Root view is invalid, not capturing screenshot (Session Replay not works on Android)

[coldSeattle]

What React Native libraries do you use?

RN New Architecture

Are you using sentry.io or on-premise?

sentry.io (SaS)

@sentry/react-native SDK Version

7.1.0

How does your development environment look like?

⬇  Place the `npx react-native@latest info` output here. ⬇

npx react-native@0.78 info
info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: macOS 15.6.1
  CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M3
  Memory: 917.64 MB / 24.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 22.18.0
    path: /Users/davitmovsesyan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.18.0/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.9.3
    path: /Users/davitmovsesyan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.18.0/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2025.03.10.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods:
    version: 1.16.2
    path: /Users/davitmovsesyan/.rbenv/shims/pod
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 24.0
      - iOS 18.0
      - macOS 15.0
      - tvOS 18.0
      - visionOS 2.0
      - watchOS 11.0
  Android SDK:
    API Levels:
      - "30"
      - "33"
      - "34"
      - "35"
    Build Tools:
      - 30.0.3
      - 33.0.0
      - 34.0.0
      - 35.0.0
    System Images:
      - android-34 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
      - android-35 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
      - android-36 | Pre-Release 16 KB Page Size Google Play ARM 64 v8a
    Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 2025.1 AI-251.26094.121.2513.14007798
  Xcode:
    version: 16.0/16A242d
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.13
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 3.1.4
    path: /Users/davitmovsesyan/.rbenv/shims/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 15.0.1
    wanted: 15.0.1
  react:
    installed: 19.0.0
    wanted: 19.0.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.78.3
    wanted: ^0.78.0
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true

info React Native v0.82.0 is now available (your project is running on v0.78.3).
info Changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.82.0
info Diff: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.78.3&to=0.82.0
info For more info, check out "https://reactnative.dev/docs/upgrading?os=macos".

Sentry.init()

Sentry.init({
  dsn: 'https://...@sentry.io/...'
  // other options
});

Steps to Reproduce

adb logcat | grep -i sentry
in logs i see
Root view is invalid, not capturing screenshot

Expected Result

see session in session replay section

Actual Result

adb logcat | grep -i sentry
in logs i see
Root view is invalid, not capturing screenshot

[linear]

RN-364

[antonis]

Thank you for reporting @coldSeattle 🙇

Root view is invalid, not capturing screenshot

The screenshot capture is best effort and might be limited by whether taking a screenshot is possible or not. Is this something that you reproduce consistently?

Could you also provide your Session Replay configuration? Do you get session replays with replaysSessionSampleRate: 1.0?

If the issue persists could you provide a minimal reproduction sample to help us identify and fix the issue 🙇

[antonis]

Note: this is possibly related to #3819

[romtsn]

@antonis FYI this might have been fixed in getsentry/sentry-java#4805, so we might need to update the Android SDK (to 8.24.0) and see if it fixes the issue