IOS on RN 0.80.0 crash: -[RCTView setIsActive:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance

[JerakRus]

Good day! We are trying to add your library to a project on the recently released RN 0.80.0 and we get a crash.

Current behaviour

When I add a component from the library to the layout I get a crash.. I think this is happening simply because I updated to RN 0.80.0. But to be honest, I am connecting your library for the first time just along with the update, and I have no way to check whether it worked on lower versions of RN.

Expected behaviour

The application should not crash.

How to reproduce?

Simply add the following code to any render (return) method of your component:

      <ReactNativeScannerView
        onQrScanned={() => {}}
        style={{ flex: 1 }}
        isActive={false}
        pauseAfterCapture
        showBox
      />

Preview

I get this error in xCode and my app freeze (or crash in release build):

*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[RCTView setIsActive:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x1217f63f0'
*** First throw call stack:
(0x191da0f20 0x189c4f2b8 0x191eaa480 0x194e7d9ac 0x191d3dfb4 0x191d3d8d0 0x10829c884 0x10829d2f0 0x10829dac0 0x108306cbc 0x108306e68 0x10829d950 0x10829de68 0x191d41e54 0x191d41c98 0x10829dd38 0x10829db24 0x108603600 0x107d5dba0 0x107d5becc 0x107d5bc7c 0x107d5b38c 0x107d76f74 0x107d76aac 0x107d76a50 0x107d769f8 0x107d769c4 0x107d7584c 0x10865bfe4 0x10865b264 0x10865b098 0x107d6f52c 0x107d6f1fc 0x107d6eb6c 0x108381a58 0x103244b98 0x1032467bc 0x103256d58 0x10325690c 0x191d73710 0x191d70914 0x191d6fcd8 0x1d67bd1a8 0x1943a9ae8 0x19445dd98 0x1945d7504 0x10790933c 0x1079092ac 0x107909c50 0x1b5547154)
libc++abi: terminating due to uncaught exception of type NSException

And a more detailed transcript comes to firebase:

          Fatal Exception: NSInvalidArgumentException
0  CoreFoundation                 0x83f20 __exceptionPreprocess
1  libobjc.A.dylib                0x172b8 objc_exception_throw
2  CoreFoundation                 0x18d480 +[NSObject(NSObject) _copyDescription]
3  UIKitCore                      0xede9ac -[UIResponder doesNotRecognizeSelector:]
4  CoreFoundation                 0x20fb4 ___forwarding___
5  CoreFoundation                 0x208d0 _CF_forwarding_prep_0
6  my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x998884 __49-[RCTComponentData createPropBlock:isShadowView:]_block_invoke_14 + 321 (RCTComponentData.mm:321)
7  my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x9992f0 __49-[RCTComponentData createPropBlock:isShadowView:]_block_invoke_2.41 + 341 (RCTComponentData.mm:341)
8  my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x999ac0 __49-[RCTComponentData propBlockForKey:isShadowView:]_block_invoke_2 + 363 (RCTComponentData.mm:363)
9  my_app_name.debug.dylib     0xa02cbc RCTPerformBlockWithLogFunction + 167 (RCTLog.mm:167)
10 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0xa02e68 RCTPerformBlockWithLogPrefix + 175 (RCTLog.mm:175)
11 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x999950 __49-[RCTComponentData propBlockForKey:isShadowView:]_block_invoke + 360 (RCTComponentData.mm:360)
12 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x999e68 __50-[RCTComponentData setProps:forView:isShadowView:]_block_invoke + 389 (RCTComponentData.mm:389)
13 CoreFoundation                 0x24e54 __NSDICTIONARY_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK__
14 CoreFoundation                 0x24c98 -[__NSDictionaryM enumerateKeysAndObjectsWithOptions:usingBlock:]
15 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x999d38 -[RCTComponentData setProps:forView:isShadowView:] + 388 (RCTComponentData.mm:388)
16 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x999b24 -[RCTComponentData setProps:forView:] + 374 (RCTComponentData.mm:374)
17 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0xcff600 -[RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropCoordinator setProps:forView:] + 100 (RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropCoordinator.mm:100)
18 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x459ba0 -[RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropCoordinatorAdapter setProps:] + 54 (RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropCoordinatorAdapter.mm:54)
19 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x457ecc -[RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView _setPropsWithUpdateMask:] + 275 (RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.mm:275)
20 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x457c7c __60-[RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView finalizeUpdates:]_block_invoke + 221 (RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.mm:221)
21 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x45738c -[RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView finalizeUpdates:] + 240 (RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.mm:240)
22 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x472f74 RCTPerformMountInstructions(std::__1::vector<facebook::react::ShadowViewMutation, std::__1::allocator<facebook::react::ShadowViewMutation>> const&, RCTComponentViewRegistry*, RCTMountingTransactionObserverCoordinator&, int) + 87 (RCTMountingManager.mm:87)
23 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x472aac -[RCTMountingManager performTransaction:]::$_1::operator()(facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&) const + 266 (RCTMountingManager.mm:266)
24 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x472a50 decltype(std::declval<-[RCTMountingManager performTransaction:]::$_1&>()(std::declval<facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&>(), std::declval<facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&>())) std::__1::__invoke[abi:de190102]<-[RCTMountingManager performTransaction:]::$_1&, facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&>(-[RCTMountingManager performTransaction:]::$_1&, facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&) + 149 (invoke.h:149)
25 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x4729f8 void std::__1::__invoke_void_return_wrapper<void, true>::__call[abi:de190102]<-[RCTMountingManager performTransaction:]::$_1&, facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&>(-[RCTMountingManager performTransaction:]::$_1&, facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&) + 225 (invoke.h:225)
26 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x4729c4 std::__1::__function::__alloc_func<-[RCTMountingManager performTransaction:]::$_1, std::__1::allocator<-[RCTMountingManager performTransaction:]::$_1>, void (facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&)>::operator()[abi:de190102](facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&) + 171 (function.h:171)
27 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x47184c std::__1::__function::__func<-[RCTMountingManager performTransaction:]::$_1, std::__1::allocator<-[RCTMountingManager performTransaction:]::$_1>, void (facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&)>::operator()(facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&) + 313 (function.h:313)
28 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0xd57fe4 std::__1::__function::__value_func<void (facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&)>::operator()[abi:de190102](facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&) const + 430 (function.h:430)
29 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0xd57264 std::__1::function<void (facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&)>::operator()(facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&) const + 989 (function.h:989)
30 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0xd57098 facebook::react::TelemetryController::pullTransaction(std::__1::function<void (facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&)> const&, std::__1::function<void (facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&)> const&, std::__1::function<void (facebook::react::MountingTransaction const&, facebook::react::SurfaceTelemetry const&)> const&) const + 39 (TelemetryController.cpp:39)
31 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x46b52c -[RCTMountingManager performTransaction:] + 258 (RCTMountingManager.mm:258)
32 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x46b1fc -[RCTMountingManager initiateTransaction:] + 246 (RCTMountingManager.mm:246)
33 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x46ab6c __42-[RCTMountingManager scheduleTransaction:]_block_invoke + 200 (RCTMountingManager.mm:200)
34 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0xa7da58 __RCTExecuteOnMainQueue_block_invoke + 294 (RCTUtils.mm:294)
35 libdispatch.dylib              0x213c _dispatch_call_block_and_release
36 libdispatch.dylib              0x3dd4 _dispatch_client_callout
37 libdispatch.dylib              0x125a4 _dispatch_main_queue_drain
38 libdispatch.dylib              0x121b8 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF
39 CoreFoundation                 0x56710 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__
40 CoreFoundation                 0x53914 __CFRunLoopRun
41 CoreFoundation                 0x52cd8 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
42 GraphicsServices               0x11a8 GSEventRunModal
43 UIKitCore                      0x40aae8 -[UIApplication _run]
44 UIKitCore                      0x4bed98 UIApplicationMain
45 UIKitCore                      0x638504 keypath_get_selector_hoverStyle
46 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x533c static UIApplicationDelegate.main() (<compiler-generated>)
47 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x52ac static AppDelegate.$main() (<compiler-generated>)
48 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x5c50 main (<compiler-generated>)
49 my_app_name.debug.dylib     0x5c50 __debug_main_executable_dylib_entry_point + 10 (AppDelegate.swift:10)
50 ???                            0x1b5547154 (Missing)

What have you tried so far?

I tried to fix the setIsActive method using AI, but without success. I also tried to apply the changes from another issue here, but it did not help.

Your Environment

software	version
ios	18.5
android	-
react-native	0.80.0
@pushpendersingh/react-native-scanner	1.5.0
node	23.11.0
npm or yarn	yarn 4.4.0

[JerakRus]

I also noticed that if you change the code suggested for adding, the following error will change:

      <ReactNativeScannerView
        onQrScanned={() => {}}
        isActive={false}
        showBox
      />

The error will become the following:

WARNING: Logging before InitGoogleLogging() is written to STDERR
I0630 17:36:48.427666 1849602048 UIManagerBinding.cpp:135] instanceHandle is null, event of type topAppear will be dropped
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[RCTView setShowBox:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x12cd46120'
*** First throw call stack:
(0x191da0f20 0x189c4f2b8 0x191eaa480 0x194e7d9ac 0x191d3dfb4 0x191d3d8d0 0x108320884 0x1083212f0 0x108321ac0 0x10838acbc 0x10838ae68 0x108321950 0x108321e68 0x191d41e54 0x191d41c98 0x108321d38 0x108321b24 0x108687600 0x107de1ba0 0x107ddfecc 0x107ddfc7c 0x107ddf38c 0x107dfaf74 0x107dfaaac 0x107dfaa50 0x107dfa9f8 0x107dfa9c4 0x107df984c 0x1086dffe4 0x1086df264 0x1086df098 0x107df352c 0x107df31fc 0x107df2b6c 0x108405a58 0x1032b8b98 0x1032ba7bc 0x1032cad58 0x1032ca90c 0x191d73710 0x191d70914 0x191d6fcd8 0x1d67bd1a8 0x1943a9ae8 0x19445dd98 0x1945d7504 0x10798d33c 0x10798d2ac 0x10798dc50 0x1b5547154)
libc++abi: terminating due to uncaught exception of type NSException

I tried to find the specified method in the library code, it is on Android, but it seems not implemented for IOS.

[pushpender-singh-ap]

@JerakRus Thank you for providing the details. I will review the issue and get back to you with my findings.

[pushpender-singh-ap]

Hi @JerakRus – I’ve looked into the issue and found that this library is currently not compatible with the latest React Native 0.80 version. If you’d like to continue using it, I recommend using React Native 0.79 for now.

In the meantime, I’ll work on updating the library to support React Native 0.80. However, I can’t provide a definitive timeline for when the update will be ready. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

[JerakRus]

Thank you for your reply! Yesterday we already released a our app based on react-native 0.80.1 and with your library (disabling the scanner functionality for IOS), assuming that the update may take time. Do you have an estimated time frame, how much time will it take to develop?

[MaxInMoon]

@pushpender-singh-ap is it in the pipe or not planned yet ?
Thanks

[pushpender-singh-ap]

@MaxInMoon @JerakRus This issue has been fixed in the latest 1.6.0-beta.1 version.

[JerakRus]

I was really scared yesterday when I saw that you deleted the code of the entire library :D
Thanks! We'll try it and let you know if anything goes wrong.

[pushpender-singh-ap]

@JerakRus lol, I was just preparing the new version — that’s why I cleared the older files first before pushing the updated ones, to avoid any conflicts.
Please use version 1.7.0 of the library; it also comes with built-in permission handling.

[JerakRus]

Hmm. It seems I can't test the update now, since the documentation says RN >= 0.81, and I have 0.80. I tried it anyway, but the app won't launch. So I'll check it later, after the RN update.