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---
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id: embedded-app
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title: Integration with Existing App
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layout: docs
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category: Guides
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permalink: docs/embeded-app.html
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next: activityindicatorios
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---
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Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack – it’s commonly noted as simply the `V` in `MVC` – it’s easily embeddable within an existing non-React Native app. In fact, it integrates with other best practice community tools like [Cocoapods](http://cocoapods.org/).
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## Requirements
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- [Cocoapods](http://cocoapods.org/) – `gem install cocoapods`
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- [Node.js](http://nodejs.org) – `brew install node`
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## Install React Native Using Cocoapods
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[CocoaPods](http://cocoapods.org/) is a package management tool for iOS/Mac development. We need to use it to download React Native. If you haven't install CocoaPods yet, checkout [this tutorial](http://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html).
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When you are ready to work with CocoaPods, add the following line to `Podfile`. If you don't have one, then create it under the root directory of your project.
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```
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pod 'React'
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pod 'React/RCTText'
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# Add any subspecs you want to use in your project
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```
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Remember to install all subspecs you need. The `<Text>` element cannot be used without `pod 'React/RCTText'`.
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Then install pods via shell
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```
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$ pod install --verbose
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```
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## Create Your React Native App
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First, enter React Native's pod root directory and create **index.ios.js** inside a directory `ReactComponent`.
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```
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$ cd Pods/React
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$ mkdir ReactComponent
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$ touch index.ios.js
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```
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Copy & paste following starter code for **index.ios.js**.
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```
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var React = require('react-native');
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var {
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Text,
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View
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} = React;
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var styles = React.StyleSheet.create({
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container: {
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flex: 1,
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backgroundColor: 'red'
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}
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});
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class SimpleApp extends React.Component {
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render() {
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return <View style={styles.container}>
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<Text>This is a simple application.</Text>
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</View>;
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}
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}
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React.AppRegistry.registerComponent('SimpleApp', () => SimpleApp);
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```
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`SimpleApp` will be your **module name**, which will be used later on.
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## Add Container View To Your App
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You should now add container view for React Native component. It can be any **UIView** in your app.
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However, let's subclass **UIView** for the sake of clean code. Let's name it **ReactView**. Open up **Yourproject.xcworkspace** and create a new class **ReactView** (You can name it whatever you like :)).
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```
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// ReactView.h
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#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
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@interface ReactView : UIView
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@end
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```
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Don't forget to add an outlet for it.
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```
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// ViewController.m
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@interface ViewController ()
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@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet ReactView *reactView;
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@end
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```
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Here I disabled **AutoLayout** for simplicity. In real production world, you should turn on AutoLayout and setup constraints by yourself.
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## Add RCTRootView To Container View
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Ready for the most interesting part? Now we shall create the **RCTRootView**, where your React Native app lives in.
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In **ReactView.m**, we need to first initiate **RCTRootView** with the URI of your **index.ios.bundle**. **index.ios.bundle** will be created by packager and served by React Native server, which will be discussed later on.
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```
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NSString *urlString = @"http://localhost:8081/index.ios.bundle";
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NSURL *jsCodeLocation = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
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RCTRootView *rootView = [[RCTRootView alloc] initWithBundleURL:jsCodeLocation
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moduleName: @"SimpleApp"
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launchOptions:nil];
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```
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Then add it as a subview of the **ReactView**.
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```
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[self addSubview:rootView];
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rootView.frame = self.bounds;
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```
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## Start Development Server
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In root directory, we need to start React Native development server.
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```
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$ ./Pods/React/packager/packager.sh --root ./ReactComponents
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```
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`--root` indicates the root of your React Native apps. Here we just have one **index.ios.js**. React Native development server will use packager to create a **index.ios.bundle**. Which can be access via `http://localhost:8081/index.ios.bundle`.
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## Compile And Run
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Now compile and run your app. You shall now see your React Native app running inside of the **ReactView**.
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## Conclusion
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So under the hood, when **RCTRootView** is initialized, it will try to download, parse and run the bundle file from React Native development server. All you need to do is to implement your own container view, add **RCTRootView** as its subclass. And then serve the bundle using React Native development server. Then, bravo!
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You can checkout full source code of sample application [here](https://github.com/tjwudi/EmbededReactNativeExample).
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