Installation

Finished your purchase? Then you completed the hardest part, because installation of the application can be done in a few simple steps.

Skip (Step 1 and Step 2) if you already have node and npm or yarn installed.

Step 1: Install Homebrew

Homebrew is "The missing package manager for macOS". Open terminal and type the following command.

$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

This will install Homebrew on your Mac. To check the version type the following command:

$ brew -v

Step 2: Install Node via Homebrew

In the terminal type the following command to install Node:

$ brew install node

or

$ brew install yarn         # this will install node and yarn

If everything installed successfully then you can type in the following command in the terminal to check the Node and NPM version.

$ node -v

$ npm -v

Step 3: Get the command line tool

You will run this tool locally to package, test, and publish your projects:

npm install expo-cli --global

Step 4: Clone the app from the repo

Clone the repo into your local disk. You can name it whichever name you like:

$ git clone [app_repo_url] [your_chosen_name]

$ cd [your_chosen_name]

Step 5: Setup Facebook App Id & Google Client Ids

The application offers social login and signup functionality. For this feature to work, you will need to update a number of variable strings that are located inside /config/constants.js:

// FACEBOOK / GOOGLE LOGIN DEVELOPER IDS
export const FB_APP_ID = '';
export const FB_APP_NAME = '';
export const GOOGLE_ANDROID_CLIENT_ID = '';
export const GOOGLE_IOS_CLIENT_ID = '';

A complete tutorial about how apply for and activate your personal Facebook and Google login API can be found in this step-by-step tutorial that I've written on this topic.

Step 6: Install and test the app

$ yarn install

$ yarn start

Test on your phone or on your laptop/desktop

If you'd like to test your app on your device, then visit your app store and install the Expo app on your device, or follow this link and download on your device.

If you'd like to test your app on your laptop / desktop with iOS simulator, then follow these installation instructions.

If you'd like to test your app on your laptop / desktop with android emulator, then follow these installation instructions.