ipfs-http-client throws error when using in react native v0.64.1

[ravi0the0sun]

• Version:"ipfs-http-client": "^50.1.2"

• Platform:React Native: IOS & Android

• Subsystem:

Severity: High

Description:

ipfs-http-client will throw this error with all of the functions like add() and get()

 ERROR  Demo App .cat {"error": [TypeError: Invalid attempt to iterate non-iterable instance.
In order to be iterable, non-array objects must have a [Symbol.iterator]() method.]}
 WARN  Invalid responseType: blob
 LOG  Unable to symbolicate stack trace: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'options.blobId')
 WARN  Invalid responseType: blob
 WARN  Invalid responseType: blob

even when passing string or array or even objects with Symbol.iterator method

Steps to reproduce the error:

use ipfs-http-client in react-native v0.64.1 using this example https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/react-native-ipfs-demo
System info

System:
    OS: macOS 10.15.7
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz
    Memory: 853.18 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.7.1 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.17.0 - /var/folders/nf/83z965450dd46qzdlrd86t6h0000gn/T/fnm_multishells/6085_1626757926630/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.10 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.14.13 - /var/folders/nf/83z965450dd46qzdlrd86t6h0000gn/T/fnm_multishells/6085_1626757926630/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 14.2, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 23, 27, 28, 29, 30
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 29.0.3, 30.0.2
      System Images: android-28 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64, android-29 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-30 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 4.1 AI-201.8743.12.41.7042882
    Xcode: 12.1.1/12A7605b - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 11.0.11 - /usr/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 
    react-native: 0.64.2 => 0.64.2 
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

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[LeviticusNelson]

I have this issue as well and I'm running v0.65.1.

[ravi0the0sun]

ipfs-shipyard/react-native-ipfs-demo#1

[BigLep]

React Native isn't supported by js-ipfs. The current state is being tracked here: #2813 . Feel free to post there and consider contributing to address the gaps.