microsoft / microsoft/react-native-windows
Metro advertises "newer" RN version because it sees the app using 0.0.0
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Description
When running playground we now get this in Metro:
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Metro message when running the playground and compare the app's reported React Native version with the version Metro detects. Trace the version discovery involved in the playground setup; done means Metro no longer advertises a newer version because the app is seen as using 0.0.0.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react-native
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100