TypeError: cb.apply is not a function

Question

I\'m trying to run an existing React Native project that uses Metro Bundler. My operating system is Ubuntu 20.04 and I\'ve tried to run the app both on a physical Android device

Answer 1

If you have nvm installed, its even simpler. To check this, run

nvm --version

then to install the latest lts version of node, run

nvm install --lts

That's what worked for me, let me know if that helps

Answer 2

I got this too today when doing a build. (running node 12.8.3)

I reinstalled the follow package:

npm install graceful-fs --save-dev

This solved the above problem.

Answer 3

I had a very similar problem on CI, but it works normally on my local machine (Node 13). In the CI, when building the project on CircleCI or on AppCenter with a code that I already released two months ago it throws the error below. It just does not make sense, it's like node had broken dynamically.

I tested the same code with node 10, 12 and 14, but now it works just with node 10 (10.22.0).

The error I had:

/home/circleci/my-app/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:285
        if (cb) cb.apply(this, arguments)
                   ^

TypeError: cb.apply is not a function
    at /home/circleci/my-app/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:285:20
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:169:5)

> Task :app:bundleReleaseJsAndAssets FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:bundleReleaseJsAndAssets'.
> Process 'command 'node'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

UPDATE

What solved my problem was to add a resolution to the package.json to do not allow any lib to use a version of graceful-fs that is before "4.2.4". Now it works again with node 12.

PS: Don't forget to run yarn or npm run install to update your .lock. If this solution does not work for you, please add a comment to this thread related to this problem on Node 12.18.3

  "devDependencies": {
    ...
  },
  "resolutions": {
    "graceful-fs": "4.2.4"
  },

Answer 4

I solved it on both my computers. One needed more work on it.

• Option 1:

  • Follow this directory C:\Users(your username)\AppData\Roaming
  • Delete the npm folder
  • and if there is one npm cache folder. Run npm clean cache -force, or npm cache clean -force on windows ( — force is now required to clean cache)
  • You should be good now if not do option 2.

• Option 2:

  • Follow this directory C:\Users(your username)\AppData\Roaming
  • Delete the npm folder
  • and if there is one npm cache folder. Run npm clean cache -force on linux, or npm cache clean on windows ( — force is now required to clean cache)
  • Make sure everything to do with Nodejs is deleted
  • and uninstalled NodeJS.
  • Reinstall Nodejs.
  • You should be good now.

Answer 5

In my case I was trying to use Husky and this error occurs:

husky > commit-msg (node v15.6.0)
npm ERR! cb.apply is not a function

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     ~/.npm/_logs/2021-01-24T06_04_04_218Z-debug.log

>>> Installation [ 'commitlint@latest' ] fail with code 1 <<<

husky > commit-msg hook failed (add --no-verify to bypass)

I run the command below and problem was solved

npm i -D commitlint