How to clear react-native cache?

Question

In react-native development, there are multiple caches used when the app is built:

1. React-native packager cache
2. Emulator cache
3. Java side cache

Answer 1

Have you tried gradle cleanBuildCache?

https://developer.android.com/studio/build/build-cache.html#clear_the_build_cache

Answer 2

Clearing the Cache of your React Native Project: if you are sure the module exists, try this steps:

1. Clear watchman watches: npm 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-*

Answer 3

For React Native Init approach (without expo) use:

npm start -- --reset-cache

Answer 4

You can clean cache in React Native >= 0.50 and npm > 5 :

watchman watch-del-all && 
rm -rf $TMPDIR/react-native-packager-cache-* &&
rm -rf $TMPDIR/metro-bundler-cache-* && 
rm -rf node_modules/ 
&& npm cache clean --force &&
npm install && 
npm start -- --reset-cache

Apart from cleaning npm cache you might need to reset simulator or clean build etc.

Answer 5

I went into this issue today, too. The cause was kinda silly -- vscode auto imported something from express-validator and caused the bug.

Just mentioning this in case anyone has done all the steps to clear cache/ delete modules or what not.

Answer 6

Clearing the Cache of your React Native Project:

npm < 6.0 and RN < 0.50:

 watchman watch-del-all && rm -rf $TMPDIR/react-* &&
 rm -rf node_modules/ && npm cache clean && npm install && 
 npm start -- --reset-cache

npm >= 6.0 and RN >= 0.50:

 watchman watch-del-all && rm -rf $TMPDIR/react-native-packager-cache-* &&
 rm -rf $TMPDIR/metro-bundler-cache-* && rm -rf node_modules/ && npm cache clean --force &&
 npm install && npm start -- --reset-cache