Dev troubleshooting

Initial setup issues

npm install hangs

Downgrade to version 5.5.1: npm install -g npm@5.5.1.

re-natal missing

Create a link: ln -sf node_modules/re-natal/index.js re-natal

react-native run desktop complaining about missing qmldir:

Error copying directory from "/path-to-status-react/node_modules/react-native/ReactQt/runtime/src/qmldir" to "/path-to-status-react/desktop/lib/React".
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/copy-qmldir] Error 1
make[1]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/copy-qmldir.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Can be solved by re-running npm install react-native which put the ReactQt/runtime/src/qmldir file back.

Missing web3 package issue

After last upgrade of react-native-desktop to the v.0.53.3 of original react-native appeared some incompatibility between react-native and web3 packages on npm install. Initially it installed usually fine, but after react-native desktop command execution web3 package is get removed from node_modules. Manual install of web3 by npm install web3 installs web3 package, but removes react-native package. Workaround or solution?

Go problem

panic: runloop has just unexpectedly stopped

goroutine 50 [running]:
github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/rjeczalik/notify.init.0.func1()
        /path-to-status-react/desktop/modules/react-native-status/desktop/StatusGo/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/rjeczalik/notify/watcher_fsevents_cgo.go:69 +0x79
created by github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/rjeczalik/notify.init.0
        /path-to-status-react/desktop/modules/react-native-status/desktop/StatusGo/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/rjeczalik/notify/watcher_fsevents_cgo.go:65 +0x4e
events.js:183
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event

Related to https://github.com/rjeczalik/notify/issues/139. Solution: re-run.

App issues

Node server crashing

node ./ubuntu_server.js log:

DEBUG [status-im.utils.handlers:36] - Handling re-frame event:  :signal-event {"type":"node.crashed","event":{"error":"node is already running"}}
DEBUG [status-im.ui.screens.events:350] - :event-str {"type":"node.crashed","event":{"error":"node is already running"}}
DEBUG [status-im.utils.instabug:8] - Signal event: {"type":"node.crashed","event":{"error":"node is already running"}}
DEBUG [status-im.ui.screens.events:362] - Event  node.crashed  not handled

Solution: prevent starting Node when there is an instance already running.

Reload JS - blank screen

Console log for react-native run-desktop shows error 533. Solution: reload again. Still, might hang at Signing you in... step (due to node attempted to be restarted). Re-run Figwheel and react-native run-desktop

ReactButton.qml non-existent property "elide" error upon startup

qrc:/qml/ReactButton.qml:33: Error: Cannot assign to non-existent property "elide"
"Component for qrc:/qml/ReactWebView.qml is not loaded"
QQmlComponent: Component is not ready
"Unable to construct item from component qrc:/qml/ReactWebView.qml"
"Can't create QML item for componenet qrc:/qml/ReactWebView.qml"
"RCTWebViewView" has no view for inspecting!

Reload JS does not help, restarting Figwheel/react-native might not as well. Restarting Metro bundler solved it for me.

After login when several contacts are available: realm errors

1. attempting to create an object of type 'chat'...
2. attempting to create an object of type 'transport'...
3. Error text containing only the public key. The realm stack trace follows.

Error: spawn gnome-terminal ENOENT

In node server log:

ignoring exception: Error: read ECONNRESET

In react-native log:

./run-app.sh: line 72: 56660 Segmentation fault: 11  /path-to-status-react/desktop/bin/StatusIm $args
events.js:183
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn gnome-terminal ENOENT
    at _errnoException (util.js:992:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:190:19)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:372:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)

or

StatusIm(7924,0x70000c1cd000) malloc: *** error for object 0x7f8b1539bd10: incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed.
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
./run-app.sh: line 72:  7924 Abort trap: 6           /path-to-status-react/desktop/bin/StatusIm $args
events.js:183
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn gnome-terminal ENOENT
    at _errnoException (util.js:992:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:190:19)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:372:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)

statusgo error during react-native run-desktop

Command failed: build(.)sh -e "node_modules/react-native-i18n/desktop;node_modules/react-native-config/desktop;node_modules/react-native-fs/desktop;node_modules/react-native-http-bridge/desktop;node_modules/react-native-webview-bridge/desktop;modules/react-native-status/desktop"
# github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256
../vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256/bn256_fast.go:26: syntax error: unexpected = in type declaration
../vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256/bn256_fast.go:30: syntax error: unexpected = in type declaration
# github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256
vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256/bn256_fast.go:26: syntax error: unexpected = in type declaration
vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256/bn256_fast.go:30: syntax error: unexpected = in type declaration
make[3]: *** [statusgo-library] Error 2
make[2]: *** [modules/react-native-status/desktop/StatusGo/src/github.com/status-im/src/StatusGo_ep-stamp/StatusGo_ep-configure] Error 2
make[1]: *** [modules/react-native-status/desktop/CMakeFiles/StatusGo_ep(.)dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2