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Can't use package with esm compilation

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
firebase, typescript
Domain
mobile

Research direction

Reproduce the ESM import shown in the issue, then inspect the package.json entry fields for @nativescript/firebase-core to identify why the package cannot be resolved. Done means the package resolves successfully when imported with ESM compilation.

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Description

I am getting the following error when using this package.

Failed to resolve entry for package "@nativescript/firebase-core". The package may have incorrect main/module/exports specified in its package.json.

Am I importing it wrongly? Please advise.

import { firebase } from '@nativescript/firebase-core'
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
62
Forks
53
Avg merge
8d 4h
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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