My First React-Native app

So, I’m doing mobile development now! When I started studying about it, I didn’t find many blogs/tutorials without using “expo”… I didn’t want to go into tools without feeling the waters first. I came across a very crisp course on Pluralsight, but it is paid. So, I thought I would start a blog for people like me, who are taking baby steps to learn react-native. Here is how you can get your first android react-native mobile app ready in no time:

1. Install node and js(Node.js (nodejs.org))

2. Install android studio(You will need this for the simulator)

3. Open command prompt and navigate to the folder where you want to create your projects, and type the following command :

npx react-native init <your app name>

4. Launch android studio, select Tools -> AVD manager and create a virtual device of your own. Once it is created, launch it:

5. In the command prompt you opened earlier(after the app gets initialized), run the following command:

npx react-native run-android

This will look for your android emulator and launch your app there.

Now, you are ready to play around with your react-native sample app! Hope this helped… see you later.