• Introduction
• Running Commands
  • Checking Connected Device
  • connecting To Server
  • Running on android device

Installing react native using react init. It is used when you want to test on physical device

react-native init --version="0.55.4" DoorLock

Checking connected device you must have installed SDK and JDK. And you need to go to the path where the platform-tools are installed, and your run the following command

C:\Users\Gakwandi Joshua\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools/> adb devices

This is how you iterate quickly on a device by connecting to the development server running on your development machine.

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\>adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081

When running react on your android you go inside your folder is where your project is installed. Then type the following command

C:\Users\username\myproject/>npm start |yarn start
C:\Users\username\myproject/> react-native run-android

Some errors when running may occur Define location with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with an ANDROID_HOME environment variable.

To solve the following error 1.You go inside the project folder 2.Android folder 3.Create file called local.properties 4. Write sdk.dir = C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk 5. Run your react-native run-android