Building Android and iOS Apps with React-Native in 5 Minutes.

Setting up your Environment

There are some software needed before an Android or an iOS app can be launched, To run Android app we need to download and Install Android Studios here. Running React Native app requires Node installed on your computer, Head to Nodejs Download Page to download and install the version that is suitable for your computer. Before you continue, Remember to join our Developers group by subscribing to our notifications list, to no miss out on latest tutorials on how to develop Interactive and Powerful and Interactive Mobile Applications.

Getting Started with React-Native

Hopefully, Android studios and Node has been installed as suggested above with no errors if you encounter any error while installing any of these products visit Getting Started with React Native for more instructions.

Building Android and iOS Application with React-Native

Firstly, Let's install React-Native (If you don't have it installed already) using the following command:

If the command above executed successfully, We are good to create a new React-Native Project but if you encounter an error while executing the command make sure you have an active internet connection and retry and make sure you follow the React-Native Getting Started Page carefully.

Building React-Native Project

Now we can create a new React-Native Project using this command on the terminal:
This will bootstrap a fresh React-Native project in a directory named after the project name.

Running React-Native Project

Running React-Native project can be done with a simple command depending on the platform. Firstly, Make sure to be in the project directory i.e by running:

This command will run the app on any connected device or an existing emulator.
For Android, In the the terminal run the following command, :

For iOS, Application can be run using this command:

If you follow all the instructions well, Something similar to this should appear on your screen.