Use assertion for @vue/preload-webpack-plugin require

Author: blazejkustra

config/webpack/webpack.common.ts

@@ -4,27 +4,24 @@ import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import HtmlWebpackPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin';
 import path from 'path';
-import type {Compiler, Configuration} from 'webpack';
+import type {Class} from 'type-fest';
+import type {Configuration, WebpackPluginInstance} from 'webpack';
 import {DefinePlugin, EnvironmentPlugin, IgnorePlugin, ProvidePlugin} from 'webpack';
 import {BundleAnalyzerPlugin} from 'webpack-bundle-analyzer';
 import CustomVersionFilePlugin from './CustomVersionFilePlugin';
 import type Environment from './types';
 
-// importing anything from @vue/preload-webpack-plugin causes an error
 type Options = {
     rel: string;
     as: string;
     fileWhitelist: RegExp[];
     include: string;
 };
 
-type PreloadWebpackPluginClass = {
-    new (options?: Options): PreloadWebpackPluginClass;
-    apply: (compiler: Compiler) => void;
-};
+type PreloadWebpackPluginClass = Class<WebpackPluginInstance, [Options]>;
 
-// require is necessary, there are no types for this package and the declaration file can't be seen by the build process which causes an error.
-const PreloadWebpackPlugin: PreloadWebpackPluginClass = require('@vue/preload-webpack-plugin');
+// require is necessary, importing anything from @vue/preload-webpack-plugin causes an error
+const PreloadWebpackPlugin = require('@vue/preload-webpack-plugin') as PreloadWebpackPluginClass;
 
 const includeModules = [
     'react-native-animatable',