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Prerequisite Setup

  1. Install homebrew: https://brew.sh/
  2. brew install node
  3. brew install watchman
  4. npm install -g react-native-cli
  5. Install JDK8
  6. Install and configure Android Studio
    • Choose a "Custom" setup when prompted to select an installation type. Make sure the boxes next to all of the following are checked:
      • Android SDK
      • Android SDK Platform
      • Performance (Intel ® HAXM)
      • Android Virtual Device
    • Open the SDK Manager (SDK Platforms section) and choose to install "Android 8.1 (Oreo)" - check the box that says "Show package details" and choose:
      • Android SDK platform 27
      • Google APIs Intel x86 Atom System Image
      • DO NOT CLICK 'APPLY' YET!
    • Also go to the SDK Manager's SDK Tools section - check the box that says "Show package details" and choose:
      • "27.0.3" under the Android SDK Build-Tools tree
      • Now click 'Apply' to pull down and install all the new dependencies
    • Add the following lines to your $HOME/.bash_profile config file:
export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools
  1. Open ./sample-app-ios/android as a project in Android Studio
  2. Under the Tools menu, choose AVD Manager
  3. Click the Create Virtual Device button
  4. Choose a device definition (e.g. Pixel 2) and click Next
  5. Choose Oreo with API 27 and click Next

    you may need to select Download beside Oreo 27 to enable the Next button

  6. Click Finish to create the emulated device
  7. Launch the virtual device in the Android Emulator by clicking on the green triangle icon.
  8. Navigate to the root directory demo-react-native-espresso, open a shell and run: react-native run-android

WARNING: if you don't manually launch the emulator, run-android returns:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
    
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:installDebug'.
    > com.android.builder.testing.api.DeviceException: No connected devices!

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 3m 35s
45 actionable tasks: 24 executed, 21 up-to-date
Could not install the app on the device, read the error above for details.
Make sure you have an Android emulator running or a device connected and have
set up your Android development environment:
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html