From a122f622d3a5183aa58a54c67a6310b2c2baa153 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wobsoriano <sorianorobertc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:35:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(expo): Align Android OkHttp dependencies

---
 .changeset/fuzzy-badgers-align.md             |  5 ++++
 integration/templates/expo-native/app.json    |  2 +-
 .../plugins/withClerkOkHttpAlignment.js       | 26 -------------------
 packages/expo/android/build.gradle            | 14 +++++++++-
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/fuzzy-badgers-align.md
 delete mode 100644 integration/templates/expo-native/plugins/withClerkOkHttpAlignment.js

diff --git a/.changeset/fuzzy-badgers-align.md b/.changeset/fuzzy-badgers-align.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d65d7252593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fuzzy-badgers-align.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/expo': patch
+---
+
+Align Android OkHttp dependencies to compatible versions so Clerk native networking and React Native can run without a mixed OkHttp 4 and 5 classpath.
diff --git a/integration/templates/expo-native/app.json b/integration/templates/expo-native/app.json
index 9c378558907..58e258ea523 100644
--- a/integration/templates/expo-native/app.json
+++ b/integration/templates/expo-native/app.json
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
     "android": {
       "package": "com.clerk.exponativebuildfixture"
     },
-    "plugins": ["expo-secure-store", "@clerk/expo", "expo-web-browser", "./plugins/withClerkOkHttpAlignment.js"]
+    "plugins": ["expo-secure-store", "@clerk/expo", "expo-web-browser"]
   }
 }
diff --git a/integration/templates/expo-native/plugins/withClerkOkHttpAlignment.js b/integration/templates/expo-native/plugins/withClerkOkHttpAlignment.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 52337e8c960..00000000000
--- a/integration/templates/expo-native/plugins/withClerkOkHttpAlignment.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-const { withAppBuildGradle } = require('expo/config-plugins');
-
-// clerk-android is compiled against OkHttp 5 but React Native pins OkHttp 4,
-// leaving a mixed classpath: clerk networking breaks on the 4.x core
-// (NoClassDefFoundError: okhttp3.internal.UnreadableResponseBody), while RN's
-// cookie jar breaks on the 5.x core (okhttp3.internal.Util). Force the 5.x
-// core plus the urlconnection shim that still ships a JavaNetCookieJar class
-// compatible with it, so both stacks run on one coherent OkHttp.
-const GRADLE_BLOCK = `
-configurations.all {
-    resolutionStrategy {
-        force 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:5.4.0'
-        force 'com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:5.4.0'
-        force 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection:5.0.0-alpha.16'
-    }
-}
-`;
-
-module.exports = function withClerkOkHttpAlignment(config) {
-  return withAppBuildGradle(config, cfg => {
-    if (!cfg.modResults.contents.includes('com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:5.4.0')) {
-      cfg.modResults.contents += GRADLE_BLOCK;
-    }
-    return cfg;
-  });
-};
diff --git a/packages/expo/android/build.gradle b/packages/expo/android/build.gradle
index 3ebd4c78ec0..871c8571d29 100644
--- a/packages/expo/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/expo/android/build.gradle
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ ext {
   kotlinxCoroutinesVersion = "1.7.3"
   clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.39"
   clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.39"
+  okhttpVersion = "5.4.0"
+  okhttpUrlConnectionVersion = "5.0.0-alpha.16"
   composeVersion = "1.7.0"
   activityComposeVersion = "1.9.0"
   lifecycleVersion = "2.8.0"
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ dependencies {
 
   // Clerk Android SDK with prebuilt UI
   // Exclude kotlin-stdlib to prevent 2.3.0 from polluting the project
-  // Exclude okhttp to prevent version conflict with React Native's okhttp
+  // Exclude transitive OkHttp modules so the compatible versions below control resolution.
   implementation("com.clerk:clerk-android-ui:$clerkAndroidUiVersion") {
     exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib'
     exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk7'
@@ -126,6 +128,16 @@ dependencies {
     exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
   }
 
+  implementation('com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp') {
+    version { strictly(okhttpVersion) }
+  }
+  implementation('com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor') {
+    version { strictly(okhttpVersion) }
+  }
+  implementation('com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection') {
+    version { strictly(okhttpUrlConnectionVersion) }
+  }
+
   // Jetpack Compose for wrapping Clerk views
   implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$composeVersion"
   implementation "androidx.compose.material3:material3:1.3.0"