patch-rn.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

const {writeFile, readFile, readdir} = require('fs');
const {promisify} = require('util');
const path = require('path');

const folder = 'node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Renderer/implementations/';

const pattern = new RegExp(
  'throw ReactError[\\s\\S]{0,80}Text strings must be rendered within a <Text> component[\\s\\S]{0,80}[^()]\\)[;,]'
  , 'gm');

const patchFile = async (file) => {
  const content = (await promisify(readFile)(file)).toString();
  const patched = content.replace(pattern, () => {
    const fileRegEx = new RegExp('dev');
    if (fileRegEx.test(file))
      return '';
    else
      return '{}';
  });
  await promisify(writeFile)(file, patched);
};

const patchAll = async () => {
  const files = await promisify(readdir)(folder);

  await Promise.all(files.map(file => path.join(folder, file)).map(patchFile));
};

patchAll();