React-native: Unexpected token import, v0.56.0-rc cliEntry.js error

[yakirbu]

Using the latest RN pr v0.56.0-rc
When running 'react-native run-android', I get an error saying it doesn't recognize the import command in clipEntry.js, line 30.

...\node_modules\react-native\local-cli\cliEntry.js:30
import type { CommandT } from './commands';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:616:28)
    at Module._compile (Y:\React-Native\trivia-mobile-n\node_modules\pirates\lib\index.js:91:24)
    at Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Object.newLoader [as .js] (Y:\React-Native\trivia-mobile-n\node_modules\pirates\lib\index.js:96:7)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)

my devDependencies -

"devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.0.0-beta.49",
    "babel-core": "^7.0.0-bridge.0",
    "babel-jest": "^23.0.1",
    "babel-preset-react-native": "^5.0.0",
    "babel-preset-react-native-stage-0": "^1.0.1",
    "fs-extra": "^4.0.2",
    "jest": "22.0.6",
    "react-test-renderer": "16.2.0",
    "replace-in-file": "^3.0.0"
  },

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[yakirbu]

I don't think a template would be relevant here, since this is a general error that occurs with a simple cli 'run-android' command.

[johakr]

This seems to be an issue with how babel 7 resolves paths on windows. There is some path seperator replacement in https://github.com/facebook/metro/blob/master/packages/metro-babel-register/src/babel-register.js. If you remove both occurences of .replace(/\\/g, '/') the cliEntry error is gone. However, there seems to be an issue with haste module resolving on windows then.

Might be a react-native issue, might be a metro issue or might be a babel issue. Anyways, v0.56.0-rc is broken on windows.

[rozele]

@hramos Please re-open this issue. Although the template is not provided, this is a major blocking issue for any react-native development on Windows, including react-native-windows apps.

[Dimous]

Hey @yakirbu, what if you fill in the template, would the bot be pleased? Just to fool it.

[hramos]

@rozele can you submit a new issue in that case? I see no reason why the template cannot be used here.

[johakr]

I think there is already some initiative to fix this issue here:

• https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/19654
• https://github.com/facebook/metro/issues/181

[hramos]

Duplicate of #19654

[kelset]

(locking to prevent spam leaking from #20015)