A command line tool for developing React Native apps
Open: Haul is a drop-in replacement for react-native CLI built on open tools like Webpack.
Hackable: Provides a familiar environment by leveraging the Webpack ecosystem.
Just works: Built on top of battle tested open source projects, so you never hit annoying issues like symlink support.
Helpful: Designed from the ground up with helpful error messages to increase your productivity.
Start by adding Haul as a dependency to your project:
yarn add --dev haul-cliTo configure your project to use haul, run the following:
yarn run haul initThis will automatically add the configuration needed to make Haul work with your app, e.g. add webpack.haul.js to your project, which you can customise to add more functionality.
Finally, start the development server:
yarn run haul start -- --platform iosNow you are ready to start!
Check out the docs to learn more about available commands and tips on customizing the webpack configuration.
Haul uses a completely different architecture from React Native packager, which means there are some things which don't work quite the same.
We are actively working on adding support for the following:
- Existing
react-nativecommands - React DevTools
- Developer menu -> Start systrace
The following features are unlikely to be supported in the future:
- Developer menu -> Enable Hot Reloading: use
webpack.haul.jsconfig instead - Haste module system: use something like babel-plugin-module-resolver instead
- Transpile files under
node_modules: transpile your modules before publishing, or configure webpack not to ignore them