Using react native with Optimizely - react-native

Question

I try to follow documentation in Optimizely to get my react native app (#22.2) working but getting such bug.
MainActivity.java:24: error: cannot find symbol
Optimizely.startOptimizelyWithApiToken("xxxxxx", getApplication());
^
symbol: method startOptimizelyWithApiToken(String,Application)
location: class Optimizely
1 error
:app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
What is wrong and how can I debug . I try
adb logcat ReactNative:V ReactNativeJS:V
but it's not giving me any information

Answer 1

I an on the engineering team at Optimizely and we've released a brand new product called FullStack that is more geared towards developers. As part of the product we now offer a JavaScript SDK for running experiments in all JavaScript clients, including React Native.
To use you would install our SDK:
npm install optimizely-client-sdk
And then you can split traffic using our activate and track methods.
Here is an example:
var optimizely = require('optimizely-client-sdk');
// Initialize an Optimizely client
var optimizelyClientInstance = optimizely.createInstance({ datafile: datafile });
// ALTERNATIVELY, if you don't use CommonJS or npm, you can install the minified snippet and use the globally exported varible as follows:
var optimizelyClientInstance = window.optimizelyClient.createInstance({ datafile: datafile });
// Activate user in an experiment
var variation = optimizelyClientInstance.activate("my_experiment", userId);
if (variation === 'control') {
// Execute code for variation A
} else if (variation === 'treatment') {
// Execute code for variation B
} else {
// Execute default code
}
// Track conversion event
optimizelyClientInstance.track("my_conversion", userId);
For more information please checkout our developer docs: https://developers.optimizely.com/x/solutions/sdks/introduction/index.html?language=javascript

Answer 2

i sorted problem is more about reading docs and using legacy:
compile ('com.optimizely:optimizely-legacy:+#aar') {
transitive = true
}
and then:
Optimizely.startOptimizely("xxxx", getApplication());