Error trying to resolve @expo/vector-icons/FontAwesome in a vanilla React Native project

Question

I ran into this strange error today: Unable to resolve module `@expo/vector-icons/FontAwesome` from `node_modules/react-native-elements/src/checkbox/CheckBoxIcon.js`: @expo/vector-icons/FontAwesome could not be found within the project.

This project does not use expo, it was built using vanilla React Native CLI. I checked the CheckBoxIcon.js file in node_modules and I don't see any references to @expo . Not sure if it matters but I was working on ane xpo project prior to this but it shouldn't be affecting this separate project I'm working on, will it?

I'm not sure how to fix this, I have tried clearing watchman watches, deleting node_modules and reset metro's cache.

Answer 1

npm start --reset-cache did not work but npm start -- --reset-cache fixed my issue.