Hermes Issue with expo-cli? JavaScript engine configuration is inconsistent between app.json and Android native project

I am trying to expo publish my Android app and am getting the following error:

Finished building JavaScript bundle in 45823ms.
JavaScript engine configuration is inconsistent between app.json and Android native project.
In app.json: Hermes is not enabled
In Android native project: Hermes is enabled
Please check the following files for inconsistencies:
  - packages/info-expo/app.json
  - packages/info-expo/android/gradle.properties
  - packages/info-expo/android/app/build.gradle

Here is my package.json

"dependencies": {
    "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "~1.15.0",
    "@react-native-community/netinfo": "6.0.0",
    "@react-native-community/voice": "1.1.4",
    "@react-native-firebase/analytics": "7.6.4",
    "@react-native-firebase/app": "8.4.3",
    "@react-native-masked-view/masked-view": "0.2.4",
    "@react-navigation/core": "^6.4.8",
    "@react-navigation/material-top-tabs": "6.0.0",
    "@react-navigation/native": "6.0.0",
    "@react-navigation/stack": "6.0.0",
    "@reduxjs/toolkit": "^1.3.6",
    "@rnhooks/keyboard": "0.0.3",
    "@s1/dpl": "3.0.17",
    "@unimodules/core": "~7.1.1",
    "change-case": "^4.1.1",
    "eas-cli": "^3.14.0",
    "escape-string-regexp": "2.0.0",
    "expo": "^42.0.0",
    "expo-application": "~3.2.0",
    "expo-asset": "~8.3.3",
    "expo-av": "~9.2.3",
    "expo-constants": "~11.0.1",
    "expo-intent-launcher": "~9.1.0",
    "expo-localization": "~10.2.0",
    "expo-network": "~3.2.0",
    "expo-splash-screen": "~0.11.2",
    "expo-updates": "~0.8.2",
    "i18next": "^19.4.4",
    "react": "16.13.1",
    "react-dom": "16.13.1",
    "react-i18next": "^11.4.0",
    "react-is": "^18.2.0",
    "react-native": "0.63.4",
    "react-native-device-info": "5.5.8",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "~1.10.2",
    "react-native-offline": "^6.0.0",
    "react-native-pager-view": "5.0.12",
    "react-native-paper": "4.2.0",
    "react-native-reanimated": "~2.2.0",
    "react-native-responsive-dimensions": "^3.1.1",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "3.2.0",
    "react-native-screens": "~3.4.0",
    "react-native-startup-time": "^1.2.2",
    "react-native-svg": "12.1.1",
    "react-native-tab-view": "3.0.0",
    "react-native-unimodules": "~0.14.5",
    "react-native-url-polyfill": "^1.1.2",
    "react-native-vector-icons": "^6.6.0",
    "react-native-web": "~0.13.12",
    "react-native-webview": "11.6.2",
    "react-redux": "^7.2.0",
    "redux": "^4.0.5",
    "redux-devtools-extension": "^2.13.8",
    "redux-persist": "^6.0.2",
    "redux-thunk": "^2.3.0",
    "styled-components": "^5.1.0",
    "url-regex": "^5.0.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "~7.9.0",
    "@babel/plugin-transform-async-to-generator": "7.10.1",
    "@carimus/metro-symlinked-deps": "1.1.0",
    "@google-cloud/translate": "^5.1.4",
    "@testing-library/react-hooks": "3.2.1",
    "@testing-library/react-native": "5.0.3",
    "@types/jest": "^25.2.3",
    "@types/node": "^14.0.4",
    "@types/react": "~16.9.35",
    "@types/react-native": "~0.63.2",
    "@types/react-native-responsive-dimensions": "3.0.0",
    "@types/react-redux": "^7.1.6",
    "@types/react-test-renderer": "^16.9.1",
    "@types/styled-components": "^4.4.2",
    "@types/yargs": "13.0.4",
    "aws-sdk": "^2.671.0",
    "babel-preset-expo": "8.3.0",
    "eslint": "6.8.0",
    "expo-cli": "4.9",
    "expo-optimize": "^0.1.23",
    "expo-web-browser": "~9.2.0",
    "jest-expo": "^42.0.1",
    "npm-run-all": "4.1.5",
    "react-native-svg-transformer": "^0.14.3",
    "react-native-testing-library": "^1.12.0",
    "react-test-renderer": "16.10.1",
    "sharp-cli": "^1.10.0",
    "shelljs": "^0.8.3",
    "ts-jest": "^26.0.0",
    "typescript": "~4.0.0",
    "webpack": "^4.43.0",
    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.10.3",
    "yargs": "15.0.2"
  }

Here is my app.json

{
    "expo": {
        "owner": "REDACTED",
        "name": "info-expo",
        "slug": "info-expo",
        "privacy": "unlisted",
        "packagerOpts": {
            "config": "metro.config.js",
            "sourceExts": ["js", "jsx", "ts", "tsx", "svg"]
        },
        "platforms": ["ios", "android", "web"],
        "version": "1.1.9660",
        "orientation": "portrait",
        "icon": "./assets/icon.png",
        "splash": {
            "image": "./assets/splash.png",
            "resizeMode": "contain",
            "backgroundColor": "#ffffff"
        },
        "updates": {
            "enabled": true,
            "checkAutomatically": "ON_LOAD",
            "fallbackToCacheTimeout": 0
        },
        "assetBundlePatterns": ["**/*"],
        "ios": {
            "supportsTablet": true
        },
        "scheme": "info",
        "android": {
            "package": "REDACTED",
            "intentFilters": [
                {
                    "action": "VIEW",
                    "data": [
                        {
                            "scheme": "info://"
                        }
                    ],
                    "category": ["BROWSABLE", "DEFAULT"]
                }
            ],
            "versionCode": 1576717578
        }
    },
    "name": "REDACTED"
}

Here is my gradle.properties

android.useAndroidX=true
android.enableJetifier=true
org.gradle.daemon=true
org.gradle.configureondemand=true
org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -XX:MaxPermSize=2048m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8


# Version of flipper SDK to use with React Native
FLIPPER_VERSION=0.54.0

Here is my app/build.gradle

apply plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'


import com.android.build.OutputFile

/**
 * The react.gradle file registers a task for each build variant (e.g. bundleDebugJsAndAssets
 * and bundleReleaseJsAndAssets).
 * These basically call `react-native bundle` with the correct arguments during the Android build
 * cycle. By default, bundleDebugJsAndAssets is skipped, as in debug/dev mode we prefer to load the
 * bundle directly from the development server. Below you can see all the possible configurations
 * and their defaults. If you decide to add a configuration block, make sure to add it before the
 * `apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"` line.
 *
 * project.ext.react = [
 *   // the name of the generated asset file containing your JS bundle
 *   bundleAssetName: "index.android.bundle",
 *
 *   // the entry file for bundle generation
 *   entryFile: "index.android.js",
 *
 *   // https://reactnative.dev/docs/performance#enable-the-ram-format
 *   bundleCommand: "ram-bundle",
 *
 *   // whether to bundle JS and assets in debug mode
 *   bundleInDebug: false,
 *
 *   // whether to bundle JS and assets in release mode
 *   bundleInRelease: true,
 *
 *   // whether to bundle JS and assets in another build variant (if configured).
 *   // See http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide#TOC-Build-Variants
 *   // The configuration property can be in the following formats
 *   //         'bundleIn${productFlavor}${buildType}'
 *   //         'bundleIn${buildType}'
 *   // bundleInFreeDebug: true,
 *   // bundleInPaidRelease: true,
 *   // bundleInBeta: true,
 *
 *   // whether to disable dev mode in custom build variants (by default only disabled in release)
 *   // for example: to disable dev mode in the staging build type (if configured)
 *   devDisabledInStaging: true,
 *   // The configuration property can be in the following formats
 *   //         'devDisabledIn${productFlavor}${buildType}'
 *   //         'devDisabledIn${buildType}'
 *
 *   // the root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives
 *   root: "../../",
 *
 *   // where to put the JS bundle asset in debug mode
 *   jsBundleDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/debug",
 *
 *   // where to put the JS bundle asset in release mode
 *   jsBundleDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/release",
 *
 *   // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via
 *   // require('./image.png')), in debug mode
 *   resourcesDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/debug",
 *
 *   // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via
 *   // require('./image.png')), in release mode
 *   resourcesDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/release",
 *
 *   // by default the gradle tasks are skipped if none of the JS files or assets change; this means
 *   // that we don't look at files in android/ or ios/ to determine whether the tasks are up to
 *   // date; if you have any other folders that you want to ignore for performance reasons (gradle
 *   // indexes the entire tree), add them here. Alternatively, if you have JS files in android/
 *   // for example, you might want to remove it from here.
 *   inputExcludes: ["android/**", "ios/**"],
 *
 *   // override which node gets called and with what additional arguments
 *   nodeExecutableAndArgs: ["node"],
 *
 *   // supply additional arguments to the packager
 *   extraPackagerArgs: []
 * ]
 */

project.ext.react = [
    entryFile: "index.js",
    enableHermes: true,
    bundleInRelease: true,
    bundleInStage: true,
    bundleInDebug: false,
    devDisabledInStage: false
]

apply from: '../../node_modules/react-native-unimodules/gradle.groovy'
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
apply from: "../../node_modules/expo-updates/scripts/create-manifest-android.gradle"

/**
 * Set this to true to create two separate APKs instead of one:
 *   - An APK that only works on ARM devices
 *   - An APK that only works on x86 devices
 * The advantage is the size of the APK is reduced by about 4MB.
 * Upload all the APKs to the Play Store and people will download
 * the correct one based on the CPU architecture of their device.
 */
def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false

/**
 * Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
 */
def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false

/**
 * The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore.
 *
 * For example, to use the international variant, you can use:
 * `def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc-intl:+'`
 *
 * The international variant includes ICU i18n library and necessary data
 * allowing to use e.g. `Date.toLocaleString` and `String.localeCompare` that
 * give correct results when using with locales other than en-US.  Note that
 * this variant is about 6MiB larger per architecture than default.
 */
def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'

/**
 * Whether to enable the Hermes VM.
 *
 * This should be set on project.ext.react and mirrored here.  If it is not set
 * on project.ext.react, JavaScript will not be compiled to Hermes Bytecode
 * and the benefits of using Hermes will therefore be sharply reduced.
 */
def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", true);

// versionCode has to be greater than the original Java version of the app and less than 2100000000
// https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/versioning.html#appversioning
def appVersionCode = 1911111109 + Integer.valueOf(System.env.BUILD_NUMBER ?: 0)

def safeExtGet(prop, fallback) {
    rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
}

def safePropGet(prop, fallback) {
    project.hasProperty(prop) ? project.findProperty(prop) : fallback
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 31

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

    dexOptions {
        javaMaxHeapSize "3g"
    }

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId 'info.com.pwa'
        minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
        targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
        versionCode safePropGet("versionCode", appVersionCode) as Integer
        versionName safePropGet("versionName", "1.0.0")
    }
    splits {
        abi {
            reset()
            enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
            universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
            include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
        }
    }
    signingConfigs {
        debug {
            storeFile file('debug.keystore')
            storePassword 'android'
            keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
            keyPassword 'android'
        }
        release {
            storeFile file(System.getenv("ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PATH") ?: "../../info-expo.jks")
            storePassword 'systemone'
            keyAlias 'info'
            keyPassword 'systemone'
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        debug {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
            applicationIdSuffix = ".debug"
        }
        release {
            minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
            consumerProguardFiles 'proguard-rules.pro'
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
        }
        stage {
            initWith release
            buildConfigField("String", "RELEASE_CHANNEL", "\"stage\"")
            manifestPlaceholders = [stage: true]
            matchingFallbacks = ['release']
            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
        }
    }

    configurations.all {
        resolutionStrategy {
            force "com.facebook.soloader:soloader:0.10.4"
        }
    }

    // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputs.each { output ->
            // For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
            // https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits.html
            def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a": 1, "x86": 2, "arm64-v8a": 3, "x86_64": 4]
            def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
            if (abi != null) {  // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
                output.versionCodeOverride =
                        versionCodes.get(abi) * 1048576 + defaultConfig.versionCode
            }

        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
    addUnimodulesDependencies()

    // non-unimodule dependencies
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.play:core:1.7.0'
    implementation 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:4.7.1'
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlinVersion"
    implementation "androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0"

    if (enableHermes) {
        def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermes-engine/android/";
        debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
        stageImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
        releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
    } else {
        implementation jscFlavor
    }
}

// Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
// puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use
task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
    from configurations.compile
    into 'libs'
}

apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)

There are few mentions of this error online, but from what I could tell it had to do with expo-cli being out of date. My version of expo-cli=4.9 is the correct version for my expo=42 app and my hermes-engine=0.5.1 is the correct version for react-native=0.63.4. Any ideas on what this could be stemming from? You can see two other posts of people having this issue here and here

You are on SDK 42 and for SDK 47 and lower, JSC is the default JavaScript engine and to use Hermes you need to add the jsEngine field in app config:

{
  "expo": {
    "jsEngine": "hermes"
  }
}

To use hermes just for Android you can do

{
  "expo": {
    "jsEngine": "hermes",
    "ios": {
      "jsEngine": "jsc"
    }
  }
}

Hi @system1man

In addition to what szdziedzic says, bear in mind that if you have an android directory you are on the Bare workflow. So changes to app.json usually don’t apply, unless you regenerate the native code with npx expo prebuild --clean.

Of course, if you do this it will wipe our your android and ios directories and regenerate them, so if you made any changes that you want to keep you will need to redo those changes afterwards.

If you did not make any changes to ios and android that you need to keep, you can just delete those directories (or add them to .gitignore). This effectively switches you back to the Managed workflow.