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react-native-cli --version doesn't work

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Description

I was unable to choose the react native version using the cli when I create new project using npx react-native init MyProject --template react-native-template-typescript --version 0.65.1
-> I get the version 0.66.0 (that I can’t use for now because of use of some libraries that are not compatible yet)

React Native version:

npx react-native --version
6.1.0
npx react-native info
System:
    OS: macOS 11.6
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7267U CPU @ 3.10GHz
    Memory: 74.99 MB / 8.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.17.6 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.11 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.14.15 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 2021.10.04.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.11.2 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 15.0, DriverKit 20.4, macOS 11.3, tvOS 15.0, watchOS 8.0
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 29, 30, 31
      Build Tools: 29.0.2, 30.0.2, 31.0.0
      System Images: android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 2020.3 AI-203.7717.56.2031.7678000
    Xcode: 13.0/13A233 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 11.0.12 - /usr/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 17.0.2 => 17.0.2
    react-native: 0.66.0 => 0.66.0
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Steps To Reproduce

Run the comand above.

Expected Results

Use react native with the good version.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Reactions:3
Comments:7 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

uniquejavacommented, Apr 27, 2022

Another pitfall(surprising moment) from RN, for those who need a quick solution…

Change this

$ npx react-native init DetoxHello \
--template react-native-template-typescript \
--version 0.67.2 \
--skip-install

to this

$ npx react-native init DetoxHello \
--template react-native-template-typescript@6.9.4 \
--skip-instal

You can get the correct version number from here: https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-template-typescript#usage-with-older-versions-of-react-native

So why I need to use a previous version, becoz I used detox as e2e test tool(recommended by RN document), and find that they don’t support RN 0.68.

1reaction

jpaascommented, Jan 29, 2022

If I don’t use the typescript template option, it works correctly.

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