React Native - ReferenceError: Can't find variable: TextEncoder

[filiphosko]

I got this error with React Native v0.64.3 and the latest version of ably (v1.2.37 at the moment). I know that is an old version of React Native so this is not really a bug report (I don't know if it happens in the newer versions), I just wanted to let you know about it and what worked for me if anybody else stumbles upon this. In the end, setting up a polyfill like this helped https://stackoverflow.com/a/74531525/4256723.

[sync-by-unito]

➤ Automation for Jira commented:

The link to the corresponding Jira issue is https://ably.atlassian.net/browse/SDK-3457

[owenpearson]

Hey @filiphosko, thanks for raising this and for the suggested workaround!

I've opened a PR which should fix this so that you won't need a polyfill for using ably-js in an environment without TextEncoder, I'll let you know in this issue when it's available in a release 🙂

[filiphosko]

@owenpearson Great, thank you 🙂