TurboModuleRegistry.getEnforcing(...): 'RNPermissionsModule' could not be found., when using react-native-permissions and expo

Question

I have a React Native app built using Expo and I am trying to configure permissions using react-native-permissions library. To test the app I am using Expo Go on my iPhone.

When running my react native app on Expo Go, I get the following errors:

 ERROR  Invariant Violation: TurboModuleRegistry.getEnforcing(...): 'RNPermissionsModule' could not be found. Verify that a module by this name is registered in the native binary., js engine: hermes
    
 ERROR  Invariant Violation: "main" has not been registered. This can happen if:
* Metro (the local dev server) is run from the wrong folder. Check if Metro is running, stop it and restart it in the current project.
* A module failed to load due to an error and `AppRegistry.registerComponent` wasn't called., js engine: hermes

I have tried removing the following code: Afterwards the app works as normal and the error messages doesn't appear. So it is likely that it is being caused by the react-native-permissions library.

useEffect(() => {

        check(PERMISSIONS.IOS.LOCATION_WHEN_IN_USE)
            .then((result) => {
                if( result === RESULTS.GRANTED || result === RESULTS.LIMITED){
                    setLocationPermission(true);
                }
                else{
                    setLocationPermission(false);
                }
            })

        console.log(locationPermission);

    }, []);

But I still get the error if I remove that code and still import the library:

import {check, PERMISSIONS, RESULTS} from 'react-native-permissions';

I have found similar questions posted, but none of them answer my question.

Answer 1

I have found a solution, for anyone else who has a similar issue.

If you are using Expo to build your react native app, then it is better to use expo-location library instead. Expo also offer other libraries for helping you access other permissions.

expo-location also allows you to access the location information as well as request permission.

I'm not sure why I was getting the error with the previous library (possibly because it was incompatible with Expo) but this solution worked for me.