Table of Contents

• Install
• Troubleshooting
• License

Install

1. npm install -g react-native-cli

2. Download and install Android Studio

3. Choose Custom installation when running Android Studio for the first time. Make sure the boxes next to all of the following are checked:

• Android SDK
• Android SDK Platform
• Android Virtual Device
• Click "Next" to install all of these components, then configure VM acceleration on your system.

4. Click Options → System Settings → Android SDK:

• Select "SDK Platforms" and check:
  • Google APIs
  • Intel x86 Atom System Image
  • Intel x86 Atom_64 System Image
  • Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64 System Image
• Select "SDK Tools" and check:
  • Android SDK Build-Tools 23.0.1

5. click "Apply"

6. Set up the ANDROID_HOME environment:

• export ANDROID_HOME=${HOME}/Android/Sdk
• export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools
• export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools

7. Install Prerequisites:

• sudo apt-get install automake
• sudo apt-get install autoconf
• sudo apt-get install python-dev

8. Install watchman in folder with project:

• git clone https://github.com/facebook/watchman.git
• cd watchman
• git checkout v4.7.0
• ./autogen.sh
• ./configure
• make
• sudo make install

9. npm install

10. react-native link

11. react-native run-android

Troubleshooting

Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'. Could not find tools.jar:

sudo apt-get install default-jdk`

License

This project is licenced under the MIT License.