NavigationExperimental results in Unexpected character '�'

[nicolabortignon]

Xcode (Version 8.2.1) doesn't seams to be happy with some images file in NavigationExperimental, specifically:

2017-01-24 09:37:41.459736 RNFashion[2712:835313] Initializing <RCTBatchedBridge: 0x170197c40> (parent: <RCTBridge: 0x1700b6020>, executor: RCTJSCExecutor)
2017-01-24 09:37:41.663 [warn][tid:NSOperationQueue 0x170037fa0 :: NSOperation 0x17004a0e0 (QOS: DEFAULT)][RCTBatchedBridge.m:110] Failed to load source: Error Domain=JSServer Code=500 "SyntaxError /Users/nicolabortignon/dev/RNFashion/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/assets/back-icon@1.5x.ios.png: Unexpected character '�' (1:0)" UserInfo={stack=(
        {
        file = "/Users/nicolabortignon/dev/RNFashion/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/assets/back-icon@1.5x.ios.png";
        lineNumber = 1;
        methodName = "/Users/nicolabortignon/dev/RNFashion/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/assets/back-icon@1.5x.ios.png: Unexpected character '\Ufffd' (1:0)";
    }
), NSLocalizedDescription=SyntaxError /Users/nicolabortignon/dev/RNFashion/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/assets/back-icon@1.5x.ios.png: Unexpected character '�' (1:0)}
2017-01-24 09:37:41.663356 RNFashion[2712:835366] Failed to load source: Error Domain=JSServer Code=500 "SyntaxError /Users/nicolabortignon/dev/RNFashion/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/assets/back-icon@1.5x.ios.png: Unexpected character '�' (1:0)" UserInfo={stack=(
        {
        file = "/Users/nicolabortignon/dev/RNFashion/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/assets/back-icon@1.5x.ios.png";
        lineNumber = 1;
        methodName = "/Users/nicolabortignon/dev/RNFashion/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/assets/back-icon@1.5x.ios.png: Unexpected character '\Ufffd' (1:0)";
    }
), NSLocalizedDescription=SyntaxError /Users/nicolabortignon/dev/RNFashion/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/assets/back-icon@1.5x.ios.png: Unexpected character '�' (1:0)}
2017-01-24 09:37:41.665 [fatal][tid:main] SyntaxError /Users/nicolabortignon/dev/RNFashion/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/assets/back-icon@1.5x.ios.png: Unexpected character '�' (1:0)
2017-01-24 09:37:41.665095 RNFashion[2712:835313] SyntaxError /Users/nicolabortignon/dev/RNFashion/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/assets/back-icon@1.5x.ios.png: Unexpected character '�' (1:0)

react-native-cli: 2.0.1
react-native: 0.40.0
(strangely enough it was building fine 2 weeks ago).

[nicolabortignon]

stop the server and execute react-native start again will resolve this problem.

There is a bug in the packager, that degrade the performance if left open.
Probably related to
#6691

I would keep this issue open and try to solve the deeper bug in the packager.

[hramos]

Closing this issue because it has been inactive for a while. If you think it should still be opened let us know why.