I'm trying to get started with react-native and a virtual device in android studio on my Ubuntu 18.04 OS, following (as diligently as I have managed): https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html.
After running into several problems along the way (such as Unable to load script from assets index.android.bundle on windows, using top voted fix) I'm now able to start an app using react-native run-android on a virtual device that I've created.
However after having started the react-native app I can no longer use any keyboard input from my desktop comp when on the virtual device, and e.g. opening dev options (ctrl+m) does no longer work. In fact a cold reboot of the device will not even do it, rather I need to reboot my computer (although that's probably a bit over the top) in order to get it working again.
"Enable keyboard input" in "Show advanced settings" of the AVD settings is set for the device and before I load the react-native host keyboard input into the virtual device works just fine.
Running react-native info yields:
React Native Environment Info:
System:
OS: Linux 4.15 Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3517U CPU @ 1.90GHz
Memory: 240.89 MB / 7.67 GB
Shell: 4.4.19 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 9.11.2 - /usr/bin/node
npm: 6.3.0 - /usr/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
Android SDK:
Build Tools: 26.0.3, 28.0.1
API Levels: 23, 26, 28
npmPackages:
react: 16.4.1 => 16.4.1
react-native: 0.56.0 => 0.56.0
npmGlobalPackages:
create-react-native-app: 1.0.0
react-native-cli: 2.0.1
Does anything look off to you?
I'm new to app development and am most grateful for any pointers on how to solve this!
/Adam
