How to enable live reload in react native on android?

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How can I enable live reload in the android emulator?

The documentation for android wasn't very helpful for a android noob.

Shake the device (make sure you built the development build) — Kenneth Lynne, Aug 14 '17 at 14:36
Thanks. I've been using `adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_MENU` for a while now. Works fine for me — Phil, Aug 15 '17 at 15:36

score 268 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 16 '18 at 08:29

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Type the following in your command prompt to install and launch your app on the device or emulator:

$ react-native run-android
Then click on emulator and press CTRL + M (CMD + M on MacOS) or shake the Android device which has the running app.
Then select the Enable Live Reload option from the popup.

edited Jan 16 '18 at 08:29

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answered Mar 03 '17 at 05:56

itzmebibin

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doesn't work on mac with cmd + m, i have to run `adb shell input keyevent 82` – TomSawyer Aug 22 '17 at 10:28
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I hope it helps. You should click on window bar to use Ctrl+M / Cmd+M – bao vu dao Sep 02 '17 at 12:36
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ios: 'Press Cmd+R to reload,\n' + 'Cmd+D or shake for dev menu', android: 'Double tap R on your keyboard to reload,\n' + 'Shake or press menu button for dev menu', – Ashish Yadav Jan 11 '18 at 07:09
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Note that if you are going to use keyboard shortcuts in android emulator then you have to set this option: Settings->Send keyboard shortcuts to : 'Virtual device' as I do that and it worked for me. – MojtabaRezaeimehr Jul 18 '18 at 09:45
Confirm it works on Mac os 10.13.6, Android Studio Sep 2018. – CodeGroover Sep 19 '18 at 15:47
Hm.. it doesn't log to terminal anything.... app just reloads on save.. – Fikret Sep 02 '19 at 14:36

score 51 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 18 '18 at 13:49

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Executing the command, the configuration menu will appear adb shell input keyevent 82

Documentation

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answered Feb 04 '17 at 05:00

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updated link: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/running-on-device.html – navanjr Mar 27 '18 at 15:04

score 19 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 29 '16 at 08:29

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I was BLIND. It clearly states:

On Android shake the device or press hardware menu button (available on older devices and in most of the emulators, e.g. in genymotion you can press ⌘ + m or F2 to simulate hardware menu button click). You can also install Frappé, a tool for OS X, which allows you to emulate shaking of devices remotely. You can use ⌘ + Shift + R as a shortcut to trigger a shake from Frappé.

answered Apr 29 '16 at 08:29

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For physical Android device, I found that by long pressing the device menu button, the reload menu appears. – Rowan Gontier Sep 10 '17 at 23:55
Also, for physical devices, you may shake the phone which pops up the menu – d_bhatnagar Sep 26 '19 at 05:48

Vahid Hallaji · Answer 4 · 2018-08-28T09:30:23.857

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Using shortcuts: CTRL + M, or CMD + M (macOS)
From terminal: adbshell input keyevent 82

Important Note: Using Expo, make sure you are in development mode. The shortcuts will not work in production mode for Android emulator.

I did enable that through Expo XDE by tapping the cog next to the url and checking development mode. You may need to rebuild.

Expo - Development Mode

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score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 07 '17 at 03:14

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I am using Redmi note 3 for debugging purpose and was facing similar issue. The solution was that MIUI by default disables popup permission for apps, which is needed in this case to get the reload screen. After enabling the popup permission for my app it works perfect. Hope it helps someone.

answered Jun 07 '17 at 03:14

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can you tell me how to enable it – evilmind Sep 09 '17 at 13:01
sorry for late reply. I guess by now you might have figured out how to do it. If not then you can find it in the permission section in your settings. – Ishwar Rimal Sep 14 '17 at 06:11

score 6 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 30 '19 at 15:17

For enabling Hot reloading or Live reloading on Device (external Android phone):

First, run the app using react-native run-android on Terminal.

Now, shake the Android device which has the running app.

Then select the Enable Hot Reloading or Enable Live Reload option from the popup.

score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 17 '17 at 13:39

To enable live reload in React Native using Android you need to do the following steps:

Open you emulator;
Execute your application (react-native run-android);
Make sure that you application is running;
Click on emulator and press: CTRL + M.

Some options will be opened, and you select the "Enable Live Reload" as the image below. Click to see the image

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 17 '18 at 05:37

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I found out that, If I execute react-native run-android from the console, then changing and saving file (with any editor) don't reload the app.

But When I execute the app from VS code console, the live reload was working for every change and save.

I think you might need a IDE (such as VS code) for live reloading.

answered Oct 17 '18 at 05:37

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You can actually enable it by pressing menu key or CTRL+m and selection "Enable live reload" – Asce4s Mar 29 '19 at 06:39

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 25 '19 at 13:52

If someone try to Open the In-App Developer Menu in react native

Android -> CTRL + M or you can shake your device as well

and

IOS -> ⌘ + m (CMD + M) or shake device

if for some reason IOS Simulator was not working with some reason try to open

simulator -> Hardware -> Shake Gesture ( For me ^⌘Z)

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