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Home Create a project Initialize a new project
Start the development server
Guides Learn how to create a new Expo project and run it on your device. Open the app on your device
Reference Make your first change in App.js
Learn The process of running a new Expo project consists of three steps. You start by initializing a new project, then start the development server with Next step
Expo CLI and finally open the app on your device with Expo Go to see your changes live.
Overview 1 Initialize a new project
Get started To initialize a new project, use create-expo-app to run the following command:
Installation
Terminal Copy
Expo Go
Create a project # Create a project named my-app
- npx create-expo-app my-app
Develop # Navigate to the project directory
Project structure - cd my-app

User interface
Development builds You can also use the --template option with the create-expo-app command. Run npx create-expo-app --template to see the list of
Config plugins available templates.
Debugging
Authentication
Unit testing
2 Start the development server
To start the development server, run the following command:
Review
Distributing apps for review Terminal Copy
Open updates with Orbit - npx expo start

Deploy
When you run the above command, the Expo CLI starts Metro Bundler. This bundler is an HTTP server that compiles the JavaScript code of