handle file not found

test-app.gradle

@@ -36,12 +36,17 @@ private static void applySettings(Settings settings) {
 // TODO: Remove when `@react-native-community/cli` 6.0+ is required. See also
 // https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/commit/fa0d09b2c9be144bbdff526bb14f171d7ddca88e
 private static void patchArgumentTypeMismatchError(String cliAndroidDir) {
-    def script = new File("${cliAndroidDir}/native_modules.gradle")
-    def patched = script.text.replace(
-        "ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>[] packages = this.reactNativeModules",
-        "ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> packages = this.reactNativeModules",
-    )
-    script.write(patched)
+    try {
+        def script = new File("${cliAndroidDir}/native_modules.gradle")
+        def content = script.text
+        def patched = content.replace(
+            "ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>[] packages = this.reactNativeModules",
+            "ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> packages = this.reactNativeModules",
+        )
+        script.write(patched)
+    } catch (FileNotFoundException) {
+        // If the file is not found, we no longer need to patch it
+    }
 }
 
 def scriptDir = buildscript.sourceFile.getParent()