React Native Build Failing with JAR Creation Error in react-native-vision-camera-face-detector

I'm trying to build my React Native app using EAS Build locally and also directly with Gradle. The build consistently fails with a JAR file creation error related to the react-native-vision-camera-face-detector package.

Commands tried:

eas build -p android --profile release-apk --local

and,

cd android && gradle clean && rm -r .gradle && gradle wrapper

Current Error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring project ':react-native-vision-camera-face-detector'.
> java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.gradle.api.GradleException: Failed to create Jar file /Users/bccca/.gradle/caches/jars-9/18366b31678c0171857be093a3b8ec22/bcprov-jdk18on-1.79.jar.

Environment

• React Native: 0.74.5
• Expo SDK: 51.0.34
• EAS CLI: 16.20.4
• Gradle: 8.2.1
• macOS: Latest
• Android Gradle Plugin: 8.2.1

Project Setup

The project uses:

• React Native with Expo
• Multiple native dependencies including:
  • react-native-vision-camera: 4.4.0
  • react-native-vision-camera-face-detector: ^1.7.1
  • @react-native-firebase/app: ^17.4.3
  • @react-native-firebase/messaging: ^17.4.3

What I've Tried

1. Multiple cache clearing attempts:

   cd android && ./gradlew clean
   rm -rf ~/.gradle/caches
   rm -r .gradle
   gradle wrapper
   

2. Tried building directly with Gradle:

   ./gradlew :app:assembleRelease --stacktrace
   

3. My gradle.properties has:

   android.jetifier.ignorelist=bcprov-jdk18on
   

Build Output Context

The build shows successful configuration of most modules:

• All Expo modules configure successfully
• Firebase modules configure successfully
• VisionCamera configures successfully with Frame Processors enabled
• Failure occurs specifically during react-native-vision-camera-face-detector configuration

Error Analysis

The error occurs when Gradle tries to create a JAR file for bcprov-jdk18on-1.79.jar (Bouncy Castle cryptography library). This seems to be a dependency of the face detector package.

The specific JAR path that fails:

/Users/bccca/.gradle/caches/jars-9/18366b31678c0171857be093a3b8ec22/bcprov-jdk18on-1.79.jar

Questions

1. Is this a known issue with react-native-vision-camera-face-detector and the Bouncy Castle dependency?

2. Should I try:

   • Downgrading the face detector package?
   • Adding specific Gradle configurations for Bouncy Castle?
   • Using a different face detection solution?

3. Could this be a file permissions issue or macOS-specific problem with JAR creation?

Package.json Dependencies (Relevant)

{
  "dependencies": {
    "expo": "~51.0.34",
    "react-native": "0.74.5",
    "react-native-vision-camera": "4.4.0",
    "react-native-vision-camera-face-detector": "^1.7.1",
    "@react-native-firebase/app": "^17.4.3",
    "@react-native-firebase/messaging": "^17.4.3",
    "react-native-worklets-core": "1.3.3"
  }
}

Any guidance on resolving this apk creation issue would be greatly appreciated!