Skip to main content

React Native Environment Setups

There is a different alternative for React Native environment setup (installation), depends upon the operating system you use.

The instructions are quite different for each development and target operating system.
In this tutorial, we will use Windows as a development operating system and Android as a target operating system.

Developing app using React Native framework requires Node, React Native command line interface, Python2, JDK, and Android Studio.
Here, we are using a favorite package manager Chocolatey for Windows. Using this, we can install a recent version of Python, and Java SE Development Kit (JDK).

Steps to Setup React Native Environment

1. Visit Chocolatey, and click "Install Chocolatey Now" it open another URL.


React Native Environment Setup

2. Install chocolatey setup, copy the code provided in Install with cmd.exe section.
  1. @"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"  
React Native Environment Setup

3. Open your Command Prompt in Administrative mode (right-click Command Prompt and select "Run as Administrator"), paste this code and click enter. It will install Chocolatey.

React Native Environment Setup


4. In the Administrative mode of command prompt, paste the code and run it (install Node.js, Python, and JDK).

If you have already installed Node.js, make sure it has version above 8 and if you have already installed JDK, make it version 8 or newer version.

  1. choco install -y nodejs.install python2 jdk8  
React Native Environment Setup

5. Node comes with npm (Node Package Manager), which lets you install the React Native. Run the given code:

  1. npm install -g react-native-cli  

React Native Environment Setup

Setup Android Studio

1. Visit Android website and download Android Studio.

React Native Environment Setup

2. Run the downloaded android studio set (.exe) file and follow the instruction.


React Native Environment Setup

3. Choose the feature you want to install.

React Native Environment Setup

4. Select the installation location.

React Native Environment Setup

5. Let the installation proceed and click Next.

React Native Environment Setup

6. Click Finish to complete the installation.

React Native Environment Setup

After successful installation, the Android Studio home screen will appear.

React Native Environment Setup

Setup Java JDK and Android SDK path

1. Visit How to set path in Java to set JDK path.

2. Set Android SDK path as My Computer > Properties > Advance system settings > Environment Variables > in System variables section. Click "New..." add Android home and Android SDK as bellow screen.

React Native Environment Setup

3. Install the required components, go to Tools Android > SDK Manager > SDK platforms and select the required components and install.

React Native Environment Setup

4. Let the installation proceed and after successfully installation, click Finish.

React Native Environment Setup

5. Create Android Emulator, a virtual Android Device, go to Tools > Android > AVD Manager > Create Virtual Device... SDK platforms and select the device type.

React Native Environment Setup

6. Select API level of Android Emulator.

React Native Environment Setup

7. Provide device name and set properties by clicking Show Advance Settings.

React Native Environment Setup

8. Launch the Emulator.

React Native Environment Setup

Comments

Post a Comment

Thank You.

Popular Posts

What are the Alternatives of device UDID in iOS? - iOS7 / iOS 6 / iOS 5 – Get Device Unique Identifier UDID

Get Device Unique Identifier UDID Following code will help you to get the unique-device-identifier known as UDID. No matter what iOS user is using, you can get the UDID of the current iOS device by following code. - ( NSString *)UDID { NSString *uuidString = nil ; // get os version NSUInteger currentOSVersion = [[[[[UIDevice currentDevice ] systemVersion ] componentsSeparatedByString: @" . " ] objectAtIndex: 0 ] integerValue ]; if (currentOSVersion <= 5 ) { if ([[ NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults ] valueForKey: @" udid " ]) { uuidString = [[ NSUserDefaults standardDefaults ] valueForKey: @" udid " ]; } else { CFUUIDRef uuidRef = CFUUIDCreate ( kCFAllocatorDefault ); uuidString = ( NSString *) CFBridgingRelease ( CFUUIDCreateString ( NULL ,uuidRef)); CFRelease (uuidRef); [[ NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults ] setObject: uuidString ForKey: @" udid " ]; [[ NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults ] synchro...
Post a Comment
Read more

16 AWS Gotchas

16 AWS Gotchas In January I launched the MVP for my own startup,  Proximistyle , which helps you find what you’re looking for nearby. On advice from friends and industry contacts I chose AWS as my cloud provider. Having never had to set up my own cloud infrastructure before, the learning curve to get from no experience to a stable VPC system I was happy with was significantly steeper than expected, and had its fair share of surprises. #1 Take advantage of the free resources offered AWS offers a free tier for new accounts. If you have recently bought a domain and set up a company you qualify for the free tier for a year. Additionally, if you are a bootstrapped startup you can apply for  the Startup Builders package  and get $1000 in AWS credits. After doing the above, you’re now ready to get started with setting up the AWS infrastructure for your startup. #2 Set up billing budgets and alerting The very first thing you should do after setting up billing, is enabling a budge...
Post a Comment
Read more

Ultimate Folder Structure For Your React Native Project

  Ultimate Folder Structure For Your React Native Project React native project structure React Native is a flexible framework, giving developers the freedom to choose their code structure. However, this can be a double-edged sword for beginners. Though it offers ease of coding, it can soon become challenging to manage as your project expands. Thus, a structured folder system can be beneficial in many ways like better organization, simplified module management, adhering to coding practices, and giving a professional touch to your project. This write-up discusses a version of a folder arrangement that I employ in my React Native projects. This structure is based on best practices and can be modified to suit the specific needs of your project. Before we get into the project structure let’s give credit to @sanjay who has the original idea of the structure but I modify his version of the code, to make it better. Base library axios  — For network calling. react-navigation ...
Post a Comment
Read more