[TypeError: Cannot read property 'isAvailable' of null]

[sarvold]

Hi, I found no solutions on the issues already reported. I'm using expo CLI.

"dependencies": {
    "expo": "~49.0.7",
    "expo-status-bar": "~1.6.0",
    "react": "18.2.0",
    "react-native": "0.72.3",
    "react-native-inappbrowser-reborn": "^3.7.0"
  },

Create Expo app, install react-native-inappbrowser, import InAppBrowser from 'react-native-inappbrowser-reborn'; and code something implementing it, e.g. including something like if (await InAppBrowser.isAvailable()) {. Start the expo app and test it on any device. Error thrown: [TypeError: Cannot read property 'isAvailable' of null] If console logging InAppBrowser, it happens to be an object as follows: {"close": [Function close], "closeAuth": [Function closeAuth], "isAvailable": [Function isAvailable], "mayLaunchUrl": [Function mayLaunchUrl], "open": [Function open], "openAuth": [Function openAuth], "warmup": [Function warmup]}

Demo app: https://github.com/sarvold/inappBrowser-expo-app

Reproduces on Macs M2 on android and iOS, both emulators and devices with expo.

[odera89]

Same problem for me

[texmex44]

Same here on Android

[magutierrezApply]

Same problem

[GatienBoquet]

Same issue. Looking for alternative at the moment =/

[jdnichollsc]

Why you are using this lib with Expo?

[catrius]

I ran into the same problem. After spending some hours searching for a solution, I ended up using Expo's in app browser https://docs.expo.dev/guides/linking/#in-app-browsers.