React Native + Matrix Test App

Just experimenting with Matrix on React Native

Setup

React Native Development Environment

This tutorial provided by the React Native team is great. I followed the React Native CLI Quickstart section for Linux and Android.

Setup the Test App

1. git clone https://github.com/chaoticcapybara/rn-matrix-test-app.git (or use SSH)
2. yarn install in the top dir of the repo
3. Create Matrix account
   • The easiest way is to install Element and create an account on the matrix.org homeserver.
4. Create UserInfo.json
   • find your baseUrl, accessToken and userId. On element:

   Settings -> Help and About -> Advanced -> Home server for baseUrl
   Settings -> Help and About -> Advanced -> Reveal Access Token for the access token
   Settings -> General for the userId
   

   • create UserInfo.js in the root of the repo with the following structure

   export default UserInfo = { baseUrl: "https://example.homeserver.com", accessToken: "QRSD12312SFGS568JHZFD9", userId: "@myusername:example.homeserver.com" }

5. In one terminal: npx react-native start
6. In another terminal: npx react-native run-android or npx react-native run-ios
   • Personally, I use my phone to test. In which case I do:
     • adb devices to prompt my phone for developer permissions
     • Copy my phones ID from the adb output
     • npx react-native run-android --deviceId=<copied device ID>