[0.57.0-rc.4] cli crashes when trying to run local development server

[michaelknoch]

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Environment

React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
      CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6267U CPU @ 2.90GHz
      Memory: 7.22 GB / 16.00 GB
      Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 8.11.3 - /usr/local/bin/node
      npm: 6.1.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.7.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 11.4, macOS 10.13, tvOS 11.4, watchOS 4.3
      Android SDK:
        Build Tools: 23.0.1, 23.0.2, 23.0.3, 25.0.1, 25.0.2, 25.0.3, 26.0.0, 26.0.1, 26.0.2, 27.0.0, 27.0.3
        API Levels: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 3.1 AI-173.4819257
      Xcode: 9.4.1/9F2000 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: ^16.4.1 => 16.4.1 
      react-native: 0.57.0-rc.4 
    npmGlobalPackages:
      react-native-cli: 2.0.1
      react-native-git-upgrade: 0.2.7
      react-native: 0.56.0

Description

I tried to run my app with rn 0.57rc 4 but it seems that weird things are happening when transforming local-cli/server/server.js. I migrated from babel-preset-react-native to metro-react-native-babel-preset. The cli crashes when trying to start local development server.

> node node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cli.js start

/Users/michaelknoch/dev/flow/smartphone-app/node_modules/@babel/core/lib/transformation/normalize-file.js:209
    throw err;
    ^

SyntaxError: .../node_modules/react-native/local-cli/server/server.js: Unexpected token, expected ";" (9:32)

   7 |         })
   8 |       );
>  9 | /* remotedev-server end */ code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
     |                                 ^
  10 |  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  11 |  *
  12 |  * @format

[michaelknoch]

sorry my bad. I used a deprecated remote-debugger package that injected code into server.js on postinstall. It seems that this package was compatible with 0.56 but isn't compatible with 0.57 anymore

[mattvick]

I'm having the same issue when running the following command, with react native 0.57:

$ remotedev --hostname=localhost --port=8000 --injectserver=reactnative

Which remote dev tools, remote-debugger packages should I switch to?

Currently I'm using remote-redux-devtools version 0.5.13 and remotedev-server version 0.2.5.

[krzysztof-miemiec]

I created PR with a quick fix for that: zalmoxisus/remotedev-server#61 😉