react-native-nurse

run react-native on simulators without opening xcode and android avd

Introduction

Are you opening xCode, Android avd, iOS simulator, Android emulator, etc to just writing to just develop for React-Native? Are you frustrated about how many window needs to be opened before you can start writing code?

The wait is Over, introducing react-native-nurse script which helps you compile and run on iOS and Android simulators without opening xcode and android avd.

react-native-nurse is a collection of commands which binds together to open your app on both simulators with ease.

Installation

• download the script nurse and put it in your bin folder
• make it executable by running chmod +x <my bin path>/nurse

Usage

before you can use it in your app, you need to know couple of things:

• iOS simulator:

  • obviously you need to have a mac
  • xCode must be installed
  • xctool must be installed

• Android

  • make sure that you have done all of the android configuration described here

So now you are ready to use nurse

• go to one of your react-native project
• make sure you know the Bundle Id of your app for ios
• make sure you have already created an android vm and written the name of it
• run nurse -h to see if nurse can be executed
• run nurse -i "iPhone 6" -b "org.reactjs.native.example" -a awesome

the above command runs the project on iPhone 6 simulator and opens android vm assigned to awesome.

Here's the full demo:

cheers :)