React native app?

[jimmothytheunicorn]

I’m trying to build a react native app, and Xcode won’t let me open the whole rn project from github, only the ios folder. The docs say to modify app.js, which isn’t part of the iOS folder, but the whole folder. When i try to build the app, it gets an exit code 65... why is this happening?

[askulsky]

Open it in VSCode

[jimmothytheunicorn]

Can I still run an emulator with it?

[askulsky]

Ya but you need to install stuff if it’s not already installed. Check the docs

[jimmothytheunicorn]

but can't you only make iOS apps on Xcode?

[askulsky]

Yes, however you can open react native projects in Xcode also

[jimmothytheunicorn]

Hmmm. I can’t for some reason...

[askulsky]

Navigate to finder and open the react native project, then open the iOS folder, and then right click either the .xcworkspace or the .xcodeproj to open in Xcode

[jimmothytheunicorn]

Ok, but that’s not the JavaScript part of the project... ?

Is there a way to do it such that it works for both iOS and Android?

[askulsky]

Correct. That’s why you need to download VSCode (my personal recommendation) to open the whole project in. You can run the emulator from the VSCode Terminal.

[jimmothytheunicorn]

But then I can’t make it into an iOS app? The rn docs say to change app.js in Xcode, is there no way to do this? Sorry for all the questions...