Unable to resolve module `#babel/runtime/helpers/interopRequireDefault` - react-native

Question

When creating a new react native project using the standard react-native init MyApp and running react-native run-ios for the first time I'm seeing the following error
error: bundling failed: Error: Unable to resolve module `#babel/runtime/helpers/interopRequireDefault` from `/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/SixNationsPredictor/index.js`: Module `#babel/runtime/helpers/interopRequireDefault` does not exist in the Haste module map
This might be related to https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/4968
To resolve try the following:
1. Clear watchman watches: `watchman watch-del-all`.
2. Delete the `node_modules` folder: `rm -rf node_modules && npm install`.
3. Reset Metro Bundler cache: `rm -rf /tmp/metro-bundler-cache-*` or `npm start -- --reset-cache`.
4. Remove haste cache: `rm -rf /tmp/haste-map-react-native-packager-*`.
at ModuleResolver.resolveDependency (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/node-haste/DependencyGraph/ModuleResolution.js:209:1301)
at ResolutionRequest.resolveDependency (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/node-haste/DependencyGraph/ResolutionRequest.js:83:16)
at DependencyGraph.resolveDependency (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/node-haste/DependencyGraph.js:238:485)
at Object.resolve (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/lib/transformHelpers.js:180:25)
at dependencies.map.result (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/traverseDependencies.js:311:29)
at Array.map (<anonymous>)
at resolveDependencies (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/traverseDependencies.js:307:16)
at /Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/traverseDependencies.js:164:33
at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
at step (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/traverseDependencies.js:266:307)
I've tried running the suggested but still see the same issue. I've seen a few posts about similar issues but nothing specifically seems to say how to resolve the problem in react-native.
macOS: 10.13.6
node: 8.11.3
react-native-cli: 2.0.1
react-native: 0.57.1

Answer 1

Have a go and try:
npm add #babel/runtime
Or upgrade babel runtime:
"#babel/runtime": "7.0.0-beta.55"

Answer 2

I tried all the things mentioned above, and, I found myself here again tonight.
Running from a nrwl mono repo, I had to cd into the app that was having the problem and run.
jest --clearCache

Answer 3

You should first quit the metro terminal before executing
npm add #babel/runtime
npm install

Answer 4

You should add and install babel for your projects
npm add #babel/runtime
npm install
If The error is not fixed, Try:
npm start --reset-cache

Answer 5

The issue for me was that #babel/runtime was installed as a dev-dependency instead of just a normal (non-dev) dependency

Answer 6

Try to update your npm version first
npm update -g npm#version or sudo npm -gf update npm#version
and then just add the babel runtime at your react native project
npm add #babel/runtime

Answer 7

Try upgrading your packages. You could have an old package causing the problem:
yarn upgrade-interactive --latest

Answer 8

Current error message suggests these steps to fix this:
Clear watchman watches: watchman watch-del-all
Delete node_modules: rm -rf node_modules and run yarn install
Reset Metro's cache: yarn start --reset-cache
Remove the cache: rm -rf /tmp/metro-*
The last one solved it for me.

Answer 9

I had this problem today (April 2021), and I could solve it only by removing the webpack-node-externals package from my webpack configuration.

Answer 10

For me the solution was (Mac):
Stop IntelliJ
Enter terminal
Run: npx browserslist#latest --update-db -g
Run: npm cache verify
Start IntelliJ
If still not working:
Delete node_modules fron project if exists
Run: npm cache verify
Run npm install -f in project
Run: npx browserslist#latest --update-db -g

Answer 11

Problem:
I was in the middle of upgrading flow to typescript and I used #khanacademy/flow-to-ts to convert js files to ts. the lib not only changed the js files of the app but also it converted all js files in node_modules directory.
Solution:
I had to remove the node_modules and npm -i. This time when I checked the node_modules the interopRequireDefault.js file was there.

Answer 12

In case you are working with Yarn workspaces please note you are running react-native start from the right project...

Answer 13

Install latest Babel/runtime
=> install #babel/runtime
After that clean or reset the cache
=> npm start -- --reset-cache after
or
npm cache clean --force

Answer 14

I accidentally deleted my node_modules and package-lock.json. I used npm i to regenerate them and suddenly I was getting the above error. I solved it in two ways.
By uninstalling the app and using the following commands.
npx jest --clearCache
npm update
npm i
npx react-native run-android
By deleting the local repository and re-cloning it.
Hope this helps you.

Answer 15

I just uninstalled watchman. It worked for me.
brew uninstall watchman

Answer 16

Someone may find this helpful. I had the same problem while using turborepo and Expo.
Resolved it by adding 'node-linker=hoisted' to .npmrc.

Answer 17

Had this issue none of the above listed solutions worked for me, I had to go to node_modules/jest-haste-map/build/index.js
changed const crawl = canUseWatchman && this._options.useWatchman ? _watchman.default : _node.default;
to const crawl = canUseWatchman && this._options.useWatchman ? _node.default : _node.default;