App missing dev dependencies | NativePHP | Page 1

chilly stone Dec 30, 2025, 5:04 AM

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Hello, I'm not sure which behavior is correct, but my app suddenly stopped functioning properly. I've tried every possible combination.

  Updating Android configuration ....................................................................................................... 2.15ms DONE
  Copying Laravel source ................................................................................................................... 4s DONE
  Installing Composer dependencies ......................................................................................................... 3s DONE
  Optimizing autoloader .................................................................................................................... 2s DONE
  Creating bundle archive .................................................................................................................. 2s DONE
  Bundle size ............................................................................................................................. 15.57 MB
  Build type ................................................................................................................................. debug
  App version ................................................................................................................................ DEBUG

NATIVEPHP_APP_ID=com.dyanakiev.medicinetracker
NATIVEPHP_APP_VERSION=DEBUG
NATIVEPHP_APP_VERSION_CODE=1
NATIVEPHP_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM=x

APP_NAME="Medicine Tracker"
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=xx
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_URL=http://localhost:8000

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I see in prepare build this

  $result = Process::path($tempDir)
                    ->timeout(300)
                    ->run('composer install --no-dev --no-interaction');

So its like the .env inside the app is incorrect then

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it looks like the same env is being copied over, but even if i change to app env local and app debug false, it still complains about laravellang service provider, laravelang is in dev dep, if i remove it completely it then complains about laravel/sail etc..

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adding

        'bootstrap/cache/packages.php',
        'bootstrap/cache/services.php',

to cleanup_exclude_files didnt help either 🙁

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so the build.log says a bit more

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📎 message.txt

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removing nativephp dir in the project root, and reinstalling php artisan native:install, didnt work as well still same build.log

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looking into nativephp/android/laravel theres no such dir

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ah this dir is created only during build time ok

untold bolt Dec 30, 2025, 9:20 AM

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please check your composer.json
on require-dev
move package laravel/boost to require
and run
composer update laravel/boost

I also got that error,
so next time if there is an error like that just do the same thing

chilly stone Dec 30, 2025, 10:12 AM

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hey @untold bolt do you see anything wrong

keen peak Dec 30, 2025, 11:51 AM

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Hi all, having the exact same issue... I even tried removing boost completely but now it's having the same issue with Laravel Pail

Screenshot_2025-12-30_at_11.51.33_am.png

chilly stone Dec 30, 2025, 2:30 PM

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keen peak Hi all, having the exact same issue... I even tried removing boost completely bu...

yea idk what happened, i have another nativephp app and its running ok, i will try fresh project

chilly stone Dec 30, 2025, 2:50 PM

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@strong steppe sorry to bother, but any thoughts?

chilly stone Dec 31, 2025, 10:11 AM

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keen peak Hi all, having the exact same issue... I even tried removing boost completely bu...

I ran composer install --no-dev before running php artisan native:run and the app started properly, but it still doesnt make fully sense whats going on 😄

chilly stone Dec 31, 2025, 11:36 AM

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but installing again composer i breaks the app

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:/

wanton iris Dec 31, 2025, 7:59 PM

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Oh I have exactly the same issue

chilly stone Dec 31, 2025, 8:02 PM

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this is the branch with the issue https://github.com/dyanakiev/medicine-tracker/tree/inertia
main branch is still livewire

and this is another app with inertia working perfectly fine setup is 1=1 https://github.com/dyanakiev/subscription-tracker

untold bolt Jan 1, 2026, 3:42 PM

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chilly stone

move package like this
after move from require-dev to require
run composer update, and check again php artisan native:run

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also for package laravel/boost move to require from require-dev

chilly stone Jan 1, 2026, 3:43 PM

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i dont want to move them to require, its working fine, its some kind of other issue, JJSanders ran my app and it worked for him

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moving them to require will introduce larger app bundle, and afterwards these stuff are not supposed to be in require

weak bramble Jan 2, 2026, 2:59 PM

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I was running into the same issue @chilly stone and I added the packages causing issues into my composer.json as dont-discover packages. This is my composer.json file:
With this, seems like Laravel won't automatically call these packages' service providers during bootstrapping.

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chilly stone Jan 2, 2026, 3:01 PM

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Thanks i will use your solution until solved

dry tide Jan 3, 2026, 5:55 PM

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chilly stone Hello, I'm not sure which behavior is correct, but my app suddenly stopped funct...

I wish I could see the whole error, kinda important when debugging

chilly stone Jan 3, 2026, 5:55 PM

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i can have that in a min

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📎 message.txt

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and here it is the build log:

📎 message.txt

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@dry tide ^

dry tide Jan 3, 2026, 6:09 PM

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The laravel-lang/* packages are being removed by composer install --no-dev, but the cached package manifest still references LaravelLang\Config\ServiceProvider.
Looking at the build log:
Removals: ... laravel-lang/config ...
The packages get removed, but bootstrap/cache/packages.php (created when you had dev dependencies) still lists them.

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Try uninstalling the app and re-installing it

chilly stone Jan 3, 2026, 6:11 PM

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ive already tried deleting of vendor, composer.lock, etc. if i try running without laravel-lang, it then complains about sail, ive deleted boostrap/cache/*.php

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i also did test yesterday with fresh clone of the app from my github repo, which actually worked for another member here

ive tried uninstalling the app multiple times, and clearing the cache of the app before uninstalling it
i also tried different app_id

dry tide Jan 3, 2026, 6:19 PM

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chilly stone ive already tried deleting of vendor, composer.lock, etc. if i try running witho...

lets schedule a time to do a screen share

chilly stone Jan 3, 2026, 6:20 PM

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Hey @dry tide i found out why ios build works, but android doesnt

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This is how composer is done for ios

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for android goes straight to --no-dev always

dry tide Jan 3, 2026, 6:21 PM

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I would say thats more of an issue with ios then actually

chilly stone Jan 3, 2026, 6:21 PM

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if i manually remove --no-dev for android all issues get resolved

dry tide Jan 3, 2026, 6:22 PM

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we should alwys do --no-dev

chilly stone Jan 3, 2026, 6:22 PM

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oh well 😄

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Im also okay to schedule a screen share if you need me to debug things

dry tide Jan 3, 2026, 6:40 PM

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dm me your email

heady radish Jan 3, 2026, 9:10 PM

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@chilly stone if you don't mind please let me know how this goes, I am currently facing this issue and would love an official solution. Maybe you could just post the details here.

vapid orchid Jan 3, 2026, 11:02 PM

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Similar issue with me too. Let me know the details once you have it working. Thanks,

dim swan Jan 4, 2026, 7:57 AM

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Same issue for me...

chilly stone Jan 4, 2026, 7:58 AM

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@dim swan @vapid orchid @heady radish working on this, temporary solution is to remove the lines below from composer.json:

        "pre-package-uninstall": [
            "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::prePackageUninstall"
        ]

heady radish Jan 4, 2026, 9:26 AM

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chilly stone <@1051391934586949683> <@1447758462250520659> <@685178121388818462> working on t...

@chilly stone thanks for this

earnest dagger Jan 4, 2026, 11:11 PM

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had the same issue.
I actually added all the dependencies to dont-discover in the composer.json

"extra": {
        "laravel": {
            "dont-discover": [
                "laravel/boost",
                "laravel/mcp",
                "laravel/pail",
                "laravel/roster",
                "laravel/sail",
                "nunomaduro/collision",
                "pestphp/pest-plugin-laravel"
            ]
        }
    },

vapid orchid Jan 5, 2026, 9:37 AM

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chilly stone <@1051391934586949683> <@1447758462250520659> <@685178121388818462> working on t...

This worked for me.

pastel pendant Jan 9, 2026, 11:18 PM

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I deleted vendor directory and composer.lock then installed without dev dependencies before build .. it worked no errors after...

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Plus apk size reduced almost in half without dev dependencies after build.. and in general Docs suggests the same ...

chilly stone Jan 10, 2026, 8:01 AM

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pastel pendant Plus apk size reduced almost in half without dev dependencies after build.. a...

hm the docs say to run composer i --no-dev before bundling, it shouldnt as the bundle/package command does it as well?

pastel pendant Jan 11, 2026, 12:03 AM

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chilly stone hm the docs say to run `composer i --no-dev` before bundling, it shouldnt as the...

Yeah.. maybe i and apparently several others missed that particular "suggestion" ... since errors were from dev packages.. but thing is i included dev dependencies in build in my previous app too, back in v1.. had no problem and i had different laravel version too , still 12 but not current version... anyways easy fix is a good thing :))

strong steppe Jan 12, 2026, 9:46 AM

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This was fixed in v2.4.0 - Android now follows iOS's behaviour - make sure you upgrade

the problem is actually a complex bug introduced in Laravel core some months ago that only affects the transition from having dev dependencies installed to --no-dev - our fix in 2.4 smooths over this and doesn't require any extra workarounds

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