We could simplify the process quite a bit by publishing the Android binaries to npm. This will increase the size of the npm package by about 3.3MB. To do that: after installArchives, move the binaries to somewhere where npm publish will pick them up. Then, change the build.gradle file(s) of your generated app so that Gradle will pick up the binaries from node_modules. This will likely also fix issues with incompatible versions of JS and Android binaries (e.g. #4488).
Publish to Maven Central (Note: We could get rid of this whole section by publishing binaries to npm instead):
- Log into Sonatype and go to Staging upload. You'll need to get permissions for this by filing a ticket explaining you're a core contributor to React Native. Example ticket.
- Select Artifact(s) with a POM (to publish to a local Maven repo for testing run
./gradlew :ReactAndroid:installArchives) - Add all files: .aar, sources jar, javadoc jar, .asc for everything (including the POM file)
- Wait a few hours until you see the version has propagated to JCenter
To release to npm:
(You need to be a maintainer of the repo. For admins, here's the command to promote someone)
npm owner add <user> react-native
git tag v0.version_you_are_releasing.0-rc 0.version_you_are_releasing-stable # don't forget the `v` at the beginning!
git push --tags
- Publish to npm
npm set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
npm publish
# *Only* when doing a non-rc release:
# npm dist-tag add react-native@0.non_rc_version.0 latest
- Upgrade tags to a release by going to https://github.com/facebook/react-native/tags
- Click "Add Notes to release"
- Click Publish