Step-by-Step Guide: Running Your First React Native iOS App in 2023

Previously I wrote about react native getting started guide in 2020

How to run your first React Native App on macOS for iOS devices

But a lot is changed since 2020. So here is the focus to running your first latest version react native iOS app on macOS.

I have used macOS M1 version(13.2.1) for this guide.

Install Homebrew

Run this command in the root directory to install homebrew.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

After this command ran successfully, the brew will tell you commands to add brew to your terminal. You can run those commands so then later use brew to install more dependencies.

Install Node and Watchman

Run these commands to install Node and Watchman.

brew install node
brew install watchman

Make sure to install Node 14 or newer versions. You can check the version by this command.

node -v

Install Ruby

React Native guide recommends to installing Ruby version manager to align your macOS version…