react-native/docs/RunningOnDeviceIOS.md

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id: running-on-device-ios
title: Running On Device (iOS)
layout: docs
category: Guides
permalink: docs/running-on-device-ios.html
next: running-on-device-android
---

Note that running on device requires [Apple Developer account](https://developer.apple.com/register) and provisioning your iPhone. This guide covers only React Native specific topic.

## Accessing development server from device

You can iterate quickly on device using development server. To do that, your laptop and your phone have to be on the same wifi network.

1. Open `iOS/AppDelegate.m`
2. Change the IP in the URL from `localhost` to your laptop's IP
3. In Xcode select your phone as build target and press "Build and run"

> Hint
>
> Shake the device to open development menu (reload, debug, etc.)

## Using offline bundle

You can also pack all the JavaScript code within the app itself. This way you can test it without development server running and submit the app to the AppStore.

1. Open `iOS/AppDelegate.m`
2. Follow the instructions for "OPTION 2":
  * Uncomment `jsCodeLocation = [[NSBundle mainBundle] ...`
  * Run the `react-native bundle` command in terminal from the root directory of your app

The bundle script supports a couple of flags:

* `--dev` - sets the value of `__DEV__` variable to true. When `true` it turns on a bunch of useful development warnings. For production it is recommended to set `__DEV__=false`.
* `--minify` - pipe the JS code through UglifyJS.

## Disabling in-app developer menu

When building your app for production, your app's scheme should be set to `Release` as detailed in [the debugging documentation](/react-native/docs/debugging.html#debugging-react-native-apps) in order to disable the in-app developer menu.

## Troubleshooting

If `curl` command fails make sure the packager is running. Also try adding `--ipv4` flag to the end of it.

If you started your project a while ago, `main.jsbundle` might not be included into Xcode project. To add it, right click on your project directory and click "Add Files to ..." - choose the `main.jsbundle` file that you generated.
Add docs about running on device 2015-04-02 17:41:22 +00:00			`---`
[docs] Make it clear which Guides are platform-specific This is in preparation for open sourcing React Native for Android. Also add hyphens to URLs for consistency. This can break people's browser bookmarks but it's better to be consistent and we can redirect to docs: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/2137 Test plan: Ran the website locally using `cd website; npm start` and checked all pages render correctly. http://i.imgur.com/RrPNgRr.png Will update "Getting Started", "Tutorial", "Debugging" and "Testing" separately. 2015-07-27 17:03:46 +00:00			`id: running-on-device-ios`
			`title: Running On Device (iOS)`
Add docs about running on device 2015-04-02 17:41:22 +00:00			`layout: docs`
			`category: Guides`
[docs] Make it clear which Guides are platform-specific This is in preparation for open sourcing React Native for Android. Also add hyphens to URLs for consistency. This can break people's browser bookmarks but it's better to be consistent and we can redirect to docs: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/2137 Test plan: Ran the website locally using `cd website; npm start` and checked all pages render correctly. http://i.imgur.com/RrPNgRr.png Will update "Getting Started", "Tutorial", "Debugging" and "Testing" separately. 2015-07-27 17:03:46 +00:00			`permalink: docs/running-on-device-ios.html`
Release React Native for Android This is an early release and there are several things that are known not to work if you're porting your iOS app to Android. See the Known Issues guide on the website. We will work with the community to reach platform parity with iOS. 2015-09-14 14:35:58 +00:00			`next: running-on-device-android`
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Fix link to Apple Developer account registration. 2015-08-04 21:07:42 +00:00			`Note that running on device requires [Apple Developer account](https://developer.apple.com/register) and provisioning your iPhone. This guide covers only React Native specific topic.`
Add docs about running on device 2015-04-02 17:41:22 +00:00
			`## Accessing development server from device`

			`You can iterate quickly on device using development server. To do that, your laptop and your phone have to be on the same wifi network.`

			1. Open `iOS/AppDelegate.m`
			2. Change the IP in the URL from `localhost` to your laptop's IP
			`3. In Xcode select your phone as build target and press "Build and run"`

			`> Hint`
			`>`
Update RunningOnDevice.md - Misspell correction 2015-04-03 14:38:47 +00:00			`> Shake the device to open development menu (reload, debug, etc.)`
Add docs about running on device 2015-04-02 17:41:22 +00:00
			`## Using offline bundle`

			`You can also pack all the JavaScript code within the app itself. This way you can test it without development server running and submit the app to the AppStore.`

			1. Open `iOS/AppDelegate.m`
			`2. Follow the instructions for "OPTION 2":`
			* Uncomment `jsCodeLocation = [[NSBundle mainBundle] ...`
Updated docs to reflect bundle script 2015-04-21 00:00:39 +00:00			* Run the `react-native bundle` command in terminal from the root directory of your app
Add docs about running on device 2015-04-02 17:41:22 +00:00
Updated docs to reflect bundle script 2015-04-21 00:00:39 +00:00			`The bundle script supports a couple of flags:`
Add docs about running on device 2015-04-02 17:41:22 +00:00
Updated docs to reflect bundle script 2015-04-21 00:00:39 +00:00			* `--dev` - sets the value of `__DEV__` variable to true. When `true` it turns on a bunch of useful development warnings. For production it is recommended to set `__DEV__=false`.
			* `--minify` - pipe the JS code through UglifyJS.
Add docs about running on device 2015-04-02 17:41:22 +00:00
[Docs] Clean up debugging docs 2015-04-29 23:59:50 +00:00			`## Disabling in-app developer menu`

			When building your app for production, your app's scheme should be set to `Release` as detailed in [the debugging documentation](/react-native/docs/debugging.html#debugging-react-native-apps) in order to disable the in-app developer menu.

Add docs about running on device 2015-04-02 17:41:22 +00:00			`## Troubleshooting`

			If `curl` command fails make sure the packager is running. Also try adding `--ipv4` flag to the end of it.

			If you started your project a while ago, `main.jsbundle` might not be included into Xcode project. To add it, right click on your project directory and click "Add Files to ..." - choose the `main.jsbundle` file that you generated.