Component Exception: null is not an object

[Binh Nguyen]

Hello,

I'm initializing the app using Expo bare workflow and followed the Getting Started guide. As soon as I started the app, I got this screen. Seems like the issue stems from ZendeskChat.init, and not ZendeskChat.startChat:

Main dependencies:

"expo": "~39.0.2",
"react-native": "~0.63.2",
"react-native-zendesk-chat": "^0.4.0"

Cocoapods version: 1.9.3

I'm unsure where to go from here. Any ideas?

[Frederic Barthelemy]

Hi @binhxn! Have you ejected your expo or not?

react-native-zendesk-chat has native dependencies, so I believe you need to be ejected.

Unfortunately, we do not use expo, so you may need to use their forums to ask for expo specific advice.

[Binh Nguyen]

Hi @fbartho I'm using Expo's Bare Workflow so it's essentially ejected from the Managed Workflow.
Hmm, I have a feeling it may be due to some other local dependency, but I'll continue digging around and reach out in the Expo forums, if needed. Feel free to close the issue!

[Frederic Barthelemy]

The error message suggests the NativeModule might be missing, which is a pretty common issue for people working with expo

(I've seen reports of this relatively regularly, across multiple open source projects)

[Shanu Singh]

Any Luck? @binhxn

[Binh Nguyen]

@shanusingh3 Not yet, I haven't had the time to revisit this issue =/