Cannot use import statement outside a module

[dnaicker86]

I know this is a generic error related to typescript but just wanted to find some closure as to the resolution.

C:\Users\DNaicker\Github\AriesJS\aries-js-project-1\node_modules\react-native\index.js:14
import typeof AccessibilityInfo from './Libraries/Components/AccessibilityInfo/AccessibilityInfo';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module

Project code available at:
https://github.com/dnaicker86/aries-js-project-1

I have added tsconfig,json file with the following:

{
    "compilerOptions": {
      "module": "ESNext",
      "esModuleInterop": true,
      "target": "ESNext",
      "moduleResolution": "Node",
      "outDir": "dist",
      "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
      "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
      "isolatedModules": false,
      "strict": true,
      "noImplicitAny": true,
      "useUnknownInCatchVariables": false,
      "inlineSourceMap": true
    },
    "ts-node": {
        "esm": true
    },
    "lib": ["esnext"]
}

i have added to package.json

  "type": "module"

[berendsliedrecht]

This is not related to AFJ so I will close this for now.