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document.createElement is not a function

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I get the following error when attempting to run my app: JavaScript error: file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/util/Immediate.js:56:82: JS ERROR TypeError: document.createElement is not a function. (In 'document.createElement('script')', 'document.createElement' is undefined)

This is an app that has been working great for a while, i just attempting to update the libraries and now this is happening. It seems that Immediate.js in rxjs is attempting to use document.createElement which obviously doesn’t work in nativeScript.

***** Fatal JavaScript exception - application has been terminated. *****
Native stack trace:
1   0x107f6f7b4 -[TNSRuntime executeModule:referredBy:]
2   0x103f2b4e1 main
3   0x109afed81 start
JavaScript stack trace:
1   canUseReadyStateChange@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/util/Immediate.js:56:82
2   ImmediateDefinition@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/util/Immediate.js:30:49
3   anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/util/Immediate.js:208:44
4   evaluate@[native code]
5   moduleEvaluation@[native code]
6   @[native code]
7   promiseReactionJob@[native code]
8   require@[native code]
9   anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/scheduler/AsapAction.js:7:26
10  evaluate@[native code]
11  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
12  @[native code]
13  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
14  require@[native code]
15  anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/scheduler/asap.js:2:27
16  evaluate@[native code]
17  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
18  @[native code]
19  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
20  require@[native code]
21  anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/observable/SubscribeOnObservable.js:8:21
22  evaluate@[native code]
23  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
24  @[native code]
25  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
26  require@[native code]
27  anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/operators/subscribeOn.js:2:38
28  evaluate@[native code]
29  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
30  @[native code]
31  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
32  require@[native code]
33  anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/operator/subscribeOn.js:2:28
34  evaluate@[native code]
35  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
36  @[native code]
37  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
38  require@[native code]
39  anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/add/operator/subscribeOn.js:3:28
40  evaluate@[native code]
41  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
42  @[native code]
43  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
44  require@[native code]
45  anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/./Rx.js:121:8
46  evaluate@[native code]
47  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
48  @[native code]
49  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
50  require@[native code]
51  anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/@suna/quickride-ts-libcore/src/socket/reconnecting.js:3:21
52  evaluate@[native code]
53  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
54  @[native code]
55  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
56  require@[native code]
57  anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/@suna/quickride-ts-libcore/src/socket/driver-updates.js:14:29
58  evaluate@[native code]
59  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
60  @[native code]
61  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
62  require@[native code]
63  anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/@suna/quickride-ts-libcore/src/socket/index.js:6:17
64  evaluate@[native code]
65  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
66  @[native code]
67  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
68  require@[native code]
69  anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/@suna/quickride-ts-libcore/src/index.js:10:17
70  evaluate@[native code]
71  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
72  @[native code]
73  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
74  require@[native code]
75  anonymous@file:///app/app.module.js:7:37
76  evaluate@[native code]
77  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
78  @[native code]
79  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
80  require@[native code]
81  anonymous@file:///app/main.js:8:27
82  evaluate@[native code]
83  moduleEvaluation@[native code]
84  @[native code]
85  promiseReactionJob@[native code]
JavaScript error:
file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/util/Immediate.js:56:82: JS ERROR TypeError: document.createElement is not a function. (In 'document.createElement('script')', 'document.createElement' is undefined)

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briandilleycommented, Dec 24, 2017

I fixed this my importing things directly like @anuragd7 mentioned.

ie: instead of this import {Observable} from 'rxjs'; i did: import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';

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anuragd7commented, Dec 24, 2017

Check if you have imports from rxjs/rx. I solved this issue by removing/ replacing all imports from rxjs/rx.

On 24 Dec 2017 9:02 a.m., “Brian” notifications@github.com wrote:

I get the following error when attempting to run my app: JavaScript error: file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/util/Immediate.js:56:82: JS ERROR TypeError: document.createElement is not a function. (In ‘document.createElement(‘script’)’, ‘document.createElement’ is undefined)

This is an app that has been working great for a while, i just attempting to update the libraries and now this is happening. It seems that Immediate.js in rxjs is attempting to use document.createElement which obviously doesn’t work in nativeScript.

***** Fatal JavaScript exception - application has been terminated. ***** Native stack trace: 1 0x107f6f7b4 -[TNSRuntime executeModule:referredBy:] 2 0x103f2b4e1 main 3 0x109afed81 start JavaScript stack trace: 1 canUseReadyStateChange@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/util/Immediate.js:56:82 2 ImmediateDefinition@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/util/Immediate.js:30:49 3 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/util/Immediate.js:208:44 4 evaluate@[native code] 5 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 6 @[native code] 7 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 8 require@[native code] 9 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/scheduler/AsapAction.js:7:26 10 evaluate@[native code] 11 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 12 @[native code] 13 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 14 require@[native code] 15 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/scheduler/asap.js:2:27 16 evaluate@[native code] 17 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 18 @[native code] 19 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 20 require@[native code] 21 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/observable/SubscribeOnObservable.js:8:21 22 evaluate@[native code] 23 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 24 @[native code] 25 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 26 require@[native code] 27 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/operators/subscribeOn.js:2:38 28 evaluate@[native code] 29 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 30 @[native code] 31 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 32 require@[native code] 33 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/operator/subscribeOn.js:2:28 34 evaluate@[native code] 35 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 36 @[native code] 37 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 38 require@[native code] 39 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/add/operator/subscribeOn.js:3:28 40 evaluate@[native code] 41 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 42 @[native code] 43 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 44 require@[native code] 45 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/./Rx.js:121:8 46 evaluate@[native code] 47 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 48 @[native code] 49 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 50 require@[native code] 51 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/@suna/quickride-ts-libcore/src/socket/reconnecting.js:3:21 52 evaluate@[native code] 53 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 54 @[native code] 55 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 56 require@[native code] 57 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/@suna/quickride-ts-libcore/src/socket/driver-updates.js:14:29 58 evaluate@[native code] 59 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 60 @[native code] 61 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 62 require@[native code] 63 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/@suna/quickride-ts-libcore/src/socket/index.js:6:17 64 evaluate@[native code] 65 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 66 @[native code] 67 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 68 require@[native code] 69 anonymous@file:///app/tns_modules/@suna/quickride-ts-libcore/src/index.js:10:17 70 evaluate@[native code] 71 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 72 @[native code] 73 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 74 require@[native code] 75 anonymous@file:///app/app.module.js:7:37 76 evaluate@[native code] 77 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 78 @[native code] 79 promiseReactionJob@[native code] 80 require@[native code] 81 anonymous@file:///app/main.js:8:27 82 evaluate@[native code] 83 moduleEvaluation@[native code] 84 @[native code] 85 promiseReactionJob@[native code] JavaScript error: file:///app/tns_modules/rxjs/util/Immediate.js:56:82: JS ERROR TypeError: document.createElement is not a function. (In ‘document.createElement(‘script’)’, ‘document.createElement’ is undefined)

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