react-native-background-geolocation: No visible @interface for 'RCTEventEmitter' declares the selector 'invalidate' in RNBackgroundGeolocation.m

While trying to build the iOS app from Xcode, the following error is showing up on line 664 in RNBackgroundGeolocation.m: No visible @interface for ‘RCTEventEmitter’ declares the selector ‘invalidate’

This leads to inability to build the app or run it.

Your Environment

Plugin version: “^4.4.2”
Platform: iOS
OS version: 14.5
Device manufacturer / model: iPhone 11
React Native version (react-native -v): “^0.63.4”
Plugin config

Expected Behavior

Application should have been build and run on the device

Actual Behavior

Build Failed with the above error

Steps to Reproduce

Install react-native-background-geolocation as per the guidelines in the doc
Run npm i
Build application in Xcode

Context

Simply trying to build and run the app

Debug logs

Logs

No visible @interface for 'RCTEventEmitter' declares the selector 'invalidate'

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 3 years ago
Comments: 20 (11 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

@Vikmanatus Thank you for providing actual information. I’m investigating now.

christocracy on Nov 11, 2021

Hello to everyone 😃

I am running the latest version 4.4.3 on IOS (iPhone 8 14.5.1) I am facing a similar error but it is only occuring when I try to run the remote Chrome Debugger

I have a XCode stack trace saying Thread 7: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=2, address=0x16db2ff90)

A warning below is saying Method possibly missing a [super invalidate] call

Otherwise I if dont’t run the chrome debugger, the app is compiling fine

Do you think they could be a quick fix to fix this issue ? 😃

Vikmanatus on Nov 11, 2021

I just installed latest version it is not working for me.

ansarikhurshid786 on Nov 11, 2021

Try this:


if([super respondsToSelector:@selector(invalidate)]){
    [super performSelector:@selector(invalidate)];
}

christocracy on Nov 10, 2021

You’re free to comment-out that line if it makes your app build. I’ll continue to investigate.

christocracy on Nov 10, 2021