brianjvarley/react-native-hello-world

A starter guide for setting up and deploying react-native on an Android device.

react-native-hello-world

A starter guide for setting up and deploying react-native on an Android device.

Environment Setup and Build https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html#content

Getting Started

1. Ensure you've followed the React Native - Get Started Guide for the platform/s of choice
2. Clone this project git clone https://github.com/mcnamee/react-native-starter-app.git
3. Run npm install from root directory
4. Prepare Device or Emulator for a deploy
5. Run react-native -start from root directory
6. Run react-native run-android in a new terminal from root directory.

Handy Commands

Command	Output
ipconfig/all	Show's the machine ip details, look for ipv4 for your ip. Useful when configuring debug server on testing device
adb start server	Starts the adb server to listen for devices
adb kill server	Kills the adb server
android avd	Opens the Android Virtual Device app
adb devices	Shows currently connected Andorid devices
android sdk	Opens the Android SDK manager, useful when updating build tools
gradlew clean	Cleans and rebuild your Android platform project
gradlew compileDebug --stacktrace	Add stacktrace logging to gradle config
react-native -start	Starts the react-native dev server
react-native run-android	Builds and deployes the app to listening Android device or emulator

Troubleshooting

Error	Fix
error “Could not get BatchedBridge, make sure your bundle is packaged properly”	On device select Dismiss, shake device (opens Developer menu) -> Dev Settings -> Choose Debug server host & port for device (computers IP address and the port: 192.168.0.xx:8xxx, port is usually :8081)