Android build fails when setting "newArchEnabled" to true

[mgulfam0722]

Environment

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System:
  OS: Windows 10 10.0.19045
  CPU: (20) x64 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700
  Memory: 16.20 GB / 31.75 GB
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 22.14.0
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
  Yarn: Not Found
  npm:
    version: 10.9.2
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK: Not Found
  Windows SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: AI-242.23726.103.2422.13103373
  Visual Studio: Not Found
Languages:
  Java: 17.0.14
  Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 15.0.1
    wanted: 15.0.1
  react:
    installed: 19.0.0
    wanted: 19.0.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.78.0
    wanted: 0.78.0
  react-native-windows: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

Description

When I set the newArchEnabled to true, the android build fails.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:buildCMakeDebug[arm64-v8a]'.
> com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: ninja: Entering directory `C:\Users\My Computer\Desktop\MyAppCli\android\app\.cxx\Debug\6i5q1k3o\arm64-v8a'

C++ build system [build] failed while executing:
      @echo off
      "C:\\Users\\My Computer\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk\\cmake\\3.22.1\\bin\\ninja.exe" ^
        -C ^
        "C:\\Users\\My Computer\\Desktop\\MyAppCli\\android\\app\\.cxx\\Debug\\6i5q1k3o\\arm64-v8a" ^
        appmodules
    from C:\Users\My Computer\Desktop\MyAppCli\android\app

Reproducible Demo

Just initialized a new project using the command npx @react-native-community/cli@latest init MyApp and the android build fails. Surprisingly when newArchEnabled is set to false, the build succeeds. Why is this so?

[szymonrybczak]

@mgulfam0722 What's the error?

[mgulfam0722]

@mgulfam0722 What's the error?

Sorry, forgot to mention that, updated the issue description, should be visible there.
Thanks

[szymonrybczak]

@mgulfam0722 that's the error with your setup, it's not related to CLI

[mgulfam0722]

@mgulfam0722 that's the error with your setup, it's not related to CLI

Thank you for your response. I have rechecked each and everything as per the documentation but nothing unusual was found. The app builds without any problem when newArchEnabled is set to false.

[mgulfam0722]

Even expo managed apps work perfectly when setting "newArchEnabled": true