foojay-resolver-convention 0.5.0 in gradle-plugin is incompatible with Gradle 9.0.0

Description

The @react-native/gradle-plugin bundles settings.gradle.kts with:

plugins { id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention").version("0.5.0") }

React Native 0.83.x uses Gradle 9.0.0 (set in gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties), but foojay-resolver-convention 0.5.0 depends on FoojayToolchainsPlugin, a class that was removed in Gradle 9.0.0.

This causes a build failure on any fresh project or after clearing Gradle caches.

Steps to reproduce

npx create-expo-app@latest --template default@sdk-55
cd <project>
rm -rf ~/.gradle/caches
npx expo run:android

Error

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Settings file 'android/settings.gradle' line: 21

* What went wrong:
Error resolving plugin [id: 'com.facebook.react.settings']
> org/gradle/toolchains/foojay/FoojayToolchainsPlugin

Full stacktrace:

Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/gradle/toolchains/foojay/FoojayToolchainsPlugin
    at org.gradle.toolchains.foojay.FoojayToolchainsConventionPlugin.apply(FoojayToolchainsConventionPlugin.kt:11)

Root cause

Component	Version
react-native	0.83.4
@react-native/gradle-plugin	0.83.4
Gradle	9.0.0
foojay-resolver-convention	0.5.0

Gradle 9.0.0 removed the FoojayToolchainsPlugin class that foojay 0.5.0 depends on. Versions 0.8.0+ of foojay-resolver-convention are compatible with Gradle 9.0.0.

Verified fix

Updating settings.gradle.kts in @react-native/gradle-plugin from:

plugins { id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention").version("0.5.0") }

to:

plugins { id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention").version("0.9.0") }

resolves the issue. The build also requires --no-configure-on-demand to avoid a related metadata.bin generation failure.

Affected versions

• react-native 0.83.0 through 0.84.1 (all ship foojay 0.5.0 with Gradle 9.0.0)
• Expo SDK 55 (uses react-native 0.83.x)
• Reproducible on macOS (ARM64) with Java 17 and Node 24

Environment

System: macOS 26.3.1 (arm64)
Node: v24.14.0
Java: OpenJDK 17.0.18 (Zulu)
Gradle: 9.0.0
react-native: 0.83.4
Expo SDK: 55.0.9

Commencez par settings.gradle.kts dans @react-native/gradle-plugin et gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties afin de confirmer les versions de Gradle et de foojay. Reproduisez le problème avec les commandes Expo Android après avoir effacé les caches Gradle, puis vérifiez qu’un projet vierge se construit avec Gradle 9.0.0 et la configuration du resolver mise à jour ; vérifiez également l’exigence signalée concernant --no-configure-on-demand.