New react-native app has 'TypeError: babelHelpers.typeof is not a function' [iOS]

Question

A new project created with the latest version of react-native throws javascript error while running(/debugging). Tested this on simulator.

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Answer 1

To solve the problem, I renamed a .babelrc file in a parent directory, then ran ./node_modules/react-native/packager/packager.sh start --reset-cache