Catching missing libjsi.so as librealm.so loads (#4123)

realm · Dec 21, 2021 · 4b2d627 · 4b2d627
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 x.x.x Release notes (yyyy-MM-dd)
 =============================================================
 ### Enhancements
-* None.
+* Catching missing libjsi.so when loading the librealm.so and rethrowing a more meaningful error, instructing users to upgrade their version of React Native.
 
 ### Fixed
 * <How to hit and notice issue? what was the impact?> ([#????](https://github.com/realm/realm-js/issues/????), since v?.?.?)

diff --git a/react-native/android/src/main/java/io/realm/react/RealmReactModule.java b/react-native/android/src/main/java/io/realm/react/RealmReactModule.java
@@ -51,7 +51,14 @@ class RealmReactModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
     private final AssetManager assetManager;
 
     static {
-        SoLoader.loadLibrary("realm");
+        try {
+            SoLoader.loadLibrary("realm");
+        } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError err) {
+            if (err.getMessage().contains("library \"libjsi.so\" not found")) {
+                throw new LinkageError("This version of Realm JS needs at least React Native version 0.66.0", err);
+            }
+            throw err;
+        }
     }
 
     public RealmReactModule(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {