Error: Invariant Violation: `new NativeEventEmitter()` requires a non-null argument

Question

I am trying to make a drawer menu on my app. I have followed this installation guide here.

I have this code

import { createDrawerNavigator } from '@react-navigation/drawer';  


const Drawer = createDrawerNavigator();

My app fails to render when I try to create the drawer object with the createDrawerNavigator() hook. I get the error

Invariant Violation: new NativeEventEmitter() requires a non-null argument..

I have looked at some answers here that say I should delete the pod and the pod.lock file and then install the pod again, but I still get the same issue even after doing this and reinstalling the pods.

Any insight on what could be wrong is appreciated!!