React Native project, sometimes getting 'connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:19001' using expo start

I faced this issue too, here is what I did finally:

First try to use "expo start -c" to clear the cache when launching, this is the option that works every time.

Try to delete your .expo folder if it doesn't work and retry.

For whatever reason, this is the solution that works almost 100% of the times for me.

• expo start
• Ctrl + C
• expo start

Try removing the .expo directory from the project root.