Malformed calls from JS : field sizes are different [[8,39],[4,0]

Question

I want to display the list of contacts on my AVD but Im facing an error (I tried linking the package but it did nothing):

My code :

    const [contact, setContact] = useState([]);
  
    useEffect(() => {
      PermissionsAndroid.request(
        PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_CONTACTS,
        {
          'title': 'Contacts',
          'message': 'This app would like to view your contacts.'
        }
      ).then(() => {
        Contacts.getAll((err, contacts) => {
          if (err === 'denied'){
            // error
          } else {
            // contacts returned in Array
            setContact(contacts);
            console.log(contact);
          }
        })
      })
      .catch((err)=> {
          console.log(err);
      })
    }, []);

The error :

I searched everywhere for a solution but there's nothing about this issue, thanks for helping me by advance.

I'm getting nothing, the only thing that display is the error even if I console.log() nothing shown in the console — therealwalim, Dec 09 '20 at 19:41
After clearing cache and retarting the emulator I got this error on the console : ```[Error: Exception in HostFunction: Malformed calls from JS: field sizes are different. [[8,39],[4,0],[[36,2000,1607543301566,false]],1583]]``` — therealwalim, Dec 09 '20 at 19:49

thebstar · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-05T02:49:55.273

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The APIs has been updated in version 6. Changing from callback (version 5 uses callback) to promise worked for me. I mean change -

Contacts.getAll((err, contacts) => { });

to -

Contacts.getAll()
    .then((contacts) => {
      // work with contacts
    })
    .catch((e) => { //handle error })

edited Jan 05 '21 at 02:49

answered Dec 30 '20 at 10:51

thebstar

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Not the code which was the problem but the library, the code worked well and the question is now answered and solved – therealwalim Dec 31 '20 at 07:30
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This not an issue with the lib as the documentation clearly mentions this usage. Also you can check out the typing for the getAll method. https://github.com/morenoh149/react-native-contacts/blob/master/index.d.ts – thebstar Jan 05 '21 at 02:46
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They have changed the apis from version 5 to 6 which was causing the issue. – thebstar Jan 05 '21 at 02:48
It is working perfectly. – iamkanaramyadav Dec 09 '21 at 09:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '22 at 12:30

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With the updated API version, you need to change the callback syntax to promise .then and .catch such as

Contacts.getAll()
    .then(contacts => { //your code here })
    .catch(e => { //handle error })

answered Jan 22 '22 at 12:30

nikitabarnawal

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Malformed calls from JS : field sizes are different [[8,39],[4,0]

My code :

The error :

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