Selah/frontend/README.md

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