Consider using expo-random as the peer dep so that ejecting from an Expo app isn't required

[pcowgill]

Consider using expo-random as the peer dep rather than react-native-randombytes so that ejecting from an Expo app isn't required in order to use react-native-crypto.

This would involve a polyfill that matches the node core crypto.randomBytes API exactly but uses the expo-random methods internally rather than react-native-randombytes methods.

expo-random works in both "managed" and "bare" Expo apps as well as vanilla React Native apps (Source)

[mvayngrib]

from expo-random:

For bare React Native projects, you must ensure that you have installed and configured the react-native-unimodules package before continuing.

this in addition to the requirement for an additional polyfill makes it pretty unattractive

[pcowgill]

this in addition to the requirement for an additional polyfill makes it pretty unattractive

@mvayngrib What in particular is unattractive about react-native-unimodules?

[mvayngrib]

@pcowgill all these dependencies: https://github.com/unimodules/react-native-unimodules/blob/master/package.json#L15

[ammedinap93]

So, if I am using Expo Client I cannot use this library. Is this correct?

[mvayngrib]

@ammedinap93 yep!