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+module.exports = {
+  presets: ['module:metro-react-native-babel-preset'],
+  overrides: [
+    {
+      // react-native 0.84+ uses TypeScript 'as' syntax in .js files
+      // which the default preset doesn't handle for non-.ts files
+      test: /node_modules\/react-native\/.*\.js$/,
+      plugins: [['@babel/plugin-transform-typescript', { allowDeclareFields: true }]],
+    },
+  ],
+};