Wont build on RN 0.83 (Expo 55)

[MacDaysix]

The package requires patching to be compatible with modern React Native (New Architecture / Expo SDK 52+) due to three issues:

• Deprecated Android support libraries: The package depends on com.android.support:appcompat-v7 and com.android.support:design, which must be replaced with their AndroidX equivalents (androidx.appcompat, com.google.android.material, androidx.localbroadcastmanager). The Queue-it Android SDK transitively pulls in legacy support libs, so those need to be excluded explicitly.
• Version catalog dependency references: build.gradle uses version catalog syntax (libs.react.android, libs.fbjni) which is not reliably available in library module contexts — these need to be replaced with explicit string coordinates.
• Hardcoded codegen output filenames in CMake: CMakeLists.txt references specific generated .cpp filenames that may differ across RN versions; switching to a GLOB pattern makes the build resilient to codegen output changes.

Currently I am able to run this app by applying the following patch:

diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index dc883f3284f90bc739c626e9dfec8898cc415fad..ebdc4df47ac2d98e856c44133ec2342822696cb0 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -102,11 +102,14 @@ android {
 def kotlin_version = getExtOrDefault('kotlinVersion')
 dependencies {
   implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
-  implementation(libs.react.android)
-  implementation(libs.fbjni)
+  implementation "com.facebook.react:react-android"
+  implementation "com.facebook.fbjni:fbjni:0.5.1"
 
   //App dependencies
-  implementation('com.queue-it.androidsdk:library:2.0.36')
-  implementation('com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0')
-  implementation('com.android.support:design:28.0.0')
+  implementation('com.queue-it.androidsdk:library:2.0.36') {
+    exclude group: "com.android.support"
+  }
+  implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0"
+  implementation "com.google.android.material:material:1.12.0"
+  implementation "androidx.localbroadcastmanager:localbroadcastmanager:1.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/jni/CMakeLists.txt b/android/src/main/jni/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c3ff4e2f59d4da88cbf260c08904b068c97bb63..ffb5deba33a755936c351ef00bd5b359bfe74f0a 100644
--- a/android/src/main/jni/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/android/src/main/jni/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${REACT_ANDROID_DIR}" REACT_ANDROID_DIR)
 
 include("${REACT_ANDROID_DIR}/cmake-utils/ReactNative-application.cmake")
 
-set(SOURCE_FILES
-  "${CODEGEN_DIR}/ReactNativeQueueIt-generated.cpp"
-  "${CODEGEN_DIR}/react/renderer/components/ReactNativeQueueIt/ReactNativeQueueItJSI-generated.cpp"
-)
+file(
+  GLOB SOURCE_FILES
+  CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
+  "${CODEGEN_DIR}/*.cpp"
+  "${CODEGEN_DIR}/react/renderer/components/ReactNativeQueueIt/*.cpp"
+)
 
 include_directories(
     "${CODEGEN_DIR}"

There are also issues with the AndroidManifest.xml merge when trying to build.

Applying this expo plugin allows it to build:

/* eslint-env node */
/* global require, module */

const { withAndroidManifest, createRunOncePlugin } = require("expo/config-plugins")

const QUEUE_ACTIVITY_NAME = "com.queue_it.androidsdk.QueueActivity"

const withQueueIt = (config) => {
  return withAndroidManifest(config, (config) => {
    const application = config.modResults?.manifest?.application?.[0]

    if (!application) {
      return config
    }

    if (!application.$) {
      application.$ = {}
    }

    application.$["tools:replace"] = "android:allowBackup"

    if (!application.activity) {
      application.activity = []
    }

    const alreadyExists = application.activity.some(
      (activity) => activity?.$?.["android:name"] === QUEUE_ACTIVITY_NAME,
    )

    if (!alreadyExists) {
      application.activity.push({
        $: {
          "android:name": QUEUE_ACTIVITY_NAME,
        },
      })
    }

    return config
  })
}

const pkg = require("../package.json")

module.exports = createRunOncePlugin(withQueueIt, pkg.name, pkg.version)

I wanted to ask if the allowsBackup setting is actually required for QueueIt?

Stack:
"react-native": "0.83.6",
"expo": "55.0.17",