Asset paths invalid for symlink packages on metro@^0.47

[adrianha]

Hi @MrLoh ,

I got an issue on RN 0.57.2 that asset paths from symlink packages cannot be resolved correctly. I think its related to this issue

Here's the repo to reproduce this issue: https://github.com/adrianha/metro-symlink - Works fine react-native: 0.57.1

https://github.com/adrianha/metro-symlink/tree/0.57.2 - Assets path incorrect react-native: 0.57.2

Any suggestion?

[treyp]

I suspect this is an issue in metro and can't be fixed using metro options. The only relevant options are around asset transformation and I think configuring those will suffer from the same issue since there doesn't seem to be a granular way to configure the httpServerLocation.

[MrLoh]

I’m not on RN 0.57 yet, so can’t say much. I’ll check once we upgrade, but it might still take a while. Sorry

[6pm]

rn-cli.config.js was renamed to metro.config.js

[MrLoh]

@treyp can you confirm that your this was fixed in #18?

[treyp]

yep, symlinks are working fine for me again. i'm using [email protected] with [email protected] (just published).

i'd suggest trying RN >= 0.59. they were broken for me in 0.57.2 and 0.58.

[treyp]

Sorry, that comment was based on my usage of RN 0.59 in iOS only.

I've tried using Android and the issue still exists there. However, I don't think it's something that can be solved with metro config options, so I don't see a path forward for this repo.

Best thing I can suggest is to monitor https://github.com/facebook/metro/issues/290

[MrLoh]

I'm reopening this for transparency then, since it's not fully solved yet.