Dockerized Create React Native App

Dockerized container for Create React Native App - instructions are for Mac

Prerequisites for Development

• Docker for Mac
• docker-compose
• Expo app on your mobile device (instructions below are for iOS) https://expo.io/

Build and start the development environment

• Install the Expo app on your phone and log into the app
• See the code comments for places to customize your app name (in docker-compose.yml and entrypoint.sh)
• copy .env.example to .env and put in your expo credentials
• docker-compose up -d --build from project root
• Open Kitematic and wait for the app to load; when the QR code is displayed, open your camera app
• It will take several minutes after your the QR code displays for the app to fire up - look for logs like the following:

[exp] Finished building JavaScript bundle in 84815ms.
[exp] Finished building JavaScript bundle in 14ms.
[exp] Finished building JavaScript bundle in 12ms.
[exp] Warning: Not using the Expo fork of react-native. See https://docs.expo.io/.
[exp] Running application "main" with appParams: { ... }