Test with more recent Java and Node versions

[CedricGuillemet]

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[matthargett]

landing RNTA updated to nodejs 18, so maybe this just needs a rebase?

[CedricGuillemet]

Got this build error with RN 0.64:

Script '/Users/runner/work/BabylonReactNative/BabylonReactNative/Apps/Playground/0.64/node_modules/react-native/react.gradle' line: 300

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
> Could not create task ':app:copyDebugBundledJs'.
   > Could not create task ':app:mergeDebugAssets'.
      > Cannot use @TaskAction annotation on method IncrementalTask.taskAction$gradle_core() because interface org.gradle.api.tasks.incremental.IncrementalTaskInputs is not a valid parameter to an action method.

RN 0.64 gradle build script is deprecated. tasks.whenTaskAdded must be replaced with tasks.configureEach. So, it's not possible to update Java until RN 0.64 is being used by the build.

[CedricGuillemet]

Another test using RN 0.69 instead of 0.64 for PR build and got this error with Windows build:

RNPermissions.vcxproj(160,5): error : This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is D:\a\BabylonReactNative\BabylonReactNative\Apps\Playground\Playground\windows\\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.200316.3\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props.

This issue was fixed in RNPermissions when working on RNTA and [email protected] was released. 4.1.5 needs [email protected] which makes it incompatible with RN 0.69 because of a dependency to [email protected].

This didn't happen with 0.64 because cppwinrt version was the same between RNPermissions and RN

Envisaged solutions:

• use PR build to use Playground 0.70 or 0.71 and deprecate 0.69 as well
• use PR build to use Playground 0.70 or 0.71 but keep 0.69 (might see issues only when publishing)
• use RNTA with RN 0.69 (might see same issue) or later

[tido64]

If I'm not mistaken, the reason you're seeing that error is because the .vcxproj has not been updated to use package references introduced in RNW 0.68. Removing the checks at the bottom of the project file (for reference, see zoontek/react-native-permissions#860) should let you build and can be done with patch-package. It's another solution if you're fine with patching RNPermissions.