revenue-cat-purchases-ui not linked in expo project

[eipark]

• [x] I have updated Purchases SDK to the latest version
• [x] I have read the Contribution Guidelines
• [x] I have searched the Community
• [x] I have read docs.revenuecat.com
• [x] I have searched for existing Github issues

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1. Environment
   1. Platform: iOS/Expo
   2. SDK version: react-native-purchases and react-native-purchases-ui both on 7.26.2
   3. OS version: ios 17+
   4. Xcode/Android Studio version:
   5. React Native version: 0.73.6
   6. SDK installation (CocoaPods + version or manual): Expo
   7. How widespread is the issue. Percentage of devices affected. all
2. Debug logs that reproduce the issue

   
   ERROR  Error: The package 'react-native-purchases-ui' doesn't seem to be linked. Make sure:

• You have run 'pod install'
• You rebuilt the app after installing the package
• You are not using Expo Go , js engine: hermes

4. Steps to reproduce, with a description of expected vs. actual behavior

react-native-purchases-ui is not getting properly imported in my project.

1. Added react-native-purchases and react-native-purchases-ui to package.json
2. npx expo install. Properly installs
3. Create revenueCat.ts:

   
   import RevenueCatUI, { PAYWALL_RESULT } from 'react-native-purchases-ui';

const presentPaywall = async (offering?: String): Promise => { // Present paywall logic here let paywallResult: PAYWALL_RESULT; if (offering) { paywallResult = await RevenueCatUI.presentPaywall({ offering }); } else { paywallResult = await RevenueCatUI.presentPaywall(); }

console.log('Paywall result: ', paywallResult);

switch (paywallResult) { case PAYWALL_RESULT.NOT_PRESENTED: case PAYWALL_RESULT.ERROR: case PAYWALL_RESULT.CANCELLED: return false; case PAYWALL_RESULT.PURCHASED: case PAYWALL_RESULT.RESTORED: return true; default: return false; } };

export { presentPaywall };

4. Run project (tried several methods including `npx expo run:ios`, removing `ios` directory, doing a clean build, etc)
5. Error output:

ERROR Error: The package 'react-native-purchases-ui' doesn't seem to be linked. Make sure:

• You have run 'pod install'
• You rebuilt the app after installing the package
• You are not using Expo Go , js engine: hermes ERROR Invariant Violation: "main" has not been registered. This can happen if:
• Metro (the local dev server) is run from the wrong folder. Check if Metro is running, stop it and restart it in the current project.
• A module failed to load due to an error and AppRegistry.registerComponent wasn't called., js engine: hermes

If I remove the import to my revenueCat.ts file, the error goes away. I am not using Expo go.

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[eipark]

I thought maybe it was the same as https://github.com/RevenueCat/react-native-purchases/issues/857, but that one was resolved by 7.18.0. I tried testing on just that version, thinking maybe it regressed by 7.26.2 but issue remains.

[eipark]

Apologies, please ignore. I had a bug in my build that was making it seem like things were re-compiling but it wasn't.

[andruxnet]

@eipark I'm seeing the same error, tried npx expo run:ios, removing ios directory, clean build, still see the error.. can you share what you did to get this solved?

[andruxnet]

actually nevermind... I guess I needed to do a new dev build with eas build --profile development --platform ios once more to get it working..