RCT-Folly dependency error with Expo SDK 54 / React Native 0.81 when New Architecture is enabled

[ChrisWiles]

Issue

When using Expo SDK 54 (React Native 0.81) with New Architecture enabled (newArchEnabled: true), iOS builds fail during pod install with:

[!] Unable to find a specification for `RCT-Folly` depended upon by `react-native-zendesk-messaging`

Root Cause

In React Native 0.81, iOS dependencies are shipped as precompiled XCFrameworks and RCT-Folly is no longer available as a separate pod. The current podspec (lines 41-42) conditionally adds RCT-Folly when RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED=1:

s.dependency "React-Codegen"
s.dependency "RCT-Folly"

Workaround

Disable New Architecture in app.config.ts:

android: { newArchEnabled: false },
ios: { newArchEnabled: false }

Solution

PR #90 proposes using install_modules_dependencies helper to handle dependencies correctly.

Environment

• react-native-zendesk-messaging: 0.3.2
• Expo SDK: 54
• React Native: 0.81.4
• Platform: iOS (EAS Build)

[tafa-oscar]

+1 Same, here, just got this today, as im trying to upgrade an expo project to the new SKD

[again-this-coder]

Same issue for me, any solution for this problem?

[nyakaz73]

Same issue for me, any solution for this problem?

The fix for the opened PR is not yet merged. #90

You might want to patch it locally to apply to fix in the mean time