Workaround

react-native-pytorch-core/ios/Jsi/PyTorchCoreJSI.mm

@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ - (void)install {
 
         torchlive::install(*(facebook::jsi::Runtime *)cxxBridge.runtime, runtimeExecutor);
     }
+    else {
+    	[NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:0.1]
+    	[self install]
+    }
 }
 
 @end

react-native-pytorch-core/src/install-jsi.ts

@@ -20,32 +20,49 @@ declare global {
   var __torchlive__: object | undefined;
 }
 
-if (global.__torchlive__ == null) {
-  const PlayTorchJSIModule = NativeModules.PyTorchCoreJSI;
+function TryInstallJSI() {
+  if (global.__torchlive__ == null) {
+    const PlayTorchJSIModule = NativeModules.PyTorchCoreJSI;
 
-  if (PlayTorchJSIModule == null) {
-    throw new Error(
-      'PlayTorchJSIModule not found. Maybe try rebuilding the app.',
-    );
-  }
+    if (PlayTorchJSIModule == null) {
+      /*
+      throw new Error(
+        'PlayTorchJSIModule not found. Maybe try rebuilding the app.',
+      );
+      */
+      //return instead of throwing error and crashing
+      return;
+    }
 
-  // Check if we are running on-device (JSI)
-  if (global.nativeCallSyncHook == null || PlayTorchJSIModule.install == null) {
-    throw new Error(
-      'Failed to install react-native-pytorch-core: React Native is not running on-device. The PlayTorchJSIModule can only be used when synchronous method invocations (JSI) are possible. If you are using a remote debugger (e.g. Chrome), switch to an on-device debugger (e.g. Flipper) instead.',
-    );
-  }
+    // Check if we are running on-device (JSI)
+    if (global.nativeCallSyncHook == null || PlayTorchJSIModule.install == null) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'Failed to install react-native-pytorch-core: React Native is not running on-device. The PlayTorchJSIModule can only be used when synchronous method invocations (JSI) are possible. If you are using a remote debugger (e.g. Chrome), switch to an on-device debugger (e.g. Flipper) instead.',
+      );
+    }
 
-  // Call the synchronous blocking install() function
-  const result = PlayTorchJSIModule.install();
-  if (result !== true)
-    throw new Error(
-      `Failed to install react-native-pytorch-core: The native PlayTorchJSIModule could not be installed! Looks like something went wrong when installing JSI bindings: ${result}`,
-    );
-
-  // Check again if the constructor now exists. If not, throw an error.
-  if (global.__torchlive__ == null)
-    throw new Error(
-      'Failed to install react-native-pytorch-core, the native initializer function does not exist. Are you trying to use PlayTorchJSIModule from different JS Runtimes?',
-    );
+    // Call the synchronous blocking install() function
+    const result = PlayTorchJSIModule.install();
+    if (result !== true)
+      throw new Error(
+        `Failed to install react-native-pytorch-core: The native PlayTorchJSIModule could not be installed! Looks like something went wrong when installing JSI bindings: ${result}`,
+      );
+
+    // Check again if the constructor now exists. If not, throw an error.
+    if (global.__torchlive__ == null)
+      throw new Error(
+        'Failed to install react-native-pytorch-core, the native initializer function does not exist. Are you trying to use PlayTorchJSIModule from different JS Runtimes?',
+      );
+  }
 }
+TryInstallJSI()
+
+//Use this function to ensure __torchlive__ exists before calling other PyTorch code
+global.WaitForTorchLive = async () => { return new Promise( async (resolve, reject) => {
+  if (global.__torchlive__ != null) {
+    resolve();
+  }
+  else {
+    setTimeout(async () => {await WaitForTorchLive(); resolve()}, 100)
+  }
+})}