react-native start giving Invalid regular expression invalid error
There is a problem with Metro using some NPM and Node versions.
You hay 2 alternatives:
- Alternative 1: Uninstall node and npm and reinstall with another (compatible) version:https://nodejs.org/en/download
- Alternative 2: Go to a file in your npde_modules folder:
\node_modules\metro-config\src\defaults\blacklist.jsand change this code:
var sharedBlacklist = [ /node_modules[/\\]react[/\\]dist[/\\].*/, /website\/node_modules\/.*/, /heapCapture\/bundle\.js/, /.*\/__tests__\/.*/];to this:
var sharedBlacklist = [ /node_modules[\/\\]react[\/\\]dist[\/\\].*/, /website\/node_modules\/.*/, /heapCapture\/bundle\.js/, /.*\/__tests__\/.*/];Please note that if you run
npm installoryarn installyou'll need to change the code again.
Its compatibility issue of NodejsI uninstalled my Node(12.11) and installed Node(10) stable version and it worked perfectly.
A similar question was asked here may be this solution might work for you cause i applied and it worked