React 19 / React Native 0.81 compatibility – peer dependency conflict with @nozbe/with-observables

[pankajnegi1893]

Hi team 👋,

I’m in the process of upgrading my React Native project to React Native 0.81.5, which requires React 19.x.

While upgrading, I’m running into a peer dependency conflict with @nozbe/with-observables@1.6.0.

Environment

• React Native: 0.81.5
• React: 19.1.0
• @nozbe/with-observables: 1.6.0
• Package manager: npm

Error

npm error While resolving: @nozbe/with-observables@1.6.0
npm error Found: react@19.1.0
npm error node_modules/react
npm error Could not resolve dependency:
npm error peer react@"^16||^17||^18" from @nozbe/with-observables@1.6.0
npm error node_modules/@nozbe/with-observables
npm error   @nozbe/with-observables@"^1.6.0" from the root project
npm error
npm error Conflicting peer dependency: react@18.3.1
npm error node_modules/react
npm error   peer react@"^16||^17||^18" from @nozbe/with-observables@1.6.0
npm error   node_modules/@nozbe/with-observables
npm error     @nozbe/with-observables@"^1.6.0" from the root project
npm error
npm error Fix the upstream dependency conflict, or retry
npm error this command with --force or --legacy-peer-deps
npm error to accept an incorrect (and potentially broken) dependency resolution.
npm error

Observation

React Native 0.81.x enforces React 19 as a peer dependency, but @nozbe/with-observables currently supports only React 16–18, which blocks the upgrade.

Question

Are there any plans or timelines to:

Add React 19 support, or

Release a version compatible with React Native 0.81+?

This would be very helpful for projects upgrading to the latest React Native versions.

Thanks in advance, and appreciate the work on this library 🙏

[ahsan-xelinq]

+1

[maXXCZ1]

Hello.

In newest watermelonDB release, withObservables are not anymore standalone dependency and therefore you have to update your imports as well. You can get rid off @nozbe/with-observables@1.6.0 and use just core watermelon package.

I did not have any problems installing/using "@nozbe/watermelondb": "^0.28.0", with RN 0.81.4 and 0.81.5.

New imports replacing old ones:
import {withObservables} from "@nozbe/watermelondb/react";