RNDeviceInfo is null

Bug

Trying to run a clean project on Android causes the red error screen with the message:

Error: @react-native-community/react-native-device-info: NativeModule.RNDeviceInfo is null.

Environment info

React native info output:

System:
    OS: macOS Mojave 10.14.6
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory: 154.95 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.14.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.14.1/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.17.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.14.1/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.11.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.14.1/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 13.0, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 26, 28, 29
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2
      System Images: android-29 | Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 3.5 AI-191.8026.42.35.5791312
    Xcode: 11.0/11A420a - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  npmPackages:
    react: 16.9.0 => 16.9.0
    react-native: 0.61.1 => 0.61.1

Library version: 3.1.4

Steps To Reproduce

create clean project with (RN 0.61.1):

react-native init test

yarn add react-native-device-info
cd ios && pod install && cd … (with success message)
add code:

import DeviceInfo from 'react-native-device-info';
...
DeviceInfo.isTablet().then(isTablet => {
    console.log(isTablet);
});

Project presents red screen on Android.
Project runs just fine on iOS.

(Oddly enough, if I perform the manual linking steps [despite running RN0.61.1] the Android project runs fine then)

Describe what you expected to happen:

Both iOS and Android runs should fine and log wether if the device is a tablet or not.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Comments:16

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

johnhiggscommented, Oct 2, 2019

Im having an issue trying to use a private repo with the new testing-library for react-native (.59)

My hunch is that if we can upgrade to .61 the issue will go away, ive tried performing manual link, xcode build, pod install etc

1reaction

mikehardycommented, Oct 2, 2019

posting me-toos does not work. I need someone to clone this repo, run the example, and tell me it does not work.

Here’s what I did

git clone git@github.com:react-native-community/react-native-device-info.git
cd react-native-device-info
./refresh-example.sh
cd example
yarn ios

It works. Any evidence to the contrary I/we are all over it. In the meantime, something is wrong with project integration at the project-specific level and that’s not something we can control or even really troubleshoot effectively, which is why we provide not only an example but an example built by a script you may inspect to make sure you can reproduce actual example construction

I’m not sure what more I/we can do?

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