React-native link is not working properly

Question

I tried installing and linking react-native sound into my project. However, when I run the following command in my project directory,

react-native link react-native-sound

the library doesn't link and I get the following result:

Scanning 758 folders for symlinks in /Users/MY_USER_NAME/PROJECT_NAME/node_modules 

I think my node or npm setup is wrong.

Answer 1

1- create new file in project root and name it react-native.config.js

2- add this code to react-native.config.js :

    module.exports = {
    project: {
      ios: {},
      android: {},
    },
    assets: ['./src/assets/fonts/'],
  };

3- change ['./src/assets/fonts/'] to your fonts path

4- now run react-native link

thats it

Answer 2

Ok after some digging, I found the issue. https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/14863

Maybe try applying that fix locally, it should work then.