Launch webpack instead of metro during development about repack

[tom-sherman]

We run the react-native start-webpack command manually. You can always replace that build phase with one that runs start-webpack instead.

[zamotany]

Yeah, if you could create a PR for that, I'm happy to merge it. My main concern is that we would have to maintain those scripts, but is should be rather straightforward to do.

[tom-sherman]

Another solution could be a note in the docs to recommend use of the --no-packager flag when running android/ios?

[RafikiTiki]

@rahulsmehta are you still willing to add a section in the docs regarding this configuration change? It will make make everyone's life easier at least until we have an automated way to generate a repack-configured app (like a rn-cli template). Evan after that happens it will be beneficial to have this section for all the people who are migrating brownfield apps from metro to repack.

[gronxb]

Is there any further support for this anymore ?

The metro runs when I do react-native run-ios, and the metro runs when I build from xcode.

Should I always develop with the following command only ?
react-native run-ios --no-packager && react-native webpack-start

In my case, applying the patch did the same, and I got a message that the error: unknown command 'webpack-start'.

I want is a react-native that works perfectly with pnpm and monorepo.

[tom-sherman]

The metro runs when I do react-native run-ios, and the metro runs when I build from xcode.

You can remove the build phase to stop this from happening. Mine was called "Start Packager".

[gronxb]

@tom-sherman
Thanks for the feedback! but
I've checked the "Start Packager" and if I clear it, I won't be able to launch dev apps from xcode.
The feature to launch dev apps from xcode is exactly what I need.
I want the "Start Packager" to be webpack-start as normal.