How To Run an Existing React Native App In VSCode (Android Emulator Tutorial)

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#reactnative #vscode #androidemulator This tutorial will show you the two step process for how to run an existing React Native app in VSCode and run it in Android Emulator.

Emulator is not connecting to your react native app? If your android emulator is not launching, you need to "Wipe Date" in Android Studio.

NOTE: This tutorial assumes you have already properly installed React Native development environment.

To setup your React Native dev environment follow this tutorial:

Video Chapters:
00:00 How to run React Native app in VSCode (Intro)
00:23 Open React Native project in VSCode
00:44 npm start
01:09 npm run android
01:48 Switch your android emulator on!

[tareq]

You made my day. Thank you very much sir. It worked.

[bansiparmar]

hello

i got error : installdebug not found in app can you help me..??

[erhahonimafidon]

Please I need a link to your previous video where you setup your android emulator

[lucasrios]

error Failed to launch emulator. Reason: The emulator quit before it finished opening ! vs code cannot run my react native app on emulator

[BECltd]

Thanks for the video, but
npm init
npm install
are also important to install dependencies and packages

[lutfiustundag]

Worked like a charm. Thank you
For those who encounter this error in the future: I was getting a script error after 'npm run android'. After waiting a while vs code automatically solved the issue by itself.

[aashiforreal.]

npm error Missing script: "start"
npm error
npm error Did you mean one of these?
npm error npm star # Mark your favorite packages
npm error npm stars # View packages marked as favorites
npm error
npm error To see a list of scripts, run:
npm error npm run

npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: my vs code shows this error to npm start