Can an iOS app (built entirely with React Native) be built/run from the command line? PhoneGap has a nice ios-sim utility for doing just that, but I haven't had any luck with it.
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If you build the project once using Xcode, then you can close it, run npm start in your project root (to start the packager), fire up the Simulator (maybe using ios-sim). Since you built it once in Xcode, the app will be installed in the simulator so you can just run it and the whole CMD+R refresh process will work.
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vbullinger
This is a great tip for running it, but what about rebuilding it? I'd rather not have to fire up XCode. Especially for a demo. I like the idea of saying "npm install -g react-native-cli" then "react-native init HelloWorld" then "react-native run -iOSSimulator" or something, you know? This exists in tons of other frameworks. Personally? I'm guessing that it's just a matter of time and Facebook will make it happen.
Colin Ramsay
You can probably use xcodebuild for that: developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/tn2339/_index.html#//…
Fire up the server with:
$ npm start
Build/run the app in the ios simulator:
$ react-native run-ios
