react-native link does not work with Android native modules written in kotlin

[rgommezz]

Description

Since Google announced Kotlin support for developing applications with Android, I've been building a library that implies bridging Native code to JavaScript and decided to go with Kotlin. However, the linking step does not work automatically since local-cli only supports modules written in Java

Reproduction Steps

• Write a simple Native Module in Android using Kotlin
• Consume it in a RN example project
• Type react-native link <your-library-written-in-kotlin> from your example project
• Nothing happens

Solution

• I could compose a PR to add support for kotlin into the local-cli (rnpm part). It would be my first PR, but I would be very happy to take it over.

Additional Information

• React Native version: react-native>=0.43
• Platform: Android
• Development Operating System: macOS

[grabbou]

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