react-native ios Podfile issue with "use_native_modules!"

Question

In my react-native project ([email protected]) in the ios/ dir I run pod install and get this error:

[!] Invalid `Podfile` file: no implicit conversion of nil into String.

 #  from /Users/coryrobinson/projects/hhs2/ios/Podfile:37
 #  -------------------------------------------
 #  
 >    use_native_modules!
 #  end
 #  -------------------------------------------

I haven't added or changed anything in this Podfile - it's all react-native generated. (I'm not experienced in iOS dev so this might be a simple fix, I just don't know what to look for :-|) Thanks for any help!

Here is my Podfile

platform :ios, '9.0'
require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'

target 'hhs2' do
  # Pods for hhs2
  pod 'React', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/'
  pod 'React-Core', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/React'
  pod 'React-DevSupport', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/React'
  pod 'React-fishhook', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/fishhook'
  pod 'React-RCTActionSheet', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS'
  pod 'React-RCTAnimation', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/NativeAnimation'
  pod 'React-RCTBlob', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Blob'
  pod 'React-RCTImage', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Image'
  pod 'React-RCTLinking', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/LinkingIOS'
  pod 'React-RCTNetwork', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Network'
  pod 'React-RCTSettings', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Settings'
  pod 'React-RCTText', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Text'
  pod 'React-RCTVibration', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Vibration'
  pod 'React-RCTWebSocket', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/WebSocket'
  pod 'RNFS', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-fs'

  pod 'React-cxxreact', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/cxxreact'
  pod 'React-jsi', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/jsi'
  pod 'React-jsiexecutor', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/jsiexecutor'
  pod 'React-jsinspector', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector'
  pod 'yoga', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga'

  pod 'DoubleConversion', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec'
  pod 'glog', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/glog.podspec'
  pod 'Folly', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/Folly.podspec'

  target 'hhs2Tests' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    # Pods for testing
  end

  use_native_modules!
end

target 'hhs2-tvOS' do
  # Pods for hhs2-tvOS

  target 'hhs2-tvOSTests' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    # Pods for testing
  end

end

Answer 1

Here is the correct answer:

1 - Your POD File should contain this line on top

require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'

2 - Make sure your package.json and node_module folders has this module installed

cli-platform-ios/native_modules

3 - If you didn't find after you run yarn install - means you have old cache node_modules in your machine and you need to clean it before reinstalling the package again.

4 - Clean cache yarn cache clean

5 - Make sure you have this file react-native.config.js and its configuration is VALID - and it doesn't have non-existing NPM packages - this step is LAST AND MOSTLY THE CAUSE of the error

Example of my react-native.config.js

module.exports = {
  project: {
    ios: {},
    android: {},
  },
  assets: ['./assets/fonts/'],
  dependencies: {}, // make sure this dependencies are all valid installed packages or empty if you don't need it
};

6 - Install node packages yarn install and your pods should work now! pod install --repo-update

HAPPY coding!