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[0.46] ReferenceError: Unknown plugin "transform-runtime"

See original GitHub issue

Is this a bug report?

Yes

Have you read the Bugs section of the Contributing to React Native Guide?

Yes

Environment

react-native -v: react-native-cli: 2.0.1 react-native: 0.46.0
node -v: v7.6.0
npm -v: 5.0.3
yarn --version (if you use Yarn): 0.24.6

Then, specify:

Target Platform (e.g. iOS, Android): iOS
Development Operating System (e.g. macOS Sierra, Windows 10): macOS
Build tools (Xcode or Android Studio version, iOS or Android SDK version, if relevant):

Steps to Reproduce

(Write your steps here:)

react-native init
yarn
react-native run-ios

Expected Behavior

Open iOS simulator with the hello world app

Actual Behavior

Packager fails

/Users/xx/test/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:328
        throw e;
        ^

ReferenceError: Unknown plugin "transform-runtime" specified in "/Users/xx/test/node_modules/regenerator-transform/package.json" at 0, attempted to resolve relative to "/Users/xx/test/node_modules/regenerator-transform" (While processing preset: "/Users/xx/test/node_modules/babel-preset-react-native/index.js")
    at /Users/xx/test/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:180:17
    at Array.map (native)
    at Function.normalisePlugins (/Users/xx/test/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:158:20)
    at OptionManager.mergeOptions (/Users/xx/test/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:234:36)
    at OptionManager.init (/Users/xx/test/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:368:12)
    at compile (/Users/xx/test/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:103:45)
    at loader (/Users/xx/test/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:144:14)
    at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/Users/xx/test/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:154:7)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
Process terminated. Press <enter> to close the window

Reproducible Demo

init a new project

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 6 years ago
Reactions:44
Comments:35 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

52reactions

fjmorantcommented, Jul 5, 2017

Doing this :

rm -rf .babelrc

solves the issue temporarily

6reactions

fungilationcommented, Jul 6, 2017

Manual react-native start works for me too after building everything else, as a workaround.

But the usual and complete react-native run-ios workflow is busted and still need fixing, obviously. The other workarounds posted previously (with .babelrc and such) doesn’t work for me.

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babel/plugin-transform-runtime

A plugin that enables the re-use of Babel's injected helper code to save on codesize.