Selah/frontend

react native app setup (not using Expo)

REACT NATIVE CLI QUICKSTART, NOT EXPO GO QUICKSTART

follow setup guide for each specific platform (iOS or Android) and OS (Linux, Windows, MacOS): https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup

• make sure you have node and npm installed

• cd to directory where you want this app to be installed

• create app:

npx react-native@latest init SelahReactNativeApp

• select yes for installing react-native packages

NOTE: some of the files might complain about not being able to detect the babel.config.js file. Add this to your settings.json file in VS Code (Open command pallete: View-> Command Pallete or Ctrl+Shift-P and type "settings"):

    "eslint.workingDirectories": [
        {"mode": "auto"}
    ]

• to run the app, open a new terminal and start Metro which is the js bundler that ships with react native. cd into react-native app directory and run:

npx react-native start

• to start the app in an android device