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react-native — A framework for building native apps with React. More information: <https://github.com/react-native-

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Problem

How to use the react-native command: A framework for building native apps with React. More information: <https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/docs/commands.md>.

Solution

react-native — A framework for building native apps with React. More information: <https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/docs/commands.md>.

Initialize a new React Native project in a directory of the same name:

react-native init {{project_name}}

Start the metro bundler:

react-native start

Start the metro bundler with a clean cache:

react-native start --reset-cache

Build the current application and start it on a connected Android device or emulator:

react-native run-android

Build the current application and start it on an iOS simulator:

react-native run-ios

Build the current application in release mode and start it on a connected Android device or emulator:

react-native run-android --variant={{release}}

Start logkitty and print logs to stdout:

react-native log-android

Start tail system.log for an iOS simulator and print logs to stdout:

react-native log-ios

Code Snippets

Initialize a new React Native project in a directory of the same name

react-native init {{project_name}}

Start the metro bundler

react-native start

Start the metro bundler with a clean cache

react-native start --reset-cache

Build the current application and start it on a connected Android device or emulator

react-native run-android

Build the current application and start it on an iOS simulator

react-native run-ios

Context

tldr-pages: common/react-native

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