage/examples/react-native/node_modules/react-native-safe-area-context/android/build/generated/source/codegen/jni/react/renderer/components/safeareacontext/ComponentDescriptors.cpp.o): Filename longer than 260 characters

i tried to copy the react native folder in examples to the root of the disk (C) so that the path would be shorter but got the following error:

[nudiref]

@krizzu i managed to build the example code (i moved the contents of the react native folder into a folder with path "C:\r" by zipping and unzipping it.)

i ran the resulting apk file through the apk analyzer, and i get the same result that i reported in this post (" libsqlitejni.so" with warning message "RELRO is not a suffix and its end is not 16 KB aligned"). below you can see the screenshot of the analysis.

is there any other file, cache, compile log, build records etc., that i can send to you for further diagnosis?

thank you

[krizzu]

@nudiref well done for getting this to work - can u tell me which version of NDK is used when u build the project? Can u run
./gradlew --info assembleDebug and look for "ndkVersion" mentions ?

[nudiref]

@krizzu, currently i have ndk version 27.1.12297006 installed. below are the related lines from the assembleDebug output:

C/C++: android.ndkVersion from module build.gradle is [27.1.12297006]
C/C++: android.ndkPath from module build.gradle is not set
C/C++: ndk.dir in local.properties is not set
C/C++: Not considering ANDROID_NDK_HOME because support was removed after deprecation period.
C/C++: sdkFolder is C:\Android\android-sdk

and

C/C++: Parsing C:\Android\android-sdk\ndk\27.1.12297006\package.xml

however, when i reported this issue the first time, I was using 29.0.14206865. and in the mean time, i also tried 28.2.13676358 and 27.3.13750724. the reported issue happened with all of these.

thank you

[krizzu]

Hard for me to tell why/where is this coming from, dunno if this is related to windows platform? What about updating intelij/android studio to latest (and using latest build tools)?