Android: App crashes when running without the remote debugger on

[thiagoferolla]

• I have reviewed the documentation
• I have searched existing issues
• I am using the latest React Native version

Environment

Environment:
OS: Linux 4.15
Node: 8.11.2
Yarn: 1.7.0
npm: 5.6.0
Watchman: Not Found
Xcode: N/A
Android Studio: Not Found

Packages: (wanted => installed)
react: 16.3.1 => 16.3.1
react-native: 0.55.4 => 0.55.4

Steps to Reproduce

The code samples related to the Android configuration are in this gist: https://gist.github.com/thiagoferolla/14f617b337b4c476d05924f6d8d67319

These are the logs from react-native log-android:

05-22 23:09:58.703 7831 7921 D ReactNative: Initializing React Xplat Bridge.
05-22 23:09:58.704 7831 7921 D ReactNative: Initializing React Xplat Bridge before initializeBridge
05-22 23:09:58.718 7831 7921 D ReactNative: Initializing React Xplat Bridge after initializeBridge
05-22 23:09:58.718 7831 7921 D ReactNative: CatalystInstanceImpl.runJSBundle()
05-22 23:09:58.718 7831 7923 D ReactNative: ReactInstanceManager.setupReactContext()
05-22 23:09:58.718 7831 7923 D ReactNative: CatalystInstanceImpl.initialize()
05-22 23:09:58.719 7831 7923 D ReactNative: ReactInstanceManager.attachRootViewToInstance()
05-22 23:09:59.177 7831 7831 D ReactNative: CatalystInstanceImpl.destroy() start
05-22 23:09:59.243 7831 7831 D ReactNative: CatalystInstanceImpl.destroy() start

Expected Behavior

The app should build and load the bundle successfully

Actual Behavior

When trying to run the app react-native run-android, the build proccess ends successfully but crashes with the following error:

Apart from that, if I turn on the remote debugger that uses Chrome or run in an iOS device, the app loads without errors.

[chuntley]

Check for any exponential operators (**) in your code, looks like this is related to: #11371

Use Math.pow instead.

[thiagoferolla]

That's was actually the problem. Switching to Math.pow solved. Thanks