auto link not happening for the package in react native windows

[ArunVenkat1994]

I have converted one package (react-native-fs) from older version into include few of my requirements.

When I include the package using package builder, it is linking properly.

using Microsoft.ReactNative;
using Microsoft.ReactNative.Managed;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;

namespace Test
{
public partial class ReactPackageProvider : IReactPackageProvider
{
  public void CreatePackage(IReactPackageBuilder packageBuilder)
  {                      
    CreatePackageImplementation(packageBuilder);
    packageBuilder.AddViewManagers();
    packageBuilder.AddAttributedModules();
    packageBuilder.AddAttributedModules(Assembly.Load("RNFS"));
   }

   /// <summary>
  /// This method is implemented by the C# code generator
/// </summary>
partial void CreatePackageImplementation(IReactPackageBuilder packageBuilder);

private Assembly GetAssemblyByName(string name)
{
    var assemblies = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetReferencedAssemblies();
    var assemblyName = assemblies.FirstOrDefault(i => i.Name == name);
    var assembly = Assembly.Load(assemblyName);
    return assembly;
  }
 }
 }

But I try to auto link the package, it is not happening.

can anyone suggest an approach for this?

react-native autolink is not helping.

[asklar]

@ArunVenkat1994 can you clarify how the module was created?
The new "lib" template should put in the right information in the project file so that autolinking can pick it up. If you copied the project from an older one, it will likely not have the right Imports, etc. so that's why it may not be picked up.
See here for instructions on creating a module: https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/docs/native-modules-setup#creating-a-new-native-module-library-project

[ArunVenkat1994]

Hi @asklar,

The module is not newly created, we have taken older version of npm package - react-native-fs and converted.
Followed the steps like we have for native module development.
So it is more like an npm package. Right?
I guessed, auto linking should work for this.

[asklar]

I think the easiest would be to create a new module just so that it writes out the right project files (.vcxproj if C++, .csproj if C#), and then copy those over to your project, match the name to your module, etc.
@jonthysell fyi

[chrisglein]

The module is not newly created, we have taken older version of npm package - react-native-fs and converted.

react-native-fs has an old windows implementation, the updated one is in PR. So that's likely a bad place to start with. Create it fresh and then you should be able to get autolinking. Let us know how that works out.

[ghost]

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