React Native Cookbook - Second Edition

Getting started

Now that we've established that this recipe will be built in pure React Native, we can begin by initializing a new app from the command line named SpinKitApp as follows:

react-native init SpinKitApp

This command will begin the scaffolding process. Once it has completed, cd into the new SpinKitApp directory and add react-native spinkit with npm:

npm install react-native-spinkit@latest --save

Or use yarn:

yarn add react-native-spinkit@latest

With the library installed, we must link it before it can be used with the command:

react-native link

At this point, the app is bootstrapped and the dependencies have been installed. The app can then be run in the iOS or Android simulators via this:

react-native run-ios

Or, use this:

react-native ...