joeroddy / bridg-expo-2

Bridg - React Native Starter

This example uses Netlify cloud functions as the execution environment for running DB queries. (We need a secure place for Bridg to talk to the DB)

There is nothing special about Netlify here. This would work on any cloud provider / deployed JavaScript evironment. Some other potential options:

• AWS Lambda
• Firebase Functions
• Express app deployed on Render, Heroku, wherever
• Next.js API route

(You probably get the idea)

Push your schema to your DB:

1. Add a DB connection string to .env
   • You can add .env to your .gitignore now, or rename it .env.local
2. npm run prisma:push

Configuring Bridg with Netlify:

1. Clone/fork this repository and push it to Github as a new project
2. Create a Netlify account if you don't have one yet: https://netlify.com
3. Install Netlify CLI: npm install netlify-cli -g
4. Create a Netlify project: ntl init
   • Choose "Create & configure a new site"
   • Press return through all options
   • The CLI should create this new project linked to your Github repo, if you open the Netlify web app, you should see your new app, and a deploy in progress
5. On Netlify, go to: Site configuration > Environment variables > Add a variable
   • Add DATABASE_URL for "key" and your connection string for "values"
6. Go to: Deploys > "Trigger Deploy" dropdown > Clear cache & deploy site
7. npm run generate

Your mobile app should now be able to run queries via Bridg running on your Netlify cloud function.

Running the app

1. npm install
2. npm run ios or npm run android