[@RNC/AsyncStorage]: NativeModule: AsyncStorage is null (0.61.5)

I upgraded react-native from 0.59.8 to 0.61.5 Unlinked @react-native-community/async-storage App builds successfully and splash screen comes. After that it says (In Android):

[@RNC/AsyncStorage]: NativeModule: AsyncStorage is null
- Run react-native link @react-native-community/async-storage

When I tried linking it says:

info Linking "@react-native-community/async-storage" iOS dependency
error Linking "@react-native-community/async-storage" failed. 

If I try unlinking again (I already did before as I encountered error while upgrading), it says

info iOS module "@react-native-community/async-storage" is not installed
info Android module "@react-native-community/async-storage" is not installed

Why does it say @react-native-community/async-storage is not installed even after I installed the package? I tried removing the package and installing again. Same errors

[Arjorie]

I’m facing the same problem I am using 0.61 of react-native and I’m using expo. So it should link automatically but it didn’t work, so I tried to unlink but it says that it is not installed. So I tried linking it manually and I found out that some of my android files is missing.

debug Available platforms: iOS, Android debug Package to link: @react-native-community/async-storage info Linking “@react-native-community/async-storage” Android dependency debug Patching D:\Work Files\Freelance\knoCard\android\settings.gradle error Linking “@react-native-community/async-storage” failed. Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘D:\Work Files\Freelance\knoCard\android\settings.gradle’ at Object.openSync (fs.js:440:3) at Object.readFileSync (fs.js:342:35) at applyPatch (D:\Work Files\Freelance\knoCard\node_modules@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\build\link\patches\applyPatch.js:42:51) at Object.registerNativeAndroidModule [as register] (D:\Work Files\Freelance\knoCard\node_modules@react-native-community\cli-platform-android\build\link\registerNativeModule.js:31:27) at D:\Work Files\Freelance\knoCard\node_modules\react-native\node_modules@react-native-community\cli\build\commands\link\linkDependency.js:63:16 at Array.forEach () at linkDependency (D:\Work Files\Freelance\knoCard\node_modules\react-native\node_modules@react-native-community\cli\build\commands\link\linkDependency.js:36:32) at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5) at async Object.link [as func] (D:\Work Files\Freelance\knoCard\node_modules\react-native\node_modules@react-native-community\cli\build\commands\link\link.js:107:5) at async Command.handleAction (D:\Work Files\Freelance\knoCard\node_modules\react-native\node_modules@react-native-community\cli\build\index.js:164:9)

Are you guys don’t have the same files inside your android folder except for app folder?

Now I know why I dont have android folder files, I am Using Expo and it does not support native modules like async-storage because it will look for setting.gradle or other files inside your android folder or ios folder. See https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started at Caveats

In other words, we need to use react-native eject or expo eject

[sumanthyedoti]

@Krizzu Thanks, it removed the error. (But a lot of dependencies kept showing errors one after another. It’s a production app. So I created new project and migrated code to move fast)