This guide will give you more information on the run-windows command of the React Native Windows CLI.
run-windows
The run-windows CLI command is used to build and run React Native for Windows apps.
Builds your RNW app and starts it on a connected Windows desktop, emulator, or device.
npx react-native run-windows
Note: Remote Debugging was officially marked as deprecated in RN 0.73 and will be removed in a later release.
Here are the options that react-native run-windows takes:
--release boolean Specifies a Release build --root string Override the root directory for the project which contains the windows folder --arch string The build architecture, i.e. ARM64, x86, x64. Defaults to system architecture --singleproc boolean Disables multi-proc build --emulator boolean Deploys the app to an emulator --device boolean Deploys the app to a connected device --target string Deploys the app to the specified GUID for a device --remote-debugging boolean (Deprecated) Deploys the app in remote debugging mode --logging boolean Verbose output logging --no-packager boolean Do not launch the packager while building --bundle boolean Enable Bundle configuration, i.e. ReleaseBundle/DebugBundle rather than Release/Debug --no-launch boolean Do not launch the app after deployment --no-autolink boolean Do not run autolinking --no-build boolean Do not build the solution --no-deploy boolean Do not deploy the app --deploy-from-layout boolean Force deploy from layout even in Release builds --sln string Override the app solution file determined by 'react-native config', i.e. windows\myApp.sln --proj string Override the app project file determined by 'react-native config', i.e. windows\myApp\myApp.vcxproj --msbuildprops string Comma separated props to pass to MSBuild, i.e. prop1=value1,prop2=value2 --buildLogDirectory string Optional directory where MSBuild log files should be stored --info boolean Dump environment information --direct-debugging number Enable direct debugging on specified port --no-telemetry boolean Disables sending telemetry that allows analysis of usage and failures of the react-native-windows CLI -h, --help boolean Display help for command Telemetry Notice
This command sends telemetry to Microsoft by default. You can prevent the telemetry from being sent by using the --no-telemetry command line option. See below for more details.
The software may collect information about you and your use of the software and send it to Microsoft. Microsoft may use this information to provide services and improve our products and services. You may turn off the telemetry as described in the repository. There are also some features in the software that may enable you and Microsoft to collect data from users of your applications. If you use these features, you must comply with applicable law, including providing appropriate notices to users of your applications together with a copy of Microsoft's privacy statement. Our privacy statement is located at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=824704. You can learn more about data collection and use in the help documentation and our privacy statement. Your use of the software operates as your consent to these practices.
This data collection notice only applies to the process of running the react-native-windows CLI commands.
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