Can't find file index.ios.js in root directory react-native app

Question

New to react-native & I'm trying to launch the default app but I'm getting the following error.

error: bundling failed: "Cannot find entry file index.ios.js in any of the roots:

Tried doing react-native start --reset-cache but no luck. also been searching GitHub forums but no luck. thanks for all the help. currently on version 0.49. please help

Answer 1

Make sure you kill the package manager completely, then try running these in your projects root directory:

npm start -- --reset-cache
react-native run-ios

If you use watchman, this is an alternative set of steps beforehand that seems to work with a lot of people:

watchman watch-del-all
rm -rf node_modules && npm install
npm start -- --reset-cache
react-native run-ios