React Native on Android

Installing Linux Dev Environment

On ubuntu you can install the android SDK with apt-get install android-sdk .

Creating a Project

Using npx create a new project

Running the Project

Start the app with npm run android you might get error messages about not knowing where android home is. On ubuntu android home installed from deb packages is normally at /usr/lib/android-sdk   (source) so just run:

export ANDROID_HOME=/usr/lib/android-sdk before you try to launch the app.