React-native load dependency only for one platform (android or ios)

Question

I'm working on a project where it is needed to add an specific dependency for a feature on iOS and i would like to avoid to include this library in the android bundle. Is it possible? It isn´t a response to change the name of the android or ios project and run 'react-native link' ;)

The library is react-native-text-detector

for the native library, you can load it alone for android or ios. for js library there is no solution. — Lenoarod, Nov 15 '19 at 00:04
the library is [react-native-text-detector](https://github.com/zsajjad/react-native-text-detector). Is a js library :( — Makx, Nov 15 '19 at 00:16
it is not a pure js library, you can find the same native ios library, and write js bridge module by yourself — Lenoarod, Nov 15 '19 at 01:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '19 at 03:17

I'm not sure if this answers your question but you could do something like

let textDetector;

if(Platform.OS === "ios"){
    textDetector = require("react-native-text-detector");
}

And then when you use it just make sure to check if it is not undefined

React-native load dependency only for one platform (android or ios)

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