Setting your computer up for development

This section describes how to setup your computer to run a development server for React-native

Download NodeJS from the official website. (Use the current LTS version, not the latest version)
Open a command prompt and type npm i -g npm to install the latest version of npm
clone this repository, open a command prompt inside the cloned repository and type npm i to install all necessary dependencies
Use npm run android inside a command prompt inside the cloned repository to run the development server for android or npm start to choose the platform you want to view the app from afterwards
Scan the QR-code on the website with the Expo Go App or connect an android device or create an emulator following these instructions
Make sure you have USB Debugging enabled on your android device when connecting it to your computer.
Expo also notes the following: If you are using Genymotion go to Settings -> ADB, select "Use custom Android SDK tools", and point it at your Android SDK directory

To stop the development server hit Ctrl+C to terminate the process in your command prompt

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