Problem when creating a new app for nRF Connect for Desktop

[Glaze3]

I followed the instructions at https://nordicsemiconductor.github.io/pc-nrfconnect-docs/create_new_app to create a new pc-nrfconnect-boilerplate app locally.

However, npm run build:dev always failed after npm ci with the error “Could not resolve ‘react’”.

After I re-installed Node.js and moved the app to another folder, the build succeeded.

It appears that the project cannot be built when it resides in ~/.nrfconnect-apps/local, at least on my system (Windows 11 + Node.js v24.5.0).

Could you please verify this limitation and update the documentation so that future users avoid this pitfall?

Thanks!

[Elfving]

Hi Glaze, and sorry about the wait. My coworker here is currently OOO, so I'll take over this case.

for nRF Connect for desktop to see the application is must be in ~/.nrfconnect-apps/local, and npm ci and npm run build:dev must be done in the cloned folder so ~/.nrfconnect-apps/local/<app>

Could you try using node 22? That is what we are using in our workflows.

Regards,

Elfving

[Glaze3]

Hi Elfving, I just tried under Node.js v22.19.0, however the same issue, see below screenshot:

[Elfving]

I forwarded this to the team, and they are not able to reproduce this, neither on macOS nor on Win11.

Is the react module installed in node_modules\react after running npm ci? Does npm ls react show it? 

Regards,

Elfving

[Glaze3]

Yes, react folders are under folder node_modules, and npm ls react shows:

C:\Users\myname\.nrfconnect-apps\local\pc-nrfconnect-myapp>npm ls react
[email protected] C:\Users\myname\.nrfconnect-apps\local\pc-nrfconnect-myapp
+-- @nordicsemiconductor/[email protected]
| +-- @reduxjs/[email protected]
| | `-- [email protected] deduped
| +-- @testing-library/[email protected]
| | `-- [email protected] deduped
| +-- [email protected]
| | +-- @restart/[email protected]
| | | `-- [email protected] deduped
| | +-- @restart/[email protected]
| | | `-- [email protected] deduped
| | +-- [email protected]
| | | `-- [email protected] deduped
| | +-- [email protected]
| | | `-- [email protected] deduped
| | +-- [email protected]
| | | `-- [email protected] deduped
| | +-- [email protected] deduped
| | `-- [email protected]
| | `-- [email protected] deduped
| +-- [email protected]
| | `-- [email protected] deduped
| +-- [email protected]
| | `-- [email protected] deduped
| +-- [email protected]
| | `-- [email protected] deduped
| +-- [email protected]
| | `-- [email protected] deduped
| +-- [email protected]
| | `-- [email protected] deduped
| `-- [email protected]
`-- [email protected]
+-- [email protected]
| `-- [email protected] deduped
`-- [email protected] deduped

[Elfving]

They are, strangely enough, unable to reproduce this still. 

Could you try cloning the repo at a different location than $USERPROFILE/.nrfconnect-apps/local and see whether it building it works there?

Regards,

Elfving