Getting Started

Follow the official instructions to set up React Native for your environment. For this exercise it is not necessary to build for ios if you do not currently own a Mac, though if you do we will expect you to have already installed XCode (with cli utilities). Developing for Android on Mac, Windows or Linux will require the Android toolchain and at least one SDK.

Installation

 git checkout RNU_0723
 npm install
 cd ios
 bundle install
 pod install --repo-update
 bundle exec pod install

Running an Android build

Normally npm run android is sufficient in most build environments to launch a metro server, compile via gradle and launch the app in an emulator. Depending on your environment it may be necessary to launch metro in a separate window with npm start and then build the app.

Running an iOS build

This requires a Mac and XCode, of course. npm run ios may be sufficient to build and launch an emulator, however it is sometimes necessary to open the ios/xola_dev_rn.xcworkspace project in XCode and allow it to build and launch from there.

Troubleshooting

If you can't get this to work, see the Troubleshooting page.