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Error calling RCTDeviceEventEmitter.emit unknown

See original GitHub issue

when I updated react-native-reanimated from version 1.13.1 to 2.0.0-alpha.8 the app stopped working

I got an error message: “Error calling rctdeviceeventemitter.emit unknown”

Screenshots

error

I followed the installation instructions on the documentation page step by step

Package versions

"dependencies": {
    "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "^1.13.1",
    "@react-native-community/datetimepicker": "^3.0.2",
    "@react-native-community/masked-view": "^0.1.10",
    "@react-native-community/picker": "^1.6.6",
    "@react-navigation/drawer": "^5.9.0",
    "@react-navigation/material-bottom-tabs": "^5.2.16",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^5.7.3",
    "@react-navigation/stack": "^5.9.0",
    "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
    "moment": "^2.29.1",
    "native-base": "^2.13.13",
    "react": "16.13.1",
    "react-native": "0.63.2",
    "react-native-android-location-enabler": "^1.2.1",
    "react-native-animated-pagination-dot": "^0.1.8",
    "react-native-dotenv": "^2.3.0",
    "react-native-geolocation-service": "^5.0.0",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.8.0",
    "react-native-google-places-autocomplete": "^1.8.3",
    "react-native-image-picker": "^2.3.4",
    "react-native-localization": "^2.1.6",
    "react-native-localize": "^1.4.1",
    "react-native-maps": "0.27.1",
    "react-native-modal": "^11.5.6",
    "react-native-open-maps": "^0.3.5",
    "react-native-paper": "^4.0.1",
    "react-native-permissions": "^2.1.5",
    "react-native-popup-menu": "^0.15.9",
    "react-native-qrcode-scanner": "^1.4.1",
    "react-native-reanimated": "^2.0.0-alpha.8",
    "react-native-restart": "^0.0.17",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "^3.1.6",
    "react-native-screens": "^2.10.1",
    "react-native-swiper": "^1.6.0-rc.3",
    "react-native-vector-icons": "^7.0.0"
  },

React: 16.13.1
React Native: 0.63.2
React Native Reanimated: 2.0.0-alpha.8
NodeJS: 12.13.1

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:15 (1 by maintainers)

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somebody32commented, Nov 10, 2020

@SohaibKtb it should be also added to babel.config.js: https://docs.swmansion.com/react-native-reanimated/docs/installation#babel-plugin

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timhilgenstoehlercommented, Nov 6, 2020

I just wanna add that I have the same problem with a clean new project aswell:

"react": "16.13.1",
"react-native": "0.63.3",
"react-native-reanimated": "^2.0.0-alpha.8"

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