Once that is completed click next and enter the name of the device, after that click on finish to be done setting up the virtual device.Ĭlick on the play button on the start screen of the AVD to start up the virtual android device and give it some time to start up. On the Select a system image window, choose a system image and download it if it is not available. Go back to the Start Screen and click on Configure and then AVD Manager on the dropdown that shows up to open the AVD Manager.Ĭlick on create a new virtual device on the screen that follows I suggest you pick a device with PlayStore support. Once that is done click on Apply and then Ok. On the SDK Platform make sure you have at least the top 2 API levels installed and on the SDK tools make sure the Android Emulator, Android SDK Platform Tools, Android SDK Tools, and Google Play Services are installed. Launch the Android studio when it is completed and you should be presented with a screen similar to the screenshot below:Ĭlick Configure and then click on SDK Manager on the dropdown that opens to open the SDK Manager. It takes a while so you can grab a cup of coffee while waiting. Open the Ubuntu software center and search for Android Studio once found click the install button to start the installation. Once this is completed log out and log in for changes to take effect. Once the above step is done open up your terminal and run the code below: We'll be using npm which is a package manager and comes with Node.js to install the packages needed.

This tutorial assumes you have Node.js installed on your machine if you don't, follow the installation instructions here to get started. The following instructions will show how to setup React Native with Expo and the Android Studio which is Android official IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and we will be using the Android Studio to access the Android Emulator a virtual device on Ubuntu 18.04. Expo is a framework built around React Native and native platforms and helps in building, deploying and quickly iterating IOS, Android and Web Apps.

It is advisable for beginners getting started in mobile development to use the Expo CLI. It is written in Javascript and renders to the native platform. React-Native is a framework developed by Facebook to create applications for Android, IOS and Web Platforms.

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