PostgreSQL react-native setup - postgresql

Question

I'm having issues getting PostgreSQL to run on my local machine with react-native. I work primarily as a database developer so it's possible I'm missing something, but in my opinion this is something that should be well documented.
I run the following commands to create a react native project (npm v 4.6.1)
npm install -g expo cli
expo init needhelp
cd needhelp
then I paste in my app.js file and it runs fine. This is my app.js file.
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Text, View, Image } from 'react-native';
//const { Client } = require('pg')
//const { Pool, Client } = require('pg')
export default class HelloWorldApp extends Component {
render() {
return (
<View style = {{flex: 1, flexDirection: 'column', alignItems: 'center',}}>
<Text>Hello World!</Text>
</View>
);
}
}
The problem is, when I try and include pg in any way I get errors. The first error I get is "unable to resolve module pg." Then after I run npm install pg, I get
[22:32:20] The package at "node_modules\pg\lib\index.js" attempted to import the Node standard library module "util". It failed because React Native does not include the Node standard library. Read more at https://docs.expo.io/versions/latest/introduction/faq.html#can-i-use-nodejs-packages-with-expo
[22:32:20] Failed building JavaScript bundle.
Then after installing this I get:
[22:34:03] The package at "node_modules\pg\lib\connection.js" attempted to import the Node standard library module "net". It failed because React Native does not include the Node standard library. Read more at https://docs.expo.io/versions/latest/introduction/faq.html#can-i-use-nodejs-packages-with-expo
[22:34:03] Failed building JavaScript bundle.
Building JavaScript bundle [===================================================================================== ] 9>
Then
[2:36:57] The package at "node_modules\pg\lib\client.js" attempted to import the Node standard library module "events". It failed because React Native does not include the Node standard library. Read more at https://docs.expo.io/versions/latest/introduction/faq.html#can-i-use-nodejs-packages-with-expo
[22:36:57] Failed building JavaScript bundle.
then
[00:38:48] The package at "node_modules\pg\lib\connection.js" attempted to import the Node standard library module "tls". It failed because React Native does not include the Node standard library. Read more at https://docs.expo.io/versions/latest/introduction/faq.html#can-i-use-nodejs-packages-with-expo
[22:38:48] Failed building JavaScript bundle.
Then finally, the error that dooms me:
metro bundler has encountered an internal error, please check your terminal error output for more details.