create-react-native-app

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Building a mobile app and open repository for indigenous ecological data and resources

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create-react-native-app #3

Open jdpigeon opened 7 years ago

jdpigeon commented 7 years ago

If, as we discussed, your app will be built mostly of standard React Native JS components, I would highly suggest using the create-react-native-app tool.

It came out relatively recently and essentially makes the process of building and starting a new React Native app easy, robust, and reliable on multiple platforms and OSes.

Trust me, configing Xcode and Android Studio can be a huge pain. I've never used it, but create-react-native-app is built to help you skip all that headache. The only downside is it makes it a bit harder to write native Java or Swift components.

jdpigeon commented 7 years ago

It built fine on my machine with what you have now. Maybe create-react-native-app won't be necessary. However, it's something to think about to avoid future issues.

Pros:

Don't have to use XCode or Android Studio
Don't have to worry about Gradle (nightmarish)
Added development support with Expo (optional)
Built in Jest test support

Cons:

Can't write custom native code (However, can eject if you decide you need to and continue to develop as traditional React Native app)

jritch commented 7 years ago

I think it's definitely something to look into - my previous experience with cross-platform mobile work has taught me that dealing with Xcode can be hairy.

Will leave the issue open as something to look into once the initial prototyping is finished.