Is it possible to an Expo app example to load a module located in the parent folder AND to see changes in the example app when i rebuild the package (with tsc -w to rebuild on any saved files)?
I precise that the module is not publish on npm yet.
I've already succeed to do that using monorepo architecture with yarn workspaces and expo-yarn-workspaces package.
But what about the case when you don't want to publish your package like a monorepo?
For example, in this repo https://github.com/cuvent/react-native-vision-camera
There is an example RN app in bare workflow and in its package.json there is no mention of the developed package (meaning that it's not installed like a normal dependency).
But in the app src/App.tsx, the package is used like that :
import { Camera, frameRateIncluded, sortFormatsByResolution, filterFormatsByAspectRatio } from 'react-native-vision-camera';
Though, the react-native-vision-camera is used like it's already and normally installed with yarn or npm.
How does it work ?
Thanks.
Finally, I've found something that works for me.
You can find my config for metro if you want here:
https://github.com/grean/react-native-metro-config-app-example
With it, you can access the parent component from the expo app, modify it and immediately see the hot-reload changes.
Create a file metro.config file in your expo root app directory with that code inside:
let config = require('#grean/react-native-metro-config-app-example/index.js');
module.exports = config
For a whole example, you can check this repo out:
https://github.com/grean/react-native-scale-text
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So I've got a react-native module I'm building in it's own repo. In this repo, I've included an example app of how it can be used and I've specified it like this in my ExampleApp's package.json:
"my-module": "file:../"
I'm using metro-with-symlinks which works great for hot reloading my example app when I'm editing my module's source code.
Problem I'm running into now is that I've just added a dependency on my module on #react-native-community/async-storage, like so:
// my-module package.json
"dependencies": {
"#react-native-community/async-storage": "^1.12.1"
...
}
Now, whenever I start my example app, I get Error: [#RNC/AsyncStorage]: NativeModule: AsyncStorage is null. So my example app isn't linking this dependency and I don't know how to make it do so. I can see this when I do a pod install in my example app because the async storage dependency isn't showing up.
Is there any way to get this set up working?
EDIT: I've seen people in my org use peerDependencies for react-native modules like this and require the application to supply the RN module. Is that the "correct" way to go about it for react-native. It doesn't feel very "peerDependency" to me, but maybe this is how RN modules should be developed?
I am using a third party component (vue-image-lightbox) which currently has a bug. I cloned the repo and made the change and want to deploy it with my app to see if it fixes the issue. To do this I installed yalc.
In the component project (vue-image-lightbox) I ran
npm run build
yalc publish
My understanding is that this places my vue-image-lightbox into the yalc store.
Next, I went to my dependent project and ran
npm uninstall vue-image-lightbox (remove the existing component)
yalc add vue-image-lightbox. This creates
a) .yalc directory with the deployed component
b) adds entry to package.json : "vue-image-lightbox": "file:.yalc/vue-image-lightbox",
run npm install to pick up any dependencies
After this I ran my app and went to the component that uses vue-image-lightbox. In the console I not get the warning
"[Vue warn]: Unknown custom element: - did you register the component correctly? For recursive components, make sure to provide the "name" option."
All of the registration code works without issue with the git installed component. I don't understand why I see this when I try to use yalc.
The component is registered locally with
import LightBox from 'vue-image-lightbox'
components: { LightBox }
I would love to know what is different about the yalc installed component that is causing this issue. Is there a better way to test out patches on third party components other than yalc?
Thanks!
It's simple issue but I don't know how to do it. I'm looking for some references, but there are problems.
I'm using react-native : 0.60.5. Hence there is no eject method or command.
The project was not created with expo.
After I referenced How to Rename A React Native App and error Unrecognized command "eject", then I follow the process below.
change the app.json's name and diplayName field to name which I want to change
remove android/ and ios/ directory
use react-native upgrade --legacy true
But there is no change on the project name and app name.
Is there any way to change the project and app name? Thanks.
Please check the below steps :
if you want to change both the app name and the package name (i.e. rename the entire app), the following steps are necessary:
Make sure you don't have anything precious (non-generated, manually
copied resources) in the android/ and ios/ subfolders.
Delete both the android/ and ios/ folder.
Change the "name" entry in your package.json to the new name.
Change the app name in both your index.android.js and index.ios.js:
AppRegistry.registerComponent('NewAppName', () => App);
Run react-native upgrade to re-generate the platform subfolders.
If you have linked resources (like custom fonts etc.) run
react-native link.
If you have other generated resources (like app icons) run the
scripts to generate them (e.g. yo).
Finally, uninstall the old app on each device and run the new one.
Hope it helps. feel free for doubts
for android edit strings.xml file which located in res/values/
string name="app_name">APP_NAME</string
I had a very hard time with this and this is what I did - hopefully it helps someone. Literally took me 15 minutes
https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-rename install react-native-rename and rename your app to whatever you need using the instructions provided for the package
Important part would be to use this:
npx react-native-rename "YourProjectName" -b com.yourporjectnamehere - because this is needed for android to work correctly
find in your project every file and folder name that will contain your previous name - for me it was mostly in ios folder. I had to rename all the folders and some of the files inside. just replace the part with your previous name with your current name
find all occurrences of your previous name left inside the project with the whole project search in your editor and replace them with the new name.
To make it work for ios
Delete Pods inside the ios folder
Delete node_modules
go to ios folder with your terminal and do pod install
do npm install in your original directory again
make sure all the caches are deleted for your ios simulator with yarn start --reset-cache
To make it work for android
Make sure that under android/app/src/com/yourprojectnamehere/ the folder contains MainApplication.java and MainActivity.java files and that the project name inside are updated
./gradlew clean inside android folder in terminal
Delete node_modules
npm install
react-native run-android and everything should be working
I know its a lot of steps, but from what I have found renaming react native app is not actually as easy as you might have thought
I am working on a vue project that needs to use another private vue project as a dependency. This other private project is a vue plugin.
I have found how to tell yarn to fetch a package on a private gitlab repository by adding the following line in package.json:
"dependencies": {
"myPackage": "git+https://{token-name}:{token}#gitlab.com/path/to/repo.git#someTag"
}
This works well, and the content of my repo is downloaded in my node_modules. However, here comes my problem :
In this repo, the actual vue plugin is not at the root, it's under a subfolder of the repo, meaning the index.js at the root of the repo is not the one from my plugin (and I guess it is the one yarn will be using).
I have a custom yarn deploy script that compiles my plugin into one JS file and put it in a dist folder, however the dist folder is not versioned. I can use the gitlab CI to generate it, but still i'm pretty sure yarn won't use what is inside the dist folder.
My (broad) question is : how can I use the tools at my disposition (yarn, gitlab-ci) to be able to use my private gitlab repository as a vue-plugin for one of my other project ?
You would tell other packages how to use your packages by using the properties of your package.json. For instance, the main declaration
{
main: 'dist/index.js'
}
This tells node how to resolve your module from your package.
so require('my-vue-plugin') or import MyVuePlugin from 'my-vue-plugin' would resolve to node_modules/my-vue-plugin/dist/index.js, for example.
As far as versioning is concerned -- you don't version the file, or the folder. You version through the version property of your package.json and, in your case, through GIT by using git tag -a v(major).(minor).(patch).
The version that you tag should match the version that you specify in package.json.
I would recommend reading more about semantic versioning and creating a script (like VueJS) to auto-increment your package, version and publish.
Let's say I initialize a project under react-native init <filename>, installed a bunch of node packages, and added code.
Then separately I initialize a different project under react-viro init <filename>, installed a bunch of node packages, and added code.
If I wanted to combine what I created under react-native init into what I created under react-viro init, is it as simple as copying files over and reinstalling missing node packages into the react-viro project?
Assuming you are working in the ./src folder, every file is independent of iOS or Android as part of the JavaScript bundle.
You can simply copy the .js files over and install the node packages in that project.
You probably should not copy any files that are outside the ./src folder, but I also suspect you wouldn't need to. Files in the Android and iOS folders are rarely touched as they contain operating system config settings and custom modules that you would have wrote in the native languages.
If the file renders JSX, you will be safe to just copy it over and hook it back up.
To state it another way, go into the folder that has node_modules in it. You shouldn't copy anything that is in that folder except additional files that you created. This is where people normally create an src folder and place all their JavaScript. You probably have an index file in there that points to ./src/app.js or you may have an index.ios.js and index.android.js that both point to a ./src/app.js. Anything inside src is safe.
That's my best answer without seeing your folders and files.
If you intend to copy code from one react native project to another, make sure the code you intend to copy is JS and not any native files. Make sure you do register the correct component using AppRegistry. Rest assured you can copy the code from one project to another.
Assuming you have a project at folder
/my-project/android
/my-project/ios
/my-project/src
Copy my-project and paste it at your desired folder like
/new-my-project
Change git origin
git remote set-url origin https://gitlab.com/..../**.git
Open /new-my-project/android in Android Studio, and then rename app/java/com.myproject to com.newmyproject
Go to app/build.grade and change com.myproject to com.newmyproject and sync
Create firebase project and download google-services.json file and add to new-my-project/android/app
Build application, then test application under metro bundler
npx react-native start
Create keystore, test notifications, change base_url_api, test apk etc Android finish now, iOS
Update pods on new-my-project/ios
pod install && pod update
open myproject.xcworkspace
Change bundle identifier to org.reactjs.native.newmyproject, version to 1.0, build to 1 and desired Display name. Let it index completely
Setup in firbase and replace GoogleService-Info.Plist file and Clean build folder in xcode
Go to developer.apple.com and create identifiers, APNS certificates, profiles
Download certificates from keychain and upload to firebase
Build the project in simulator/device and test it.
Done