Using this on 0.59

Hi guys!

I'm trying to update to react native 0.59, but we have used some of the "forbidden" stuff for Typescript on Babel7:
- Namespaces
- Imports with require

As a consequence, the project cannot compile on metro. It is not clear to me if I can avoid Babel7 and use full-fledged Typescript still, by using react-native-typescript-transformer. Documented configuration has not helped me get this to work either.

**Can this be achieved? If so, what would be recommended configuration?**

Our projects' configuration is big thought, that's why I'm not pasting it yet. Please let me know if you need further info to provide.

Thanks in advance!