Unable to resolve module `@babel/runtime/helpers/interopRequireDefault`

When creating a new react native project using the standard react-native init MyApp and running react-native run-ios for the first time I'm seeing the following error

error: bundling failed: Error: Unable to resolve module `@babel/runtime/helpers/interopRequireDefault` from `/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/SixNationsPredictor/index.js`: Module `@babel/runtime/helpers/interopRequireDefault` does not exist in the Haste module map

This might be related to https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/4968
To resolve try the following:
  1. Clear watchman watches: `watchman watch-del-all`.
  2. Delete the `node_modules` folder: `rm -rf node_modules && npm install`.
  3. Reset Metro Bundler cache: `rm -rf /tmp/metro-bundler-cache-*` or `npm start -- --reset-cache`.
  4. Remove haste cache: `rm -rf /tmp/haste-map-react-native-packager-*`.
    at ModuleResolver.resolveDependency (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/node-haste/DependencyGraph/ModuleResolution.js:209:1301)
    at ResolutionRequest.resolveDependency (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/node-haste/DependencyGraph/ResolutionRequest.js:83:16)
    at DependencyGraph.resolveDependency (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/node-haste/DependencyGraph.js:238:485)
    at Object.resolve (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/lib/transformHelpers.js:180:25)
    at dependencies.map.result (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/traverseDependencies.js:311:29)
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at resolveDependencies (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/traverseDependencies.js:307:16)
    at /Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/traverseDependencies.js:164:33
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at step (/Users/chrisedgington/Development/ReactNative/MyApp/node_modules/metro/src/DeltaBundler/traverseDependencies.js:266:307)

I've tried running the suggested but still see the same issue. I've seen a few posts about similar issues but nothing specifically seems to say how to resolve the problem in react-native.

macOS: 10.13.6 
node: 8.11.3
react-native-cli: 2.0.1
react-native: 0.57.1

Have a go and try:

npm add @babel/runtime

Or upgrade babel runtime:

"@babel/runtime": "7.0.0-beta.55"

You should first quit the metro terminal before executing

npm add @babel/runtime
npm install

You should add and install babel for your projects

npm add @babel/runtime
npm install

If The error is not fixed, Try:

npm start --reset-cache

Try to update your npm version first

npm update -g npm@version or sudo npm -gf update npm@version

and then just add the babel runtime at your react native project

npm add @babel/runtime

Try upgrading your packages. You could have an old package causing the problem:

yarn upgrade-interactive --latest

The issue for me was that @babel/runtime was installed as a dev-dependency instead of just a normal (non-dev) dependency

Current error message suggests these steps to fix this:

1. Clear watchman watches: watchman watch-del-all
2. Delete node_modules: rm -rf node_modules and run yarn install
3. Reset Metro's cache: yarn start --reset-cache
4. Remove the cache: rm -rf /tmp/metro-*

The last one solved it for me.

I had this problem today (April 2021), and I could solve it only by removing the webpack-node-externals package from my webpack configuration.

For me the solution was (Mac):

1. Stop IntelliJ
2. Enter terminal
3. Run: npx browserslist@latest --update-db -g
4. Run: npm cache verify
5. Start IntelliJ

If still not working:

1. Delete node_modules fron project if exists
2. Run: npm cache verify
3. Run npm install -f in project
4. Run: npx browserslist@latest --update-db -g

Problem:

I was in the middle of upgrading flow to typescript and I used @khanacademy/flow-to-ts to convert js files to ts. the lib not only changed the js files of the app but also it converted all js files in node_modules directory.

Solution:

I had to remove the node_modules and npm -i. This time when I checked the node_modules the interopRequireDefault.js file was there.

I tried all the things mentioned above, and, I found myself here again tonight.

Running from a nrwl mono repo, I had to cd into the app that was having the problem and run.

jest --clearCache

Had this issue none of the above listed solutions worked for me, I had to go to node_modules/jest-haste-map/build/index.js

changed const crawl = canUseWatchman && this._options.useWatchman ? _watchman.default : _node.default;

to const crawl = canUseWatchman && this._options.useWatchman ? _node.default : _node.default;