@react-native/community-cli-plugin

This is an internal dependency of React Native. Please don't depend on it directly.

CLI entry points supporting core React Native development features.

Formerly @react-native-community/cli-plugin-metro.

Commands

start

Start the React Native development server.

Usage

npx react-native start [options]

Options

Option	Description
--port <number>	Set the server port.
--host <string>	Set the server host.
--projectRoot <path>	Set the path to the project root.
--watchFolders <list>	Specify additional folders to be added to the watch list.
--assetPlugins <list>	Specify additional asset plugins.
--sourceExts <list>	Specify additional source extensions to bundle.
--max-workers <number>	Set the maximum number of workers the worker-pool will spawn for transforming files. Defaults to the number of the cores available on your machine.
--transformer <string>	Specify a custom transformer.
--reset-cache	Remove cached files.
--custom-log-reporter-path <string>	Specify a module path exporting a replacement for TerminalReporter.
--https	Enable HTTPS connections.
--key <path>	Specify path to a custom SSL key.
--cert <path>	Specify path to a custom SSL cert.
--config <string>	Path to the CLI configuration file.
--no-interactive	Disable interactive mode.

bundle

Build the bundle for the provided JavaScript entry file.

Usage

npx react-native bundle --entry-file <path> [options]

Options

Option	Description
--entry-file <path>	Set the path to the root JavaScript entry file.
--platform <string>	Set the target platform (either "android" or "ios"). Defaults to "ios".
--transformer <string>	Specify a custom transformer.
--dev [boolean]	If false, warnings are disabled and the bundle is minified. Defaults to true.
--minify [boolean]	Allows overriding whether bundle is minified. Defaults to false if --dev is set. Disabling minification can be useful for speeding up production builds for testing purposes.
--bundle-output <string>	Specify the path to store the resulting bundle.
--bundle-encoding <string>	Specify the encoding for writing the bundle (https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#buffer_buffer).
--resolver-option <string...>	Custom resolver options of the form key=value. URL-encoded. May be specified multiple times.
--sourcemap-output <string>	Specify the path to store the source map file for the resulting bundle.
--sourcemap-sources-root <string>	Set the root path for source map entries.
--sourcemap-use-absolute-path	Report SourceMapURL using its full path.
--max-workers <number>	Set the maximum number of workers the worker-pool will spawn for transforming files. Defaults to the number of the cores available on your machine.
--assets-dest <string>	Specify the directory path for storing assets referenced in the bundle.
--reset-cache	Remove cached files.
--read-global-cache	Attempt to fetch transformed JS code from the global cache, if configured. Defaults to false.
--config <string>	Path to the CLI configuration file.

ram-bundle

Build the RAM bundle for the provided JavaScript entry file.

Usage

npx react-native ram-bundle --entry-file <path> [options]

Options

Accepts all options supported by bundle and the following:

Option	Description
--indexed-ram-bundle	Force the "Indexed RAM" bundle file format, even when building for Android.

Contributing

Changes to this package can be made locally and tested against the rn-tester app, per the Contributing guide. During development, this package is automatically run from source with no build step.