Cli: Unable to autolink optionalDependencies

[auzwang]

I have an optional dependency defined in package.json:

  "optionalDependencies": {
    "optional-react-native-module": "1.0.0"
  }

Despite it being installed into /node_modules, react-native config does not output this dependency configuration.

When defining the optional dependency in package.json's dependencies block, it does get autolinked.

Is there a way to autolink optional dependencies?

A potential workaround is to specify the optional dependency in dependencies as well.

[thymikee]

You need to add this lib as your project dependency as well, no other way at the moment. Here's an issue tracking how we can make it better: https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/issues/870