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template/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -176,15 +176,6 @@ android {
 
         }
     }
-
-    packagingOptions {
-        pickFirst '**/armeabi-v7a/libc++_shared.so'
-        pickFirst '**/x86/libc++_shared.so'
-        pickFirst '**/arm64-v8a/libc++_shared.so'
-        pickFirst '**/x86_64/libc++_shared.so'
-        pickFirst '**/x86/libjsc.so'
-        pickFirst '**/armeabi-v7a/libjsc.so'
-    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -192,11 +183,11 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
 
     if (enableHermes) {
-      def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermesvm/android/";
-      debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
-      releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
+        def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermes-engine/android/";
+        debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
+        releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
     } else {
-      implementation jscFlavor
+        implementation jscFlavor
     }
 }
 

template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainActivity.java

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity;
 
 public class MainActivity extends ReactActivity {
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the name of the main component registered from JavaScript.
-     * This is used to schedule rendering of the component.
-     */
-    @Override
-    protected String getMainComponentName() {
-        return "HelloWorld";
-    }
+  /**
+   * Returns the name of the main component registered from JavaScript. This is used to schedule
+   * rendering of the component.
+   */
+  @Override
+  protected String getMainComponentName() {
+    return "HelloWorld";
+  }
 }

template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainApplication.java

@@ -1,40 +1,38 @@
 package com.helloworld;
 
 import android.app.Application;
-import android.util.Log;
-
+import android.content.Context;
 import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
-import com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutorFactory;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptExecutorFactory;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
 import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
-
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
 
-  private final ReactNativeHost mReactNativeHost = new ReactNativeHost(this) {
-    @Override
-    public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
-      return BuildConfig.DEBUG;
-    }
+  private final ReactNativeHost mReactNativeHost =
+      new ReactNativeHost(this) {
+        @Override
+        public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
+          return BuildConfig.DEBUG;
+        }
 
-    @Override
-    protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
-      @SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
-      List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
-      // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
-      // packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
-      return packages;
-    }
+        @Override
+        protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
+          @SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
+          List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
+          // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
+          // packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
+          return packages;
+        }
 
-    @Override
-    protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
-      return "index";
-    }
-  };
+        @Override
+        protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
+          return "index";
+        }
+      };
 
   @Override
   public ReactNativeHost getReactNativeHost() {
@@ -45,5 +43,32 @@ public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
   public void onCreate() {
     super.onCreate();
     SoLoader.init(this, /* native exopackage */ false);
+    initializeFlipper(this); // Remove this line if you don't want Flipper enabled
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Loads Flipper in React Native templates.
+   *
+   * @param context
+   */
+  private static void initializeFlipper(Context context) {
+    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
+      try {
+        /*
+         We use reflection here to pick up the class that initializes Flipper,
+        since Flipper library is not available in release mode
+        */
+        Class<?> aClass = Class.forName("com.facebook.flipper.ReactNativeFlipper");
+        aClass.getMethod("initializeFlipper", Context.class).invoke(null, context);
+      } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      }
+    }
   }
 }