Unable to run expo example project: Unable to resolve "react" from "example/src/App.tsx"

[AnnaSacuteTAG]

Description

Can not run the example expo project after create a new library with command npx create-react-native-library@latest awesome-library in version 0.44.1

Steps to reproduce:

• Create a new library using the command: npx create-react-native-library@latest awesome-library
• Enter inside folder: cd awesome-library
• Install dependencies: npm i
• Enter inside example folder: cd example
• Start metro: npm start
• See error on console

Packages

• create-react-native-library
• react-native-builder-bob

Selected options

✔ What is the name of the npm package? … ui-library
✔ What is the description for the package? … Test ui library component creation
✔ What is the name of package author? … Anna
✔ What is the email address for the package author? … anaclaudiasacute75@gmail.com
✔ What is the URL for the package author? … https://github.com/AnaClaudiaSac
✔ What is the URL for the repository? … https://github.com/AnaClaudiaSac/ui-library
✔ What type of library do you want to develop? › JavaScript library
✔ Project created successfully at ui-library!

Link to repro

N/A

Environment

MacOS: 12.7.6
Node: 22.11.0
create-react-native-library: 0.44.1

[GabrielGomesBarbosa]

Same here!

[satya164]

Hey @AnnaClaudiaSacute, the generated project uses yarn by default (see CONTRBUTING.md). If you want to use npm, you may have to do some additional changes. If it still doesn't work with yarn, please share a repro to take a look.

[ankitkhaire20]

@satya164 This is correct it is not working, please check and do the needful.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3M_2YbNMdYpVTtdxZLUXpSk1GY_ecg5/view?usp=sharing

[kdn0325]

I had this problem, like a screenshot.

iOS Bundling failed 158ms example/index.js (32 modules)
Unable to resolve "react-native" from "example/src/App.tsx"

[ankitkhaire20]

@satya164 can you please look it into these I am stuck..!!!!

[kdn0325]

@AnnaClaudiaSacute I got the latest version back and it worked out. I think you fixed it in the create-react-native-library@0.47.0 version. Try getting the latest version 🙂

[arenchf]

Using yarn instead of npm solved it for me. I guess npm installs the dependencies only on the root folder of the library and not in the example directory.

[atlj]

Seems like the problem is we're relying on yarn to not hoist example app's dependencies to root. But npm doesn't have such an option yet. Please use yarn for now but we definitely want to support npm too.

Edit: We explicitly state npm is not supported in CONTRIBUTING.md, so please use yarn instead.