react native packager ( aka metro bundler ) doesn't follow symlinks out of the box because watchman's default behavior. So there is need to configure the `rn-cli.config.js` and add packages manually as a workaround. **Following issue in:** https://github.com/facebook/watchman/issues/105 https://github.com/facebook/metro-bundler/issues/1