Nativescript fallback exception when referencing external dependencies

Question

Summary

Include details about your goal: I am attempting to include external libraries in a nativescript (vue) app; specifically openpgp

Describe expected and actual results: Initially, I expected to be able to add the external library to package.json and proceed. Upon further reading I realize there are some dependancies which are not available (fs, path, crypto, etc.). Investigating this issue, I found nodeify however, this did not resolve my issue. I've also tried node-polyfill without success.

Include any error messages: When not using nodeify/node-polyfill, I get 4 errors similar to this:

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'os' in 'PATH'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
        - add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "os": require.resolve("os-browserify/browser") }'
        - install 'os-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
        resolve.fallback: { "os": false }

The four libraries referenced in the exceptions are: 'os-browserify', 'browserify-zlib', 'crypto-browserify', 'stream-browserify'

When using node-polyfill my issue remains but the errors are semi-masked and look as follows:

ERROR in Cannot read property 'fallback' of undefined
ERROR in Cannot read property 'fallback' of undefined
ERROR in Cannot read property 'fallback' of undefined
ERROR in Cannot read property 'fallback' of undefined
ERROR in Cannot read property 'fallback' of undefined

What I've tried

As mentioned, I've tried with and without nodeify and node-polyfill. When not using node-polyfill I have attempted to set fallback however I am unsure of the syntax

EDIT: proper syntax for setting fallback

const webpack = require("@nativescript/webpack");

module.exports = (env) => {
    webpack.init(env);

    // Learn how to customize:
    // https://docs.nativescript.org/webpack

    webpack.chainWebpack(config => {
        config.resolve.set('fallback', { 
            "os": require.resolve("os-browserify/browser"),
            "zlib": require.resolve("browserify-zlib"),
            "crypto": require.resolve("crypto-browserify"),
            "stream": require.resolve("stream-browserify"),
            "util": require.resolve("util/"),
            "buffer": require.resolve("buffer/")
        });
    });

    return webpack.resolveConfig();
};

The above code block resolves the build errors, however the following runtime errors occur

System.err: TypeError: util.inherits is not a function
.....

webpack.config.js (with node-polyfill):

const webpack = require("@nativescript/webpack");
const NodePolyfillPlugin = require("node-polyfill-webpack-plugin")


module.exports = (env) => {
    webpack.init(env);

    // Learn how to customize:
    // https://docs.nativescript.org/webpack

    webpack.chainWebpack(config => {
        config.resolve.plugin('polyfills').use(NodePolyfillPlugin);
    });


    return webpack.resolveConfig();
};

Reproduce issue

ns create <project-name> --vue //effects --ts as well

npm install openpgp

Include require/import in script section

import * as openpgp from 'openpgp';

Related articles

https://stackoverflow.com/a/55478500

https://stackoverflow.com/a/71567424

https://stackoverflow.com/a/64580815

Other considerations:

I've read downgrading to webpack 4 (4.1.0) may resolve this; in updating package.json I updated the webpack.conig.js:

./node_modules/.bin/update-ns-webpack --configs

When doing so I get the following:

  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/home/[user]/projects/android/[project]/webpack.config.js',
    '/home/[user]/projects/android/[project]/node_modules/webpack-cli/bin/utils/convert-argv.js',
    '/home/[user]/projects/android/[project]/node_modules/webpack-cli/bin/cli.js',
    '/home/[user]/projects/android/[project]/node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js'
  ]