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dev.to › shivams136 › create-react-native-app-for-android-ios-and-web-without-expo-48lc
How to create React Native App for Android, iOS and Web without Expo - DEV Community
February 5, 2022 - ... As already mentioned we'll be using the package react-native-web for web support. So you can find short setup instructions in the official doc of this package. Add the package react-native-web for web APIs and react-dom for browser.
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Stack Overflow
stackoverflow.com › questions › 52480623 › use-create-react-native-app-without-expo-cli
use create-react-native-app without expo-cli - Stack Overflow
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You can use:

react-native init projectName
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Official documentation indicates different steps: https://github.com/react-community/create-react-native-app#create-react-native-app

if you don't want to use Expo, just follow the eject steps: https://github.com/react-community/create-react-native-app/blob/master/EJECTING.md. Optionally you can reate

or you can create a react native app by yourself without using the create-react-native-app script. More details here, https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html#creating-a-new-application

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stackoverflow.com › questions › 73633029 › make-a-react-native-app-which-not-use-expo-run-on-web
Make a react native app which not use expo run on web - Stack Overflow
If you're using native modules with android or IOS specific functionality then you'll have to find a replacement that supports web, (or keep them and use something else for web). Also no need to stay away from expo modules, expo modules can ...
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shivlab.com › home › create and run react native app without expo – get detailed info
Create and Run React Native App without Expo
March 31, 2025 - This guide covers how to create and run a React Native app without Expo.
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reddit.com › r/reactnative › using react native web without expo
r/reactnative on Reddit: Using React Native Web without Expo
September 5, 2022 -

Just wondering if there is a template for starting a new React Native app with web, iOS and Android support that doesn't use Expo?

The documentation for React Native Web is not good and every guide I've tried for this breaks at some point or another. It seems as soon as I get web support working iOS and Android break.

Any help would be great.

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not really but you can use one I just made if it helps you https://github.com/suark/Moweb You can fork that or use it for ideas. It's: RN 0.69, typescript react native web jest react navigation 6
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Why do you need a template?
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Set up React Native without Expo on Windows - YouTube
A beginner's guide to setting up React Native without Expo on Windows. GET SOURCE CODE 📀⬇️🔴 Some Source Code that you can use for Testing - https://bit.ly/...
Published   April 6, 2022
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stackoverflow.com › questions › 67695318 › react-native-app-how-to-run-on-browser-its-not-a-expo-project
reactjs - React Native App, How to run on browser? its not a expo project - Stack Overflow
I created a React Native App, It not Expo project, so how can I run in the browser, it is running well in Android mobile and Android Emulator, my react native app created using React Native Cli.
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Dian Apps
dianapps.com › blog › building-a-react-native-app-without-expo-a-comprehensive-guide
Create a React Native App Without Expo
The React Native CLI is a command-line tool that enables you to initialize and manage React Native projects without relying on Expo. You can install it globally using npm or yarn: ... This CLI will be your primary tool for creating new projects, running your app, and managing other development ...
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Start React Native without expo » Developers Zone
April 15, 2022 - Start react native without expo – React Native allows two types of development technique. One is Expo CLI and another is React Native CLI. In this tutorial, we discuss about React native without expo.
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Reddit
reddit.com › r/reactnative › how do you test your apps? (without expo)
r/reactnative on Reddit: How do you test your apps? (without expo)
May 29, 2021 -

I'm coding an application for my senior design project. I started with expo for easier testing, universal compatibility (iOS and Android) and what not. However, I want to move away from expo and use react native cli instead because expo does not have support for many react native GitHub repositories that I Want to add such as document scanner, etc. How do you guys test your application before publishing? do you use android/iOS emulators? I heard you needed a mac in order to get an iOS emulator running, does that mean my react native code would not be able to work on iOS.

I apologize for the number of (silly) questions. I'm just starting out and would appreciate all the help I can get.

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Testing comes in many forms, but manual testing is what I think you’re referring to. Yes, you must have a Mac to develop for iOS - no way around it. If you’re tech savvy enough, you may be able to get a “hackentosh” to work for you, but it’s been a while since I tried that. Yes, your code would work for iOS, you just wouldn’t be able to build / compile it.
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Have you considered using Expo EAS? With this client you can still use native code and libraries and keep Expo workflow.
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stackoverflow.com › questions › 35973914 › can-react-native-apps-be-tested-in-a-browser
testing - Can React Native apps be tested in a browser? - Stack Overflow
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No, React Native can be tested only in mobile simulators like IOS and Android

Update: Facebook has given a beautiful starter pack for React Native.

Introducing Create React Native App

Using this, you can run the app in your mobile using expo app(https://expo.io). It syncs using QR code.

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Yes! That's very much possible with react-native-web. Here are a couple of related, useful resources to get started:

  • React Native Web Starter
  • A guide to combine React and ReactNative into one codebase
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stackoverflow.com › questions › 51628332 › how-to-run-react-native-in-browser › 51629842
How to run React Native in Browser
You can not run react native apps in a browser ,But since I am guessing you have a smartphone ,you can build a React Native app using Expo and you can test it in your phone.
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OpenReplay
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Using In-App Browsers in React Native for a better User Experience
In this tutorial, you learned how to integrate the in-app browser feature in React Native to improve the user experience of your application.
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reddit.com › r/reactnative › best tutorial without expo
r/reactnative on Reddit: best tutorial without expo
March 21, 2021 -

Hey guys, I am looking for a good react native tutorial that uses react cli instead of expo. I have some experience with flutter and react, but I am a back end nestjs/springboot dev.

However I need to learn react native so any guidance is Appricateed. Thanks

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The official docs are fine - https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup
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If you are familiar with react, official documentation should be good enough. If you are a project person you can try this guy on YouTube called by ByProgammer. He usually make a full UI project which are easy to follow, for free Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3_z0yLxjNQpgGoc5VWuV2A
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reactnative.dev › docs › getting-started-without-a-framework
Get Started Without a Framework · React Native
If you have constraints that are not served well by a Framework, or you prefer to write your own Framework, you can create a React Native app without using a Framework.
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Running a React Native Hello World App on an iPhone (Without Expo): Troubleshooting Common Issues - DEV Community
January 16, 2025 - The steps are quite simple. Creating a new React Native project, and then running it on my iPhone device. Create a new React Native project without Expo.
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github.com › mrzachnugent › react-native-reusables › discussions › 221
Use without Expo · founded-labs/react-native-reusables · Discussion ...
You can still do all your native stuff and just use expo prebuild to have it generate the native project for you. Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback. ... There was an error while loading.
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React Native for Web - Write Once, Run Anywhere - Pagepro
September 9, 2024 - Developer Experience: Offers a smooth developer experience with hot reloading, which allows developers to see changes immediately without refreshing the page. Also, they can access all React native libraries. Native-Quality interactions: All devices have the highest quality interactions, just like in the native app · RTL support – Application layout can be automatically flipped to support right-to-left languages. Server Side Rendering Support – It makes it possible to use React Native components and APIs to build applications that can also run in a web browser.
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reddit.com › r/reactnative › how to render my app in my browser?
r/reactnative on Reddit: How to render my app in my browser?
June 25, 2023 -

I am using Expo Go and I link my phone in order to get my app rendered. This makes playing with CSS extremely painful. How do I run this in my browser instead so that I can use all the developer tools that come with it?

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Your app isn't rendering HTML like a website. Even though React and RN both use JSX, RN JSX is translated into native components that are platform specific - i.e. your web browser wouldn't understand it. The closest you have is running the web-version of your project ( https://docs.expo.dev/workflow/web/ ). This will create a web-only version of your project, but this comes with the caveats that browsers often render things differently from how your app will render on Android or iOS - style changes you make in the web could look significantly different, and there are some properties which just don't have a native equivalent.
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Have you considered typing the following into Google “expo app in browser”? If you have, please tell me what you did following that and what caused you to be unable to complete this task.
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reddit.com › r/reactnative › is there any way to run my app apk without running dev-client server (expo)?
r/reactnative on Reddit: Is there any way to run my app apk without running dev-client server (expo)?
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Is there any way to run my app without having to run expo start --dev-client? Just install my app via apk and run it?

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Easiest way is to just use "expo publish" - with this method you gain an online access to your app directly from your expo.dev profile, via expo app, without installing anything. Even better approach is migration to EAS Update: https://docs.expo.dev/eas-update/migrate-to-eas-update/ You have access almost the same way, but this way it's possible to keep your project cleaner. You can split your publications between branches (e.g. preview, production) and have easy access to each, named update.
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Yes, there a few different ways of doing this, one of which is detailed in the link below: https://docs.expo.dev/build-reference/apk/ Its explains how you can use eas to create the build and use another command to install and run it.