Common React Native Android autolinking issues and what to check

Autolinking in React Native is one of those things that feels invisible when it works and extremely confusing when it doesn’t. When it breaks, the errors often do not clearly say: “autolinking failed” or “this package was not linked the way you expected” Instead, the build may fail with symptoms like: plugin or package resolution problems missing generated files configuration failures native modules not being found Android build errors that look like Gradle issues at first glance That is why autolinking problems can waste a lot of time. This is the checklist I would use to narrow them down. Why autolinking issues are tricky Autolinking problems are annoying because they often appear indirectly. The error might mention: Gradle a plugin a package a generated file a native task a module not found configuration of the Android project But the actual issue may simply be that the project expected a package to be linked automatically and that expectation was broken somewhere. So when I suspect