Android 15 Play Store Blocker: Kotlin removeFirst() / removeLast() causing crashes in ScreenStack.obtainDrawingOp

[kapilw360]

Description

Starting with Android 15:

Kotlin's removeFirst() and removeLast() are now ambiguous with Java’s built-in methods.

Dalvik/ART resolves these calls incorrectly → causing runtime crashes.

Google Play has added a new Technical Quality Blocker that prevents apps from shipping if these methods exist inside the AAB.

Therefore, any library using these Kotlin extensions (including react-native-screens) triggers this new Play Store warning and must replace them with safer alternatives.

com.swmansion.rnscreens.ScreenStack.obtainDrawingOp

Steps to reproduce

Build Android release.

Upload .aab to Play Console.

Play Console reports error under Technical Quality.

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Screens version

3.16.0

React Native version

0.73.6

Platforms

iOS, Android

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[kapilw360]

Google Play is blocking the build because the current react-native-screens version still uses Kotlin removeFirst() / removeLast() which are incompatible with Android 15.
This issue is already fixed in newer releases, so we just need to update react-native-screens to the latest version to resolve it.

[kkafar]

@kapilw360

Exactly, the issue is fixed in newer releases. The solution here is to update the library version (pay attention to supported react-native versions! (can be found in project readme)).