No such static method: 'com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManagerBuilder com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.builder ()'

[kishangpt]

Environment

React Native Environment Info:
System:
OS: Linux 4.4 Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 149.66 MB / 11.65 GB
Shell: 4.3.48 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 11.6.0 - /usr/bin/node
Yarn: 1.12.3 - /usr/bin/yarn
npm: 6.5.0-next.0 - /usr/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
Android SDK:
API Levels: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
Build Tools: 25.0.3, 26.0.1, 26.0.2, 26.0.3, 27.0.0, 27.0.1, 27.0.2, 27.0.3, 28.0.0, 28.0.0, 28.0.0, 28.0.1, 28.0.2, 28.0.3
npmPackages:
react: 16.6.3 => 16.6.3
react-native: ^0.57.8 => 0.57.8
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native-cli: 2.0.1

Description

I have an existing native application and I integrated react-native into it. I have added an activity as mentioned in http://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/integration-with-existing-apps. But as soon as I launch this activity, I get an exception with stacktrace as below:

PID:19295 java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method builder()Lcom/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerBuilder; in class Lcom/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager; or its super classes (declaration of 'com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager' appears in /data/app/com...-rcet5Tnxiu0dRzX1LDQFIQ==/base.apk) //////////////////// Stack Trace //////////////////// at com.....*.presentation.view.activity.MyReactActivity.onCreate(MyReactActivity.java:21) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7173) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1220) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2901) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3023) at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(Unknown Source:0) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1689) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6919) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:327) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1370)

Reproducible Demo

public class MyReactActivity extends Activity implements DefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler {
private ReactRootView mReactRootView;
private ReactInstanceManager mReactInstanceManager;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    mReactRootView = new ReactRootView(this);
    mReactInstanceManager = ReactInstanceManager.builder()
            .setApplication(getApplication())
            .setBundleAssetName("index.android.bundle")
            .setJSMainModulePath("index")
            .addPackage(new MainReactPackage())
            .setUseDeveloperSupport(BuildConfig.DEBUG)
            .setInitialLifecycleState(LifecycleState.RESUMED)
            .build();
    // The string here (e.g. "MyReactNativeApp") has to match
    // the string in AppRegistry.registerComponent() in index.js
    mReactRootView.startReactApplication(mReactInstanceManager, "MyReactNativeApp", null);

    setContentView(mReactRootView);
}
.........

}

Its always reproducible as soon as MyReactActivity is launched.

[bartolkaruza]

Please provide a repository with a minimal reproduction, so we can quickly see what this issue is. We are happy to reopen once that is there.