Plugin/Preset files are not allowed to export objects, only functions - react-native

Question

I'm getting this error after updating react-native to "^0.56.0":
bundling failed: Error: Plugin/Preset files are not allowed to export objects, only functions. In /Users/ben/vepo/frontend/node_modules/babel-preset-flow/lib/index.js
I tried to do something similar to the highest voted answer here but instead for babel-preset-flow:
https://github.com/babel/babel-loader/issues/540
.babelrc:
"presets": ["react-native", "flow", "#babel/preset-flow"]
package.json
{
"name": "vepo",
"version": "0.0.1",
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"start": "node node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cli.js start",
"test": "jest"
},
"rnpm": {
"assets": [
"./app/fonts"
]
},
"jest": {
"preset": "react-native",
"moduleNameMapper": {
"\\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|eot|otf|webp|svg|ttf|woff|woff2|mp4|webm|wav|mp3|m4a|aac|oga)$": "<rootDir>/__mocks__/fileMock.js",
"\\.(css|less)$": "<rootDir>/__mocks__/styleMock.js"
}
},
"dependencies": {
"#babel/preset-flow": "^7.0.0-beta.52",
"#babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0-beta.52",
"babel-preset-react-native": "^4.0.0",
"flow-typed": "^2.4.0",
"generator-rn-toolbox": "^2.2.0",
"imagemagick": "^0.1.3",
"immutable": "4.0.0-rc.9",
"metro-bundler": "^0.22.1",
"native-base": "^2.3.3",
"prop-types": "^15.5.10",
"react": "16.3.1",
"react-native": "^0.56.0",
"react-native-aws3": "^0.0.8",
"react-native-blur": "^3.1.3",
"react-native-communications": "^2.2.1",
"react-native-drawer": "^2.3.0",
"react-native-fbsdk": "facebook/react-native-fbsdk#065507a",
"react-native-git-upgrade": "^0.2.7",
"react-native-image-picker": "^0.26.7",
"react-native-interactable": "^0.1.2",
"react-native-mail": "^3.0.2",
"react-native-maps": "^0.16.4",
"react-native-modal": "^2.3.2",
"react-native-modalbox": "^1.3.9",
"react-native-multiple-choice": "^0.0.8",
"react-native-navigation": "^1.1.100",
"react-native-off-canvas-menu": "^0.1.31",
"react-native-optimized-flatlist": "^1.0.1",
"react-native-redux-router": "^1.0.7",
"react-native-select-multiple": "^1.0.3",
"react-native-side-menu": "^0.20.1",
"react-native-vector-icons": "^4.4.0",
"react-navigation": "^1.0.0-beta.11",
"react-redux": "^5.0.3",
"redux": "^3.6.0",
"redux-immutable": "^4.0.0",
"redux-observable": "^0.14.1",
"reselect": "^3.0.0",
"rxjs": "^5.2.0",
"yarn": "^1.3.2",
"yoga": "^0.0.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"adm-zip": "^0.4.7",
"babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
"babel-eslint": "^7.1.1",
"babel-plugin-module-resolver": "^2.7.0",
"eslint": "^3.17.0",
"eslint-config-prettier": "^2.9.0",
"eslint-plugin-flowtype": "^2.30.3",
"eslint-plugin-jsx": "^0.0.2",
"eslint-plugin-react": "^6.10.0",
"eslint-plugin-react-native": "^2.3.1",
"flow-bin": "^0.72.0",
"plist": "^2.1.0",
"react-devtools": "^3.2.1",
"react-test-renderer": "~15.4.1",
"redux-devtools": "^3.3.2",
"remote-redux-devtools": "^0.5.7",
"remotedev-server": "^0.2.4",
"xcode": "^1.0.0"
}
}
Nothing is working. Any ideas?
EDIT: there is no node_modules/babel-preset-flow folder at all

Answer 1

I had the same error and resolved it by uninstalling babel-preset-flow and installing #babel/preset-flow. I believe this is due to React Native 56 using Babel 7. And add to .babelrc
{
"presets": ["#babel/preset-flow"]
}

Answer 2

Upgrade your babel-preset-react-native dependency.
"babel-preset-react-native": "^5",
You don't need to have #babel/preset-react or #babel/preset-flow installed.
Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Open .babelrc file and then edit the presets section of the code as follows:
"presets": ["module:metro-react-native-babel-preset"],

Answer 4

I solved this issue by installing "babel-preset-react-native-stage-0" in my project and changed .babelrc file:
"presets": [
"babel-preset-react-native-stage-0/decorator-support"
]

Answer 5

for Babel 7 and above and according to this document create a file with name bable.config.js instead of .babelrc and then export presets like this :
const presets = [
"flow"
]
module.exports = {presets}