Cannot Find Module '#babel/core' react-native - react-native

Question

Bundling index.js [development, non-minified] 0.0% (0/1), failed.
error: bundling failed: Error: Cannot find module '#babel/core' (While processing preset:
Others have had similar problems which were solved by one of the following:
Uninstalling babel-preset-react-native and installing it again #2.1.0.
Some people could only fix this using yarn and not npm
Moving Babel to devDependancies
Updating the .babelrc file with
{
"presets": [
"react-native"
],
"env": {
"development": {
"plugins": [
"transform-react-jsx-source"
]
}
}
}
Unfortunately, not a single one of these worked for me. This happened right after I installed "react-native-svg": "^6.4.1" and "react-native-svg-charts": "^5.2.0".
My package.json is
"dependencies": {
"react": "16.0.0",
"react-native": "0.51.0",
"react-native-svg": "^6.4.1",
"react-native-svg-charts": "^5.2.0",
"react-navigation": "^1.5.11",
"react-navigation-redux-helpers": "^1.0.5",
"react-redux": "^5.0.6",
"redux": "^3.7.2",
"redux-logger": "^3.0.6",
"redux-persist": "^5.4.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"#babel/core": "^7.0.0-beta.52",
"babel-jest": "23.2.0",
"babel-loader": "^7.1.5",
"gulp-babel": "^7.0.1",
"babel-preset-react-native": "2.1.0",
"jest": "23.3.0",
"react-test-renderer": "16.4.1"
},
"jest": {
"preset": "react-native"
}
I've tried a few other things as well, i've removed the node_modules directory about 150 times and reinstalled. always the same error. I've installed #babel/core and babel-core. I've changed the version numbers, i've moved them around from dependencies to devDependencies and back again. nothing is working.
When I do npm install - everything seems to install just fine
When I do react-native run-android it runs through the code, loads it onto the emulated device
Installing APK 'app-debug.apk' on 'Nexus_6_API_28(AVD) - 9' for app:debug
Installed on 1 device.
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 10.373 secs
However, immediately after that, when it runs on the device I receive the red screen of death.
Bundling index.js [development, non-minified] 0.0% (0/1), failed.
error: bundling failed: Error: Cannot find module '#babel/core' (While processing preset: "/Code/nr/node_modules/babel-preset-react-native/index.js")

Answer 1

Well, after a few hours it seems that at least one of the above DID work. the remaining issue was closing the Metro Bundler terminal and starting a new one. Thanks to a comment on the accepted answer from TransformError with babel-preset-react-native/index.js