title: Cannot build react-native project from Android-Studio
body: <p>I can run my react-native project. It works fine. I have tested by running using react-native. But when I'm trying to run it with Android studio I get the following error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>*FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
  * Where:
  Script 'D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\native_modules.gradle' line: 195
  * What went wrong:
  A problem occurred evaluating settings 'employeeMobile'.
  &gt; Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object
  
    The current character read is 'E' with an int value of 69
    Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object
    line number 1
    index number 0
    Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, scandir 'D:/EmployeeApp/EmployeeMobileAppGit/employeemobile-app/android/app/build/intermediates/signing_config/debug/out/signing-config.json'    at Object.readdirSync (fs.js:790:3)    at GlobSync._readdir (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:288:41)    at GlobSync._readdirInGlobStar (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:267:20)    at GlobSync._readdir (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:276:17)    at GlobSync._processReaddir (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:137:22)    at GlobSync._process (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:132:10)    at GlobSync._processGlobStar (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:380:10)    at GlobSync._process (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:130:10)    at GlobSync._processGlobStar (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:383:10)    at GlobSync._process (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:130:10)
    ^
  * Try:
  Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
  * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
  BUILD FAILED in 3s
  Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object
  The current character read is 'E' with an int value of 69
  Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object
  line number 1
  index number 0
  Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, scandir 'D:/EmployeeApp/EmployeeMobileAppGit/employeemobile-app/android/app/build/intermediates/signing_config/debug/out/signing-config.json'    at Object.readdirSync (fs.js:790:3)    at GlobSync._readdir (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:288:41)    at GlobSync._readdirInGlobStar (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:267:20)    at GlobSync._readdir (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:276:17)    at GlobSync._processReaddir (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:137:22)    at GlobSync._process (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:132:10)    at GlobSync._processGlobStar (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:380:10)    at GlobSync._process (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:130:10)    at GlobSync._processGlobStar (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:383:10)    at GlobSync._process (D:\EmployeeApp\EmployeeMobileAppGit\employeemobile-app\node_modules\glob\sync.js:130:10)
  ^
  10:38:38 AM: Task execution finished.*
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My project Gradle file is as follows.</p>
  
  <pre><code>// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
  buildscript {
      ext {
          buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
          minSdkVersion = 16
          compileSdkVersion = 28
          targetSdkVersion = 28
          supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"
      }
      repositories {
          google()
          jcenter()
      }
      dependencies {
          classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.2'
          // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
          // in the individual module build.gradle files
      }
  }
  allprojects {
      repositories {
          mavenLocal()
          maven {
              // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
              url("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android")
          }
          maven {
              // Android JSC is installed from npm
              url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
          }
          google()
          jcenter()
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My app/Gradle file is as follows.</p>
  
  <pre><code>apply plugin: "com.android.application"
  import com.android.build.OutputFile
      project.ext.react = [
      entryFile: "index.js",
      enableHermes: false,  // clean and rebuild if changing
  ]
  apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.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", false);
  android {
      compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
      compileOptions {
          sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
          targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
      }
      defaultConfig {
          applicationId "com.employeemobile"
          minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
          targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
          versionCode 1
          versionName "1.0"
      }
      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 {
              if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE')) {
                  storeFile file(MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE)
                  storePassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_PASSWORD
                  keyAlias MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIAS
                  keyPassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_PASSWORD
              }
          }
      }
      buildTypes {
          debug {
              signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
          }
          release {
              // Caution! In production, you need to generate your own keystore file.
              // see https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/signed-apk-android.
              signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
              signingConfig signingConfigs.release
              minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
              proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
          }
      }
      // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
      applicationVariants.all { variant -&gt;
          variant.outputs.each { output -&gt;
              // 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
              }
          }
      }
      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 {
      implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
      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")
      } 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)
  </code></pre>