microsoft / microsoft/react-native-windows
Release builds are hard-coded to use x86 Hermes, even on ARM Windows
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Description
Problem Description
Although debug builds work, release builds on ARM Windows fail as follows:
× Build failed with message C:\Users\jamie\Downloads\MyApp123\node_modules\react-native-windows\PropertySheets\Bundle.Common.targets(22,5): error MSB3075: ???? "C:\Users\jamie.nuget\packages\microsoft.javascript.hermes\0.0.0-2511.7001-d7ca19b3\tools\native\release\x86\hermes.exe -emit-binary -out "C:\Users\jamie\Downloads\MyApp123\windows\MyApp123\Bundle\index.windows.bundle.hbc" "C:\Users\jamie\Downloads\MyApp123\windows\MyApp123\Bundle\index.windows.bundle" -O -output-source-map" ???? 5 ???????????????????????????????????????? [C:\Users\jamie\Downloads\MyApp123\windows\MyApp123\MyApp123.vcxproj]. Check your build configuration.
This is probably because PropertySheets/Bundle.props is hard-coded to use x86\hermes.exe rather than taking the architecture into account. There appears to be an x64\hermes.exe available beside it (so the full set of supported architectures is x86 and x64).
Steps To Reproduce
On an ARM Windows device (e.g. an ARM Mac running Windows through a VM), attempt a release build:
rnc-cli run-windows --arch=ARM64 --release
Expected Results
Release builds should work.
CLI version
20.1.3
Environment
System:
OS: Windows 11 10.0.26100
CPU: (4) x64 Apple Silicon
Memory: 1.87 GB / 7.99 GB
Binaries:
Node:
version: 22.20.0
path: C:\Users\jamie\AppData\Local\Volta\tools\image\node\22.20.0\node.EXE
Yarn:
version: 1.22.22
path: C:\Users\jamie\AppData\Local\Volta\tools\image\yarn\1.22.22\bin\yarn.CMD
npm:
version: 10.9.3
path: C:\Users\jamie\AppData\Local\Volta\tools\image\node\22.20.0\npm.CMD
Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
Android SDK: Not Found
Windows SDK:
AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense: Enabled
AllowAllTrustedApps: Enabled
Versions:
- 10.0.19041.0
- 10.0.22621.0
IDEs:
Android Studio: Not Found
Visual Studio:
- 17.11.35312.102 (Visual Studio Community 2022)
Languages:
Java: Not Found
Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
"@react-native-community/cli":
installed: 20.1.3
wanted: latest
react:
installed: 19.1.0
wanted: 19.1.0
react-native:
installed: 0.81.5
wanted: 0.81.5
react-native-windows:
installed: 0.81.15
wanted: 0.81.15
npmGlobalPackages:
"*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
hermesEnabled: true
newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
hermesEnabled: Not found
newArchEnabled: Not found
info React Native v0.85.2 is now available (your project is running on v0.81.5).
info Changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.85.2
info Diff: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.81.5&to=0.85.2
info For more info, check out "https://reactnative.dev/docs/upgrading?os=windows".
Community Modules
None
Target React Native Architecture
New Architecture (WinAppSDK) Only
Target Platform Version
None
Visual Studio Version
Visual Studio 2022
Build Configuration
Release
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