Reputation: 21
When trying to make an android Accessibility Service by adding a custom module to my expo app, I get an error building my dev build
I've just started using expo a few weeks ago because I wanted to build an android app able to block the usage of other apps (an app blocker). It would restrict me from opening YouTube more than 1 hour a day for example.
This type of android app is called an accessibility service. I understand that I need to use a development build because expo go isn't allowed to be an Accessibility Service.
So my approach is to create a module using "npx create-expo-module@latest --local" (because i get this error if I don't create it localy) In my new module, I update my manifest in modules/my-module/android/src/main/AndroixManifest.xml following these guidelines
I then create a new class extending AccessibilityService()
import android.accessibilityservice.AccessibilityService
import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent
import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo
class MyAccessibilityService : AccessibilityService() {
override fun onAccessibilityEvent(event: AccessibilityEvent) {
if (event.packageName != null && event.packageName.toString() == com.google.android.youtube") {
performGlobalAction(GLOBAL_ACTION_BACK)
}
}
override fun onInterrupt() { }
}
But when I try to test it and run eas build --profile development --platform android
,
I get an error at the step "Run gradlew" :
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugMainManifest'.
> Manifest merger failed with multiple errors, see logs
* 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 4m 3s
Error: Gradle build failed with unknown error. See logs for the "Run gradlew" phase for more information.
Am I doing this the right way and if so, how to I solve this error ?
Thank you so much
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