How to add React-Native native module setup dependencies?

Question

I'm very beginner at react-native and I want to create a native module so I followed the official documentation for doing that and in the Native Module Setup but I get confused in the third step where he says "add your newly created module as a dependency in your package.json".

May someon clear that ambiguity and clarify what he means with an example please?

So `package.json` is a file that contains your npm dependencies. As far as I understand from the link you shared, they are not asking you do publish anything yet. You just have to reference the library you created inside your `package.json` file so that you can use your local library. — lloydaf, Nov 26 '18 at 18:27

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '19 at 08:06

I solved by following this https://www.deadcoderising.com/how-to-smoothly-develop-node-modules-locally-using-npm-link/

Assuming you used the default names using the official react native documentation and AwesomeProject and MyLibrary are on the same folder level.

navigate inside AwesomeProject
run "npm link ../MyLibrary/"

And then you can proceed to the next step in the documentation, which is to call "npm install"

How to add React-Native native module setup dependencies?

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