cli-platform-ios pod install failure

Environment

$ react-native info
info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
    OS: macOS 10.15
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700B CPU @ 3.20GHz
    Memory: 7.31 GB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.16.3 - /usr/local/bin/node
    npm: 6.12.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 13.1, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 23, 25, 27, 28, 29
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.1, 29.0.2
      System Images: android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 3.5 AI-191.8026.42.35.5900203
    Xcode: 11.1/11A1027 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  npmPackages:
    react: 16.11.0 => 16.11.0 
    react-native: 0.61.2 => 0.61.2

Description

On a current project, after removing the package-lock.json and re-running npm install, a pod install in the ios directory fails:

$ pod install
Command `config` unrecognized. Make sure that you have run `npm install` and that you are inside a react-native project.

[!] Invalid `Podfile` file: 767: unexpected token at ''.

 #  from /Users/ourvoiceusa/git/HelloVoter/mobile/ios/Podfile:44
 #  -------------------------------------------
 #  
 >    use_native_modules!
 #  end
 #  -------------------------------------------

Reproducible Demo

git clone https://github.com/OurVoiceUSA/HelloVoter.git
cd HelloVoter/mobile
npm install
cd ios
pod install

Then if you remove package-lock.json and re-install and try the npx react-native config from the ios directory again:

rm -f package-lock.json
npm install
cd ios
pod install

I believe this is due to npx react-native config failing to work inside the ios directory on the newer version of @react-native-community/cli-platform-ios

$ cd ios
$ npx react-native config
Command `config` unrecognized. Make sure that you have run `npm install` and that you are inside a react-native project.

Here’s the package-lock.json change that broke it:

@@ -1295,12 +1292,13 @@
       }
     },
     "@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios": {
-      "version": "3.0.0-alpha.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/-/cli-platform-ios-3.0.0-alpha.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-37FtnrWTUP0EzQ83raplcnOUlEzRCsDrsxGsUnBso33fNPBAJ4Ei6L/BuJPJZ+sCAWFbyO1XhVED0c1QuP0cww==",
+      "version": "3.0.0-alpha.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/-/cli-platform-ios-3.0.0-alpha.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6qM5LpzhCEhkb9MC+nxrOHX2TxoN4qm8+Vg9byIW/wExl8dWCTneRUbQ5qFlkkMksS2U63LiRVSCXK08d6x5bA==",
       "requires": {
-        "@react-native-community/cli-tools": "^2.8.3",
+        "@react-native-community/cli-tools": "^3.0.0-alpha.7",
         "chalk": "^2.4.2",
+        "js-yaml": "^3.13.1",
         "xcode": "^2.0.0"
       },
       "dependencies": {

Thanks,

[ifyapishore]

Have same issue.

Check your node_modules.

Remove node_modules/react-native-cli. It has old version 2.0.1

Looks like after few npm installs, old version appears in node_modules somehow and broke many things.

There is an issue with resolving modules in gradle and seems like they are related.

BWT: After that react-native starts to be very slow (resolve modules on every start)

[aniruddhashevle]

I removed react-native-cli globally, yarn global remove react-native-cli

Then pod install worked for me!