That's it! You're now up and running on your android device. Now that we've got all the environment prep out of the way, let's get started and create our application. Once you're done, let's pick up from 'Creating a New Application' together. If you are on a Mac, you may want to choose iOS for this workshop, as the setup tends to be easier than Android on a Mac. If you want to test on your own iOS device but you don't have a Mac, you may want to look into using Expo instead.įor getting started, follow the React Native CLI quickstart in the environment setup guide until the section titled 'Creating a New Application'. This is why a lot of React Native developers end up using MacBook Pros, since this way you can work on both native apps are the same time. Note! If you are using a Windows or Linux machine, you won't be able to build the iOS app, but you can build the Android one. If not, you should expect to spend an hour or so on installing and configuring them. If you already have these installed, you should be up and running within minutes. This requires Android Studio or XCode in order to get started. Add full folders path for tools and platform-tools and close dialog box.If you are already familiar with mobile development (or if you can't or don't want to use Expo), you may want to use the React Native CLI. Copy the folder path inside the SDK folder look for tools and platform-tools folder path. Go to System Variables section and locate the “Path” variable and click on Edit… button.

The SDK is installed, by default, at the following location: Enter ANDROID_HOME as Variable name and provide the path of the SDK folder next to Variable value. Under the User variables section, click New to open New User Variable dialog. Go to Advanced system settings and select Environmental Variables option.

Right-click on My Computer and select Properties.

Configure the ANDROID_HOME environment variable Make sure checked Android 10 (Q) entry than click on Apply and Ok button.Īppearance & Behavior=>System Settings=>Android SDKģ. Also additional Android SDKs can installed through the SDK Manager in Android Studio. Building a React Native app with native it’s requires the Android 10 (Q) SDK. While on Android Studio installation wizard, make sure the boxes next to all of the following items are checked:Īndroid Studio installs the latest Android SDK by default.

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