Fix ESM compatibility in Metro project path resolution - #1869
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Short description of what this resolves:
Fixes an
__dirname is not definedruntime error in the ESM build of@ui-kitten/metro-config.@ui-kitten/metro-configis distributed with an ESM build, butproject.service.jsuses the CommonJS-specific__dirnameglobal:When the ESM build is loaded by modern Node.js versions, __dirname is not defined and Metro configuration fails to initialize:
ReferenceError: __dirname is not defined in ES module scopeDerive
__dirnamefromimport.meta.urlusing Node's standard ESM-compatible APIs:This preserves the existing path resolution while making the ESM build compatible with Node.js ESM semantics and Windows path handling.
Tested with:
Expo 57
React Native 0.86
Node.js 22
Windows
The Metro configuration successfully initializes after applying this change