Android Platform

Overview

• Latest Android project
• Kotlin Support
• Support for Gradle 4.9

File Extension Support

Extension	Type	Priority
android.mobile.jsx	form factor	1
android.mobile.js	form factor	2
android.mobile.tsx	form factor	3
android.mobile.ts	form factor	4
mobile.jsx	form factor	5
mobile.js	form factor	6
mobile.tsx	form factor	7
mobile.ts	form factor	8
android.jsx	platform	9
android.js	platform	10
android.tsx	platform	11
android.ts	platform	12
mobile.native.jsx	fallback	13
mobile.native.js	fallback	14
mobile.native.tsx	fallback	15
mobile.native.ts	fallback	16
native.jsx	fallback	17
native.js	fallback	18
native.tsx	fallback	19
native.ts	fallback	20
jsx	fallback	21
js	fallback	22
json	fallback	23
wasm	fallback	24
tsx	fallback	25
ts	fallback	26

Requirements

• Android Studio for Android development
• Android SDK 23.0.1 or newer for Android development
• Windows 10 Pro or a better variant if you want to start the emulator on a Windows machine. Windows Home or Educational do not support Hyper-V and that's required for starting the Android emulators

Project Configuration

Feature	Version
Gradle	4.10.1
Android Gradle	3.3.1
Kotlin	1.3.20
Target SDK	27

Emulators

You can create variety of emulators via Android Studio IDE

Run on Simulator

rnv run -p android

Run on Device

rnv run -p android -d

Deploy on Device

This will run production version on your device (not connected to metro bundler) You can configure each buildScheme ie -s release in your config file ./appConfigs/<YOUR_APP_CONFIG>/renative.json

rnv run -p android -s release -d

Android X support

androidX is enabled by default

make sure you have this piece of script in package.json

"scripts" : {
  "postinstall": "jetify"
}

Hermes support

Hermes can be enabled or disabled with enableHermes prop in renative.json:platforms.android.enableHermes or renative.json:platforms.android.buildSchemes.[SCHEME].enableHermes

Advanced

Clean and Re-build platform project

rnv run -p android -r

Launch specific android emulator:

rnv target launch -p android -t Nexus_5X_API_26

Launch app with specific iOS simulator (let ReNative to give you the list of available options):

rnv run -p android -t ?

Launch specific emulator :

rnv target launch -p android -t Nexus_5X_API_26

Launch specific emulator (let ReNative to give you the list of available options):

rnv target launch -p android -t ?

Get list of all available devices

rnv target list -p android

Get device/simulator logs

rnv log -p android

Get device/simulator logs with filter

rnv log -p android -f com.myapp

App Config

see: Android based config