Build fails on Android with StandardCharsets.UTF_8 when using react-native-svg on React Native 0.81.4 (Expo SDK 54)

[zeusty15]

Hello 👋,

I’m working on an Expo SDK 54 project (React Native 0.81.4) and I’m facing persistent Android build errors when using react-native-svg.

> Task :react-native-svg:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
D:\my-app\node_modules\react-native-svg\android\src\main\java\com\horcrux\svg\RNSVGRenderableManager.java:11: error: cannot find symbol
import static com.facebook.react.common.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
                                       ^
  symbol:   class StandardCharsets
  location: package com.facebook.react.common

D:\my-app\node_modules\react-native-svg\android\src\main\java\com\horcrux\svg\VirtualView.java:107: error: setPointerEvents(PointerEvents) in VirtualView cannot override setPointerEvents(PointerEvents) in ReactViewGroup
  void setPointerEvents(PointerEvents pointerEvents) {
       ^
  attempting to assign weaker access privileges; was public

D:\my-app\node_modules\react-native-svg\android\src\main\java\com\horcrux\svg\RNSVGRenderableManager.java:261: error: cannot find symbol
        InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(stream, UTF_8);
                                                                 ^
  symbol:   variable UTF_8
  location: class RNSVGRenderableManager

Current setup

• Expo SDK: 54.0.7
• React Native: 0.81.4
• react-native-svg: 14.1.0 (also tried 15.11.2, same error)
• lucide-react-native: 0.525.0 (depends on react-native-svg)
• Gradle: 8.14.3
• AGP: 8.11.0

What I tried

• Downgraded to [email protected] → error persists.
• Deleted node_modules, android/build, android/app/build, .gradle/caches.
• Reinstalled all dependencies and ran ./gradlew clean.
• Still the same StandardCharsets.UTF_8 and setPointerEvents compilation errors.

Questions

• Is react-native-svg 14.x officially compatible with React Native 0.81?
• Was StandardCharsets.UTF_8 removed from react-native internals at some point, and does react-native-svg still depend on it?
• Is there a recommended version of react-native-svg for RN 0.81.4 + Expo SDK 54?

Thanks a lot 🙏 for any clarification or guidance!

[kacperzolkiewski]

1. I would recommend to use the latest version of react-native-svg with React Native 0.81
2. As of version 15.0.0 react-native-svg no longer depends on the: import static com.facebook.react.common.StandardCharsets.UTF_8. It was deleted here: UTF_8
3. For React Native 0.81.4 and Expo SDK 54, I recommend using the latest version of react-native-svg, which is 15.13.0, to ensure compatibility and access to the most recent features and fixes.

[zeusty15]

Thanks for the tip!

I’ve updated react-native-svg to 15.13.0 alongside React Native 0.81.4 (Expo SDK 54),
and confirmed that the project builds without the previous StandardCharsets.UTF_8 issue.

Appreciate the guidance 🙏