Upgrading to React-Native 0.59.9 (current latest) breaks app with `getPropertyAsObject: property '__fbRequireBatchedBridge' is not an Object`

After upgrading RN from 0.57.x to 0.59.9 (latest) I encounter the following exception:

2019-07-01 23:14:58.434 32586-32625/com.eran.myapp E/unknown:ReactNative: Exception in native call
    com.facebook.jni.CppException: getPropertyAsObject: property '__fbRequireBatchedBridge' is not an Object
    
    no stack
        at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.NativeRunnable.run(Native Method)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:873)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
        at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadHandler.dispatchMessage(MessageQueueThreadHandler.java:29)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
        at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadImpl$4.run(MessageQueueThreadImpl.java:232)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:764)

I used rn-diff-repo to try and find out errors and lacks in the upgrade process, but found none.

React Native version:

  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 10.14.5
      CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7600K CPU @ 3.80GHz
      Memory: 34.29 MB / 4.00 GB
      Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
    Binaries:
      Node: 12.4.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.16.0 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 12.2, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 3.4 AI-183.6156.11.34.5522156
      Xcode: 10.2.1/10E1001 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.8.3 => 16.8.3
      react-native: 0.59.9 => 0.59.9
    npmGlobalPackages:
      react-native-app-id: 0.0.5
      react-native-cli: 2.0.1
      react-native-git-upgrade: 0.2.7

Steps To Reproduce

1. Initialize RN 0.57.x application
2. Upgrade to RN 0.59.9

Describe what you expected to happen: The application should start normally.

[kelset]

Hello there 👋 this issue seems to be related to your experience upgrading between versions. We know this has been a long lasting pain for the community so starting v0.59 we have introduced a new flow via the new CLI.

Also, maybe it’s just a matter of some cache not being cleaned properly? Try running:

rm -rf node_modules;
rm -rf $TMPDIR/react-native-packager-cache-*;
rm -rf $TMPDIR/metro-*;
rm -rf $TMPDIR/react-*;
rm -rf $TMPDIR/haste-*;
watchman watch-del-all;
yarn;
yarn start --reset-cache; (for starting the bundler)

Given that this is not strictly a bug with the library itself I’ll close this, but if you can create a repro that has this issue with a freshly created react-native init project we can reopen it and investigate it further 🤗

[ecreeth]

@eran please, see the React Native upgrade guide. Maybe that can help you