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Environment Setup

The React Native team has done a great job of making it easy to get started with React Native. This guide will walk you through the process of setting up your development environment.

Download​

Open your terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to clone the repository. Then run one of the following commands to download the repository.

# Mobile App
git clone https://github.com/pooldash/pd-mobile.git
# Formulas
git clone https://github.com/pooldash/formulas.git
# Documentaion
git clone https://github.com/pooldash/docs.git

Install dependencies​

Navigate to the project directory and install the dependencies listed in the package.json file by running the following command:

cd pd-mobile
npm install

Generate a podfile for iOS​

cd ios
pod install --repo-update

Start the application​

npm start

You should see the following output in your terminal:

npm start

Run on of the following commands below to start an emulator

npm run ios
# On android you will need to have an emulator running or a device connected before running this command.
npm run android

You should see the following in your emulator after the app builds.​

App running on ios emulator

Congrats! You have successfully set up your development environment and are ready to start contributing to the project.​