Can't upgrade React-Native project due dependencies

Question

I am trying to update my RN project from 0.62.2 to the latest one (currently 0.63.3). I am just running npm update and get errors:

npm ERR! Found: [email protected]
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR!   react@"^17.0.1" from the root project
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer react@"16.13.1" from [email protected]
npm ERR! node_modules/react-native
npm ERR!   react-native@"^0.63.3" from the root project
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Fix the upstream dependency conflict, or retry
npm ERR! this command with --force, or --legacy-peer-deps
npm ERR! to accept an incorrect (and potentially broken) dependency resolution.

Before running npm update I had ran npx npm-check-updates -u and got the following:

 @react-native-community/netinfo          ^5.9.5  →   ^5.9.9     
 @react-navigation/drawer                 ^5.8.6  →  ^5.11.4     
 @react-navigation/native                 ^5.7.1  →  ^5.8.10     
 @react-navigation/stack                  ^5.7.1  →  ^5.12.8     
 @types/react                           ^16.9.43  →  ^17.0.0     
 amazon-cognito-identity-js               ^3.3.3  →   ^4.5.5     
 aws-amplify                             ^3.0.21  →  ^3.3.10     
 axios                                   ^0.19.2  →  ^0.21.0     
 graphql                                 ^0.11.7  →  ^15.4.0     
 graphql-tag                             ^2.10.4  →  ^2.11.0     
 moment-timezone                         ^0.5.31  →  ^0.5.32     
 react                                  ^16.11.0  →  ^17.0.1     
 react-native                            ^0.62.2  →  ^0.63.3     
 react-native-base64                       0.0.2  →    0.1.0     
 react-native-gesture-handler             ~1.5.0  →   ~1.9.0     
 react-native-reanimated                  ~1.4.0  →  ~1.13.2     
 react-native-safe-area-context           ^0.7.3  →   ^3.1.9     
 react-native-screens             2.0.0-alpha.12  →   2.15.0     
 react-native-simple-crypto              ^0.2.13  →  ^0.2.15     
 react-native-vector-icons                ^6.7.0  →   ^7.1.0     
 react-navigation                         ^4.4.0  →   ^4.4.3     
 @babel/core                               7.8.7  →   7.12.9     
 @babel/runtime                            7.8.7  →   7.12.5     
 babel-jest                               24.9.0  →   26.6.3     
 metro-react-native-babel-preset          0.56.4  →   0.64.0     
 react-test-renderer                      16.9.0  →   17.0.1   

OK, I summarise from the error that react@^17.0.1 is wrong for [email protected] which requires [email protected] but this was produced by npx npm-check-updates -u - why it makes incompatible deps tree?..

If I change manually react version to "^16.0.0", npm install fails with:

npm ERR! Found: [email protected]
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR!   react@"^16.0.0" from the root project
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer react@"16.13.1" from [email protected]
npm ERR! node_modules/react-native
npm ERR!   react-native@"^0.63.3" from the root project

Why "[email protected]"?! From where?

I just can't understand how all this s..tuff works.. Please, suggest.

My current package.json:

{
  "name": "Proj",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "android": "react-native run-android",
    "ios": "react-native run-ios",
    "start": "react-native start",
    "test": "jest"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@react-native-community/masked-view": "^0.1.10",
    "@react-native-community/netinfo": "^5.9.9",
    "@react-navigation/drawer": "^5.11.4",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^5.8.10",
    "@react-navigation/stack": "^5.12.8",
    "@types/react": "^17.0.0",
    "amazon-cognito-identity-js": "^4.5.5",
    "aws-amplify": "^3.3.10",
    "axios": "^0.21.0",
    "graphql": "^15.4.0",
    "graphql-tag": "^2.11.0",
    "i18n-js": "^3.8.0",
    "moment-timezone": "^0.5.32",
    "react": "^16.0.0",
    "react-native": "^0.63.3",
    "react-native-avatar-social": "0.0.3",
    "react-native-base64": "0.1.0",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "~1.9.0",
    "react-native-linear-gradient": "^2.5.6",
    "react-native-localize": "^2.0.1",
    "react-native-reanimated": "~1.13.2",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "^3.1.9",
    "react-native-screens": "2.15.0",
    "react-native-simple-crypto": "^0.2.15",
    "react-native-tab-view": "^2.15.2",
    "react-native-tab-view-viewpager-adapter": "^1.1.0",
    "react-native-uuid-generator": "^6.1.1",
    "react-native-vector-icons": "^7.1.0",
    "react-native-video": "^4.4.5",
    "react-native-viewpager": "^0.2.13",
    "react-native-zeroconf": "github:atlascoder/react-native-zeroconf",
    "react-navigation": "^4.4.3",
    "rn-fetch-blob": "^0.12.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "7.12.9",
    "@babel/runtime": "7.12.5",
    "babel-jest": "26.6.3",
    "metro-react-native-babel-preset": "0.64.0",
    "react-test-renderer": "17.0.1"
  },
  "rnpm": {
    "assets": [
      "./assets/fonts/"
    ]
  }
}

UPDATE

Following @anthony-marino suggestion I made manual dependencies update by update helper, and the I returned to the issue that moved my to upgrade!!

npm ERR! Found: [email protected]
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR!   react@"16.13.1" from the root project
npm ERR!   peer react@"^16.0" from @react-native-community/[email protected]
npm ERR!   node_modules/@react-native-community/viewpager
npm ERR!     peer @react-native-community/viewpager@"*" from [email protected]
npm ERR!     node_modules/react-native-tab-view-viewpager-adapter
npm ERR!       react-native-tab-view-viewpager-adapter@"^1.1.0" from the root project
npm ERR!   15 more (@react-navigation/core, @react-navigation/drawer, ...)
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer react@"16.11.0" from [email protected]
npm ERR! node_modules/react-native-zeroconf
npm ERR!   react-native-zeroconf@"github:atlascoder/react-native-zeroconf" from the root project
npm ERR! 

And the thing that runs me out..

I have a component from @react-native-community/viewpager and why if it requires peerDep react@"^16.0" - why it doesn't accept [email protected]. The ^16.0 means all fresher that 16.*, doesn't it?! When I check ^16.0 on npm semver calculator - it shows me 16.13.1 as suitable..

WORKAROUND

On trapping to this trouble while update:

1. Delete node_modules and package-lock.json
2. npm i
3. When npm i fails - remove failing dependencies
4. After completion of npm i - manually install removed dependencies

Answer 1

This solved my problem.

npm install @react-native-community/masked-view --force