React Native CLI install broken in SB5 (temporarily)

[shilman]

Running the CLI sb init in an RN project installs the wrong version of libraries until we release @storybook/react-native@5.1 which is coming soon.

What's going on

• CLI is checking for the latest version of dependent libraries on NPM
  • Latest version of @storybook/react-native is 4.x
  • Latest version of the rest of @storybook/* is 5.0.x
• These versions are incompatible

Workaround

Use the next version of the CLI / React native to get 5.1.0-alpha.x:

npx -p @storybook/cli@next sb init --type react_native

Alternatively, hand edit the version numbers of @storybook/* in package.json after running sb init to match the latest 4.1.x version of @storybook/react-native.

We won't be issuing a fix since we can use that time to release @storybook/react-native@5.1 instead. Will update here as soon as that's live.

[shilman]

Awesome gist from @johnwylie70 with the current install process end to end:

https://gist.github.com/johnwylie70/1f019c643641f56b400acc78415d398d

[shilman]

We’ve released a brand new @storybook/react-native with a bunch of core improvements. It’s available in the latest 5.1-alpha on next and has been verified by several RN users on their existing apps. It should fix a bunch of compatibility issues, especially if you’re using the web server feature. Please give it a try and comment here if it fixes your problem. Migration instructions available here: https://github.com/storybooks/storybook/blob/next/MIGRATION.md#react-native-server

[idanhaviv]

@shilman upgrade by changing "@storybook/react-native": "5.1-alpha" in package.json?
and what is "next"?

[shilman]

Next is both a GitHub branch and also an npm tag. We'll be releasing 5.1 in 2wk which will fix this issue

[shilman]

Fixed with 5.1 release!