Random Network Error in React-native android while uploading image with Axios formdata

Question

I'm using Axios in a React Native application to send attendance data with a selfie image as multipart/form-data. Sometimes randomly I encounter a "Network Error" when I try to make the POST request.

Error

{"message":"Network Error","name":"AxiosError","stack":"AxiosError: Network Error"}

Here’s a snippet of my code:

import {Camera, useCameraDevice} from 'react-native-vision-camera';
import ImageResizer from '@bam.tech/react-native-image-resizer';
   const photo = await camera.takePhoto({
                  qualityPrioritization: 'speed',
                  photoQualityBalance:'speed',
                });
  const resizedUri = await ImageResizer.createResizedImage(photo.path, 800, 600, 'JPEG', 80);
  setLoading(true);
  saveAttendence({position, photo:resizedUri||photo});

Api call

export const callAttendencePostApi = async (
  userId,
  accessToken,
  networkConnected,
  data,
  attendenceData,
) => {
  if (networkConnected) {
   
    const {longitude, latitude} = data?.position?.coords;
    const {path} = data?.photo;
   
    const newImageUri = 'file://' + path.replace(/^file:\/{2,}/, '/');
    const imageFile = {
      uri: newImageUri,
      type: mime.getType(newImageUri)||'image/jpeg',
      name: newImageUri.split('/').pop(),
    };
    const currentTime = moment().format('HH:mm:ss');
    const currentDate = moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD');
    const formdata = new FormData();
    formdata.append('userId', userId);
    formdata.append('token', accessToken);
    if (!attendenceData?.attendance_intime) {
      formdata.append('attendanceDate', currentDate);
      formdata.append('attendanceIntime', currentTime);
      formdata.append('inLet', latitude);
      formdata.append('inLong', longitude);
      formdata.append('inSelfie',imageFile);
    } else {
      formdata.append('attendanceDate', currentDate);
      formdata.append('attendanceOuttime', currentTime);
      formdata.append('outLet', latitude);
      formdata.append('outLong', longitude);
      formdata.append('outSelfie', imageFile);
    }
    const headers = {
      'content-type': 'multipart/form-data',
      timeout: 60000
    };

    try {
      const response = await axios.post(
        `${baseURL}saveAttendance`,
        formdata,
        { headers }
      );
      return response.data;
    } catch (e) {
      return e;
    }
  } else {
    Alert.alert(AlertTitle.appname, AlertTitle.validations.internet_connection);
  }
};

Manifest.xml

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <uses-feature
        android:name="android.hardware.camera"
        android:required="false" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS"/>


    <application
      android:name=".MainApplication"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher1"
      android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round1"
      android:allowBackup="false"
      android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
        android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
  <meta-data
    android:name="com.supersami.foregroundservice.notification_channel_name"
    android:value="Sticky Title"
  />
  <meta-data
    android:name="com.supersami.foregroundservice.notification_channel_description"
    android:value="Sticky Description."
  />
  <meta-data
    android:name="com.supersami.foregroundservice.notification_color"
    android:resource="@color/blue"
  />
 
  <service android:name="com.supersami.foregroundservice.ForegroundService"></service>
  <service android:name="com.supersami.foregroundservice.ForegroundServiceTask"></service>

      <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode"
        android:launchMode="singleTask"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
        android:exported="true">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
      </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

Build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "33.0.0"
        minSdkVersion = 21
        compileSdkVersion = 34
        targetSdkVersion = 34
        googlePlayServicesVersion = "17.0.0"
        // We use NDK 23 which has both M1 support and is the side-by-side NDK version from AGP.
        ndkVersion = "23.1.7779620"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1")
        classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
    }
}

App/Build.gradle

apply plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"

import com.android.build.OutputFile

/**
 * This is the configuration block to customize your React Native Android app.
 * By default you don't need to apply any configuration, just uncomment the lines you need.
 */
react {
    /* Folders */
    //   The root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives. Default is '..'
    // root = file("../")
    //   The folder where the react-native NPM package is. Default is ../node_modules/react-native
    // reactNativeDir = file("../node_modules/react-native")
    //   The folder where the react-native Codegen package is. Default is ../node_modules/react-native-codegen
    // codegenDir = file("../node_modules/react-native-codegen")
    //   The cli.js file which is the React Native CLI entrypoint. Default is ../node_modules/react-native/cli.js
    // cliFile = file("../node_modules/react-native/cli.js")

    /* Variants */
    //   The list of variants to that are debuggable. For those we're going to
    //   skip the bundling of the JS bundle and the assets. By default is just 'debug'.
    //   If you add flavors like lite, prod, etc. you'll have to list your debuggableVariants.
    // debuggableVariants = ["liteDebug", "prodDebug"]

    /* Bundling */
    //   A list containing the node command and its flags. Default is just 'node'.
    // nodeExecutableAndArgs = ["node"]
    //
    //   The command to run when bundling. By default is 'bundle'
    // bundleCommand = "ram-bundle"
    //
    //   The path to the CLI configuration file. Default is empty.
    // bundleConfig = file(../rn-cli.config.js)
    //
    //   The name of the generated asset file containing your JS bundle
    // bundleAssetName = "MyApplication.android.bundle"
    //
    //   The entry file for bundle generation. Default is 'index.android.js' or 'index.js'
    // entryFile = file("../js/MyApplication.android.js")
    //
    //   A list of extra flags to pass to the 'bundle' commands.
    //   See https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/docs/commands.md#bundle
    // extraPackagerArgs = []

    /* Hermes Commands */
    //   The hermes compiler command to run. By default it is 'hermesc'
    // hermesCommand = "$rootDir/my-custom-hermesc/bin/hermesc"
    //
    //   The list of flags to pass to the Hermes compiler. By default is "-O", "-output-source-map"
    // hermesFlags = ["-O", "-output-source-map"]
}

/**
 * Set this to true to create four separate APKs instead of one,
 * one for each native architecture. This is useful if you don't
 * use App Bundles (https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle/)
 * and want to have separate APKs to upload to the Play Store.
 */
def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false

/**
 * Set this to true to Run Proguard on Release builds to minify the Java bytecode.
 */
def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false

/**
 * The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore (JSC)
 *
 * 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:+'

/**
 * Private function to get the list of Native Architectures you want to build.
 * This reads the value from reactNativeArchitectures in your gradle.properties
 * file and works together with the --active-arch-only flag of react-native run-android.
 */
def reactNativeArchitectures() {
    def value = project.getProperties().get("reactNativeArchitectures")
    return value ? value.split(",") : ["armeabi-v7a", "x86", "x86_64", "arm64-v8a"]
}

android {
    ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion

    compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion

    namespace "com.qssindia"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.qssindia"
        minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
        targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
        versionCode 208
        versionName "2.0.8"
    }

    splits {
        abi {
            reset()
            enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
            universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
            include (*reactNativeArchitectures())
        }
    }
    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://reactnative.dev/docs/signed-apk-android.
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
            minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
        }
    }

    // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputs.each { output ->
            // For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
            // https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits.html
            // Example: versionCode 1 will generate 1001 for armeabi-v7a, 1002 for x86, etc.
            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 =
                        defaultConfig.versionCode * 1000 + versionCodes.get(abi)
            }

        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    // The version of react-native is set by the React Native Gradle Plugin
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.1'
    implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection:4.9.1")
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:4.9.1'
    implementation ('org.jetbrains:annotations:16.0.2')
    implementation("com.facebook.react:react-android")
    implementation project(':react-native-vector-icons')
    implementation("androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0")
    implementation ('com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.0' )
    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")
    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-network-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
        exclude group:'com.squareup.okhttp3', module:'okhttp'
    }

    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-fresco-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")
    if (hermesEnabled.toBoolean()) {
        implementation("com.facebook.react:hermes-android")
    } else {
        implementation jscFlavor
    }
}
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle"

apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)