fix: exclude reanimated/worklets native build, disable New Architecture

react-native.config.js excludes react-native-reanimated and
react-native-worklets from Android native linking — neither is used in
the app and react-native-gesture-handler has a dedicated noreanimated
codepath for exactly this case.

build-apk.sh step 4.6 forces newArchEnabled=false in gradle.properties
after expo prebuild, as a fallback for New Architecture init issues
on Android 15.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/build-android.yml

@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ jobs:
           [ -n "$KEYSTORE_STORE_PASSWORD" ] && echo "KEYSTORE_STORE_PASSWORD: set" || echo "KEYSTORE_STORE_PASSWORD: EMPTY"
           [ -n "$KEYSTORE_KEY_PASSWORD" ]   && echo "KEYSTORE_KEY_PASSWORD: set" || echo "KEYSTORE_KEY_PASSWORD: EMPTY"
 
+      - name: Patch native modules for Android 15 16KB page size
+        run: |
+          WORKLETS="node_modules/react-native-worklets/android/CMakeLists.txt"
+          REANIMATED="node_modules/react-native-reanimated/android/CMakeLists.txt"
+          if [ -f "$WORKLETS" ] && ! grep -q "max-page-size" "$WORKLETS"; then
+            printf '\ntarget_link_options(worklets PRIVATE "-Wl,-z,max-page-size=16384")\n' >> "$WORKLETS"
+          fi
+          if [ -f "$REANIMATED" ] && ! grep -q "max-page-size" "$REANIMATED"; then
+            printf '\ntarget_link_options(reanimated PRIVATE "-Wl,-z,max-page-size=16384")\n' >> "$REANIMATED"
+          fi
+
       - name: Build signed APK
         run: ./build-apk.sh
 

build-apk.sh

@@ -77,6 +77,32 @@ info "Running expo prebuild (Android)…"
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
 npx expo prebuild --platform android --clean --no-install
 
+# ─── 4.5. Patch native modules — 16KB page size (Android 15) ──────────────
+info "Patching native modules for 16KB page size support (Android 15)…"
+
+WORKLETS_CMAKE="$SCRIPT_DIR/node_modules/react-native-worklets/android/CMakeLists.txt"
+REANIMATED_CMAKE="$SCRIPT_DIR/node_modules/react-native-reanimated/android/CMakeLists.txt"
+
+if [ -f "$WORKLETS_CMAKE" ] && ! grep -q "max-page-size" "$WORKLETS_CMAKE"; then
+  printf '\ntarget_link_options(worklets PRIVATE "-Wl,-z,max-page-size=16384")\n' >> "$WORKLETS_CMAKE"
+  info "Patched react-native-worklets for 16KB pages"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$REANIMATED_CMAKE" ] && ! grep -q "max-page-size" "$REANIMATED_CMAKE"; then
+  printf '\ntarget_link_options(reanimated PRIVATE "-Wl,-z,max-page-size=16384")\n' >> "$REANIMATED_CMAKE"
+  info "Patched react-native-reanimated for 16KB pages"
+fi
+
+# ─── 4.6. Disable New Architecture (Android 15 compat) ────────────────────
+GRADLE_PROPS_NEWARCH="$SCRIPT_DIR/android/gradle.properties"
+if [ -f "$GRADLE_PROPS_NEWARCH" ]; then
+  sed -i 's/^newArchEnabled=true/newArchEnabled=false/' "$GRADLE_PROPS_NEWARCH"
+  if ! grep -q "^newArchEnabled=" "$GRADLE_PROPS_NEWARCH"; then
+    echo "newArchEnabled=false" >> "$GRADLE_PROPS_NEWARCH"
+  fi
+  info "New Architecture disabled in gradle.properties"
+fi
+
 # ─── 5. Patch build.gradle — inject release signingConfig ──────────────────
 info "Patching android/app/build.gradle for release signing…"
 

react-native.config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Exclude native build for packages not used in this project.
+// react-native-gesture-handler detects their absence and falls back to its
+// noreanimated codepath, so GestureHandlerRootView continues to work.
+module.exports = {
+  dependencies: {
+    'react-native-reanimated': {
+      platforms: { android: null },
+    },
+    'react-native-worklets': {
+      platforms: { android: null },
+    },
+  },
+};