- Clone this project
git clone < project-url.git >
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Install NodeJS on your computer.
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Install yarn on your computer
Yarn is a dependency manager built by facebook and google. It is a more efficient and reliable (thanks to yarn.lock) alternative of npm.
- Launch
yarncommand in a terminal opened in the project folder.
This command will look into the package.json file and install all the dependencies listed here.
- Install react-native-cli globally on your computer
yarn global add react-native-cli
- Launch a virtual android device (through Android Studio for instance)
If you have never installed any android virtual device, follow those instructions
- Then, run the project in executing on your project folder:
react-native run-android
Note: Each time you pull commits from others, run the yarn command to install dependencies that may have been introduced.
- If your terminal is telling you react-native is not known, try to install it globally with npm:
npm install -g react-native-cliand re-run the above command.
If you have a build error with this message on Windows, it means that you must add the Android sdk platform tools to your environment PATH.
How to add an environment variable on your computer.
My value on windows: C:\Users\Manuel\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools
React Native needs this to be installed in order to work, and the default target installed by Android Studio is the 24th. To solve this issue, open android studio and click on SDK Manager Icon:
Then click on the line with API Level of value 23 and apply.
It seems you are missing the build tools at specific revision XX.X.X, so you need to install them. Go to Android Studio SDK Settings (see images above) and click on the SDK Tools snippet.
Then, click on Show Package Details and look for Android SDK Build Tools XX.X.X. Then check if it is installed. If not, install it and this issue should be solved then.
Go into the android project's folder in your terminal and run