Setup
Tooling & General Setup

Setting Up Tooling

Here's a step-by-step guide to setting up the tooling needed for React Native and Expo development. This is a prerequisite for setting up the NativeExpress project.

If you already have everything set up, you can skip this section.

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For more detailed information on setting up your development environment, please refer to the official Expo documentation (opens in a new tab).

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed on your system:

Tooling Setup

iOS Setup: This section covers the installation and configuration of tools needed for iOS appdevelopment.

Install XCode

Download (or update) XCode (opens in a new tab) from the Mac App Store

Install XCode Command Line Tools

Open Xcode and go to Settings (or press cmd ⌘ + ,). In the Locations tab, select the latest version from the Command Line Tools dropdown menu.

Install Watchman

Watchman is a tool for watching changes in the filesystem. Installing it will result in better performance. You can install it with:

brew update && brew install watchman

Install EAS CLI

EAS CLI is needed to build your app. You can install it with:

npm install -g eas-cli

Create an Expo account and login

You can create an Expo account here (opens in a new tab). Once you have an account, you can login in the terminal with:

eas login

Now you're ready to setup the project!

IntroductionProject-Specific Setup