software-mansion · radoslawrolka · Mar 3, 2026 · Mar 3, 2026 · Mar 3, 2026
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ and edit the following files to use RNRepo:
 
 #### Android (Gradle)
 
-1. **Add the RNRepo Maven repository and plugin to `android/build.gradle`:**
+1. **Add the RNRepo plugin to `android/build.gradle`:**
 
    ```diff
    buildscript {
@@ -85,13 +85,6 @@ and edit the following files to use RNRepo:
    +   classpath fileTree(dir: "${rnrepoDir}/gradle-plugin/build/libs", include: ["prebuilds-plugin-*.jar"])
      }
    }
-
-   allprojects {
-     repositories {
-       ...
-   +   maven { url "https://packages.rnrepo.org/releases" }
-     }
-   }
    ```
 
 2. **Apply the plugin in `android/app/build.gradle`:**
@@ -103,8 +96,6 @@ and edit the following files to use RNRepo:
    + apply plugin: "org.rnrepo.tools.prebuilds-plugin"
    ```
 
-   ⚠️ **Important:** The plugin must be applied **after** defining repositories. If you're using a non-standard project structure (not following the `rootProject/android/app` layout), ensure that the `repositories` block is defined before the plugin is applied, otherwise the plugin won't be able to find the RNRepo Maven repository and all packages will fall back to building from source.
-
 #### iOS (CocoaPods)
 
 **Include the RNRepo script at the top of your `ios/Podfile` and add the post-install hook:**

diff --git a/packages/build-tools/README.md b/packages/build-tools/README.md
@@ -39,15 +39,6 @@ buildscript {
 +     classpath fileTree(dir: "${rnrepoDir}/gradle-plugin/build/libs", include: ["prebuilds-plugin-*.jar"])
    }
 }
-
-apply plugin: "com.facebook.react.rootproject"
-
-allprojects {
-  repositories {
-+    maven { url "https://packages.rnrepo.org/releases" }
-  }
-}
-
 ```
 
 Then, apply the plugin in your `android/app/build.gradle` file:

diff --git a/packages/build-tools/gradle-plugin/build.gradle b/packages/build-tools/gradle-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plugins {
 group = 'org.rnrepo.tools'
 
 // Fixed version in code - automatically appends -SNAPSHOT for local publishes
-def baseVersion = '0.3.0'
+def baseVersion = '0.3.1'
 def isLocalPublish = project.gradle.startParameter.taskNames.any {
     it.contains("MavenLocal")
 }

diff --git a/...s/build-tools/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/rnrepo/tools/prebuilds/PrebuildsPlugin.kt b/...s/build-tools/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/rnrepo/tools/prebuilds/PrebuildsPlugin.kt
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class PrebuildsPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
             logger.lifecycle("RN Repo plugin v${BuildConstants.PLUGIN_VERSION} is enabled")
 
             // Check what packages are in project and which are we supporting
+            addRNRepoRepository(project)
             getProjectPackages(project.rootProject.allprojects, extension)
             loadDenyList(extension)
             determineSupportedPackages(project, extension)
@@ -175,6 +176,12 @@ class PrebuildsPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun addRNRepoRepository(project: Project) {
+        project.repositories.maven { repo ->
+            repo.url = project.uri("https://packages.rnrepo.org/releases")
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun getProperty(
         project: Project,
         propertyName: String,

diff --git a/packages/build-tools/package.json b/packages/build-tools/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@rnrepo/build-tools",
   "title": "RNRepo Prebuilds plugin",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1-beta.0",
   "description": "RNRepo plugin for handling prebuilt binaries of iOS and Android libraries",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "./gradle-plugin/gradlew build --no-daemon -p gradle-plugin",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "files": [
     "cocoapods-plugin/",
     "gradle-plugin/README.md",
-    "gradle-plugin/build/libs/prebuilds-plugin-0.3.0.jar",
+    "gradle-plugin/build/libs/prebuilds-plugin-0.3.1.jar",
     "README.md"
   ],
   "keywords": [

diff --git a/packages/expo-config-plugin/__tests__/withRNRepoPlugin.test.ts b/packages/expo-config-plugin/__tests__/withRNRepoPlugin.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('withRNRepoPlugin', () => {
   });
 
   describe('Android: Project Build Gradle', () => {
-    it('should add classpath dependency and maven repository', () => {
+    it('should add classpath dependency', () => {
       mockConfig.modResults.contents = `
         buildscript {
             dependencies {
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ describe('withRNRepoPlugin', () => {
       withRNRepoPlugin(mockConfig);
 
       expect(mockConfig.modResults.contents).toContain('def rnrepoDir = new File');
-      expect(mockConfig.modResults.contents).toContain('repositories {');
-      expect(mockConfig.modResults.contents).toContain('https://packages.rnrepo.org/releases');
     });
 
     it('should not duplicate classpath if already present', () => {
@@ -74,50 +72,6 @@ describe('withRNRepoPlugin', () => {
       const classpathCount = (mockConfig.modResults.contents.match(/def rnrepoDir/g) || []).length;
       expect(classpathCount).toBe(1);
     });
-
-    it('should add maven repository to allprojects block', () => {
-      mockConfig.modResults.contents = `
-        buildscript {
-            repositories {
-                google()
-                mavenCentral()
-            }
-            dependencies {
-                classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.2")
-            }
-        }
-        apply plugin: "com.facebook.react.rootproject"
-      `;
-
-      withRNRepoPlugin(mockConfig);
-
-      expect(mockConfig.modResults.contents).toContain('allprojects {');
-      expect(mockConfig.modResults.contents).toContain('maven { url "https://packages.rnrepo.org/releases" }');
-    });
-
-    it('should not duplicate maven repository', () => {
-      mockConfig.modResults.contents = `
-        buildscript {
-            repositories {
-                google()
-                mavenCentral()
-            }
-        }
-
-        allprojects {
-            repositories {
-                maven { url "https://packages.rnrepo.org/releases" }
-            }
-        }
-
-        apply plugin: "com.facebook.react.rootproject"
-      `;
-
-      withRNRepoPlugin(mockConfig);
-      const mavenCount = (mockConfig.modResults.contents.match(/packages\.rnrepo\.org/g) || []).length;
-
-      expect(mavenCount).toBe(1);
-    });
   });
 
   describe('Android: App Build Gradle', () => {

diff --git a/packages/expo-config-plugin/src/withRNRepoPlugin.ts b/packages/expo-config-plugin/src/withRNRepoPlugin.ts
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ const rnrepoClasspathBlock = `def rnrepoDir = new File(
 `;
 const applyPluginrnrepo = 'apply plugin: "org.rnrepo.tools.prebuilds-plugin"';
 const applyPluginFacebook = 'apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"';
-const applyPluginFacebookRootProject =
-  'apply plugin: "com.facebook.react.rootproject"';
-const mavenAllProjectsBlock = `
-allprojects {
-    repositories {
-        maven { url "https://packages.rnrepo.org/releases" }
-    }
-}`;
 // iOS
 const podfileRequire = `require Pod::Executable.execute_command('node', ['-p',
   'require.resolve(
@@ -32,22 +24,6 @@ const podfileRequire = `require Pod::Executable.execute_command('node', ['-p',
 const postInstallRegex = /(post_install do \|installer\|)/;
 const postInstallRNRepo = `rnrepo_post_install(installer)`;
 
-function withAllProjectsMavenRepository(config: ExpoConfig) {
-  return withProjectBuildGradle(config, (config) => {
-    const currentContents = config.modResults.contents;
-    const normalizedNewBlock = mavenAllProjectsBlock.replace(/\s+/g, '');
-    const normalizedContents = currentContents.replace(/\s+/g, '');
-
-    if (!normalizedContents.includes(normalizedNewBlock)) {
-      config.modResults.contents = currentContents.replace(
-        applyPluginFacebookRootProject,
-        `${mavenAllProjectsBlock}\n\n${applyPluginFacebookRootProject}`
-      );
-    }
-    return config;
-  });
-}
-
 function withClasspathDependency(config: ExpoConfig) {
   return withProjectBuildGradle(config, (config) => {
     const currentContents = config.modResults.contents;
@@ -110,7 +86,6 @@ function withRNRepoPodfile(config: ExpoConfig) {
 export default function withRNRepoPlugin(config: ExpoConfig): ExpoConfig {
   config = withClasspathDependency(config);
   config = withRnrepoPluginApplication(config);
-  config = withAllProjectsMavenRepository(config);
   config = withRNRepoPodfile(config);
   return config;
 }
diff --git a/packages/website/src/components/GettingStarted.astro b/packages/website/src/components/GettingStarted.astro
@@ -44,23 +44,14 @@ const standardBuildGradleChange = `buildscript {
 +   ).getParentFile().absolutePath
 +   classpath fileTree(dir: "\${rnrepoDir}/gradle-plugin/build/libs", include: ["prebuilds-plugin-*.jar"])
   }
-}
-
-allprojects {
-  repositories {
-    ...
-+   maven { url "https://packages.rnrepo.org/releases" }
-  }
 }`;
 const standardBuildGradleChangesCopyText = `def rnrepoDir = new File(
   providers.exec {
     workingDir(rootDir)
     commandLine("node", "--print", "require.resolve('@rnrepo/build-tools/package.json')")
   }.standardOutput.asText.get().trim()
 ).getParentFile().absolutePath
-classpath fileTree(dir: "\${rnrepoDir}/gradle-plugin/build/libs", include: ["prebuilds-plugin-*.jar"])
-...
-maven { url "https://packages.rnrepo.org/releases" }`;
+classpath fileTree(dir: "\${rnrepoDir}/gradle-plugin/build/libs", include: ["prebuilds-plugin-*.jar"])`;
 
 const standardBuildGradleChangesCodeHtml = await codeToHtml(
   standardBuildGradleChange,