build: use template from react-native

packages/local-cli/generator/copyProjectTemplateAndReplace.js

@@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ function copyProjectTemplateAndReplace(
       }
     }
 
-    const relativeFilePath = path.relative(srcPath, absoluteSrcFilePath);
-    const relativeRenamedPath = translateFilePath(relativeFilePath)
-      .replace(/HelloWorld/g, newProjectName)
-      .replace(/helloworld/g, newProjectName.toLowerCase());
+    const relativeFilePath = translateFilePath(
+      path.relative(srcPath, absoluteSrcFilePath)
+    );
 
     // Templates may contain files that we don't want to copy.
     // Examples:
@@ -89,13 +88,13 @@ function copyProjectTemplateAndReplace(
       contentChangedCallback = (_, contentChanged) =>
         upgradeFileContentChangedCallback(
           absoluteSrcFilePath,
-          relativeRenamedPath,
+          relativeFilePath,
           contentChanged
         );
     }
     copyAndReplace(
       absoluteSrcFilePath,
-      path.resolve(destPath, relativeRenamedPath),
+      path.resolve(destPath, relativeFilePath),
       {
         'Hello App Display Name': options.displayName || newProjectName,
         HelloWorld: newProjectName,

packages/local-cli/generator/templates.js

@@ -25,21 +25,20 @@ function createProjectFromTemplate(
   template,
   yarnVersion
 ) {
-  // Expand the basic 'HelloWorld' template
-  copyProjectTemplateAndReplace(
-    path.resolve(__dirname, '../templates/HelloWorld'),
-    destPath,
-    newProjectName
+  const templatePath = path.resolve(
+    process.cwd(),
+    './node_modules/react-native/template'
   );
+  copyProjectTemplateAndReplace(templatePath, destPath, newProjectName);
 
   if (template === undefined) {
-    // No specific template, use just the HelloWorld template above
+    // No specific template, use just the react-native template above
     return;
   }
 
-  // Keep the files from the 'HelloWorld' template, and overwrite some of them
+  // Keep the files from the react-native template, and overwrite some of them
   // with the specified project template.
-  // The 'HelloWorld' template contains the native files (these are used by
+  // The react-native template contains the native files (these are used by
   // all templates) and every other template only contains additional JS code.
   // Reason:
   // This way we don't have to duplicate the native files in every template.

packages/local-cli/init/init.js

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function init(projectDir, argsOrName) {
  * @param options Command line arguments parsed by minimist.
  */
 function generateProject(destinationRoot, newProjectName, options) {
-  const reactNativePackageJson = require.resolve('react-native/package.json');
+  const reactNativePackageJson = require('react-native/package.json');
   const { peerDependencies } = reactNativePackageJson;
   if (!peerDependencies) {
     console.error(