Getting Started

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Quick Start with CLI

The fastest way to get started is using our CLI:

npx launch-your-app

This will create a new project with all the configurations set up automatically. Follow the authentication prompts in your browser to complete the setup.

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Prerequisites

Before you start with LaunchYourApp, you need to have the following installed:

• Node JS Latest Version

• Git for version control

• Expo GO

• Expo CLI

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  npm install -g expo-cli
  

  or

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  yarn global add expo-cli
  

• Eas CLI

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  npm install -g eas-cli
  

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  yarn global add eas-cli
  

• Watchman (for macOS users)

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  brew update && brew install watchman
  

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For iOS development

• A Mac running macOS
• Xcode

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For Android development

• Android Studio
• Java Development Kit (JDK) version 17 or newer

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Running the Project for the first time

After you make the purchase, you will receive a key which you can use to activate the product.

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Visit https://launchyourapp.dev/activate and enter the key and your github username to activate the product.

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You will then be invited to the private repository where you can access the codebase.

Clone the repository to your local machine and chose you repo name:

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git clone https://github.com/devsfer1/launchyourapp.git your-new-project-name
cd your-new-project-name

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Update the project name

To update the project name, go to your package.json file and change the project’s name.

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Install dependencies

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npm install

or if you’re using Yarn:

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yarn install

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Initialize a new git repository

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rm -rf .git
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit based on LaunchYourApp template"
git remote add origin https://github.com/your-username/your-repo-name.git
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

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Initialize Tailwind

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npx tailwindcss init -p

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Log in to your Expo account

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eas login

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Init your eas.json

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eas init

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Configure EAS build

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eas build:configure

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Build the iOS app for development

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eas build --platform ios --profile development

Now you have a new Expo project with the LaunchYourApp template code and configurations!

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Update env variables

To run LaunchYourApp, you will need to update the .env file with your own values.

1. Open the .env file in your project directory.
2. Replace the EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL and EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY with your own values, you can find a tutorial on how to setup Supabase here
3. Replace the SENTRY_DSN with your own value, you can find a tutorial on how to setup Sentry here
4. Replace the EXPO_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_WEB_CLIENT_ID and EXPO_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_IOS_CLIENT_ID with your own values, you can find a tutorial on how to setup Google Authentication here