Unable to resolve module in bundling iOS

[AlexanderIgnacz]

Description

When I run the app with release build configuration of XCode, I get following build error though the app works very well in development build.

error Unable to resolve module `navigation` from `app/App.js`: navigation could not be found within the project.
...
File /Users/Alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MyApp-gviufnwavmifwacjpsapqethhcxf/Build/Products/Release-iphonesimulator/MyApp.app/main.jsbundle does not exist. This must be a bug with

In my app/App.js, I just import Utils from navigation, which is located at app/navigation/index.js

import { Utils } from 'navigation'

Meanwhile, I set the module-resolver correctly from babel.config.js file.

module.exports = {
  presets: ['module:metro-react-native-babel-preset'],
  plugins: [
    'styled-components',
    [
      'module-resolver',
      {
        root: ['./app'],
        extensions: ['.js', '.ios.js', '.android.js'],
      },
    ],
  ],
  env: {
    production: {
      plugins: ['react-native-paper/babel'],
    },
  },
}

React Native version:

System:
OS: macOS 10.15.6
CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Memory: 9.33 GB / 32.00 GB
Shell: 5.7.1 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 13.14.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v13.14.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.17.0 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 6.14.7 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v13.14.0/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.9.3 - /usr/local/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 13.6, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.4, watchOS 6.2
Android SDK:
API Levels: 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29
Build Tools: 25.0.0, 25.0.1, 25.0.2, 25.0.3, 26.0.0, 26.0.1, 26.0.2, 26.0.3, 27.0.0, 27.0.3, 28.0.0, 28.0.2, 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 30.0.0
System Images: android-19 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-25 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-25 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-25 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
Android NDK: 21.3.6528147
IDEs:
Android Studio: 4.0 AI-193.6911.18.40.6626763
Xcode: 11.6/11E708 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: 1.8.0_212 - /usr/bin/javac
Python: 2.7.16 - /usr/bin/python
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1
react-native: 0.63.2 => 0.63.2
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

Steps To Reproduce

1. Use absolute path to import local modules
2. Run iOS release and get bundle error.

Expected Results

Should run iOS release build correctly.

[AlexanderIgnacz]

This helped me to solve.
#25522 (comment)