starting-react-native-developement
  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
    • Best Practices
    • Local environment
    • VS Code
    • React Native Fundamentals
    • Tips and Tricks
    • Add iOS App Icons and Launch Images
    • Running On Android Device
  • React Navigation
  • Camera App
  • Background Uploads
  • FlatList
  • Image Uploads to S3
  • S3 Image Uploader App
  • Beta Testing
    • Configure your local environment - android
    • Renaming your Project
    • Signing your app for beta testing
    • iOS App Icons and Launch Images
  • Resources
    • Tutorials
      • UI
      • Templates
  • Navigation with Redux
  • Prepare Android app for Google Play
  • Submitting to the App Store
  • Common gradlew taks
  • Prepare Android app for Google Play
  • notes
  • Prepare iOS app for the App Store
  • ADB
  • Common Errors
  • Add Extra Skins to Android Emulator
  • gotchas
  • Geolocation
  • HTTP Status Codes
  • CocoaPods
  • Native Push Notifications
  • Mobx
  • Libraries
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  • Install Dependencies
  • Node and Watchman
  • CocoaPods and Xcode
  • Xcode
  • Command Line tools
  • Create a new application
  • Running the application

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  1. Getting Started

Local environment

Configuring your local environment

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This page will help you configure a local environment for your React Native app.

The usual first step is to install before configuring your local environment. This guide focuses on OSX operating systems.

Install Dependencies

Node and Watchman

is a JavaScript is an event driven platform for building fast and scalable network apps.

is a file watching service built by Facebook.

$ brew install node

$ brew install watchman

CocoaPods and Xcode

The React Native command interface.

$ sudo gem install cocoapods

Xcode

The easiest way to get Xcode is by going to the Apple Store and installing it. This install will take some time so it's best to have a fast Wifi connection.

Command Line tools

You will also need to install the Xcode Command Line Tools. Open Xcode, then choose "Preferences..." from the Xcode menu. Go to the Locations panel and install the tools by selecting the most recent version in the Command Line Tools dropdown.

Create a new application

$ npx react-native init AwesomeProject

Running the application

$ npx react-native run-ios

You should see your new app running in the iOS Simulator shortly.

Homebrew
Node
Watchman