React Native App Crashes — On upgrading to targetSdkVersion 34(Android 14)

Upon launching the application, I encountered an issue where the app crashes immediately on launch when I set my targetSdkVersion to 34 (for Android 14).

Error :

1. Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: : One of RECEIVER_EXPORTED or RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED should be specified when a receiver isn’t being registered exclusively for system broadcasts.
2. Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Requested enabled DevSupportManager, but BridgeDevSupportManager class was not found or could not be created.

In my opinion, react-native-orientation and rn-fetch-blob are some of the packages that cause this issue.

follow the below steps to resolve the issue

in your MainApplication.java

import android.content.Context; // make sure you are not importing multiple times
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.os.Build;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

@Override
    public Intent registerReceiver(@Nullable BroadcastReceiver receiver, IntentFilter filter) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 34 && getApplicationInfo().targetSdkVersion >= 34) {
            return super.registerReceiver(receiver, filter, Context.RECEIVER_EXPORTED);
        } else {
            return super.registerReceiver(receiver, filter);
        }
    }

and Ensure that you insert this(@Override…) code before the onCreate() method.

insert this line inside android/app/build.gradle dependencies.

implementation 'org.jetbrains:annotations:16.0.2'

re-run the project.

For some people, this works.

For others, if the issue persists after implementing the above steps, check if you are using react-native-orientation.

If yes, follow the steps below.

diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-orientation/android/build.gradle b/node_modules/react-native-orientation/android/build.gradle
index e09fb27..aaf30a6 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-orientation/android/build.gradle
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-orientation/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 23
-    buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"
+    compileSdkVersion rootProject.hasProperty('compileSdkVersion') ? rootProject.compileSdkVersion : 23
+    buildToolsVersion rootProject.hasProperty('buildToolsVersion') ? rootProject.buildToolsVersion : "23.0.1"
 
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion 16
-        targetSdkVersion 22
+        minSdkVersion rootProject.hasProperty('minSdkVersion') ? rootProject.minSdkVersion : 16
+        targetSdkVersion rootProject.hasProperty('targetSdkVersion') ? rootProject.targetSdkVersion : 22
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
-        ndk {
-            abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
-        }
+        // ndk {
+        //     abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
+        // }
     }
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"
+    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"
 }
diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-orientation/android/src/main/java/com/github/yamill/orientation/OrientationModule.java b/node_modules/react-native-orientation/android/src/main/java/com/github/yamill/orientation/OrientationModule.java
index 85331ae..3df9a1f 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-orientation/android/src/main/java/com/github/yamill/orientation/OrientationModule.java
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-orientation/android/src/main/java/com/github/yamill/orientation/OrientationModule.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class OrientationModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements Lif
             FLog.e(ReactConstants.TAG, "no activity to register receiver");
             return;
         }
-        activity.registerReceiver(receiver, new IntentFilter("onConfigurationChanged"));
+        activity.registerReceiver(receiver, new IntentFilter("onConfigurationChanged"), Context.RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED);
     }
     @Override
     public void onHostPause() {

refrenece from https://github.com/yamill/react-native-orientation/issues/429

i hope this helps.

If it works fine give a clap 👏