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Hot reloading not working

See original GitHub issue

Description

After setting up new react native project, I’m not able to hot reloading. To push any code changes to simulator, I have to follow this steps:

Terminate the metro server.
Start the metro server again
Run yarn react-native run-ios to deploy latest build to simulator

Version

0.67.3

Output of `npx react-native info`

`info Fetching system and libraries information…

System:

OS: macOS 12.2

CPU: (16) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz

Memory: 72.04 MB / 16.00 GB

Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh

Binaries:

Node: 16.13.1 - /var/folders/wv/hl_2xrbs0_g785yr_mvj3r_w0000gq/T/yarn--1644820056516-0.9598795301282483/node

Yarn: 1.22.17 - /var/folders/wv/hl_2xrbs0_g785yr_mvj3r_w0000gq/T/yarn--1644820056516-0.9598795301282483/yarn

npm: 8.1.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.1/bin/npm

Watchman: 2022.02.07.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman

Managers:

CocoaPods: 1.11.2 - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/bin/pod

SDKs:

iOS SDK:

  Platforms: DriverKit 21.2, iOS 15.2, macOS 12.1, tvOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3

Android SDK: Not Found

IDEs:

Android Studio: 4.1 AI-201.8743.12.41.7199119

Xcode: 13.2.1/13C100 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild

Languages:

Java: 1.8.0_312 - /usr/bin/javac

npmPackages:

@react-native-community/cli: Not Found

react: 17.0.2 => 17.0.2

react-native: 0.67.2 => 0.67.2

react-native-macos: Not Found

npmGlobalPackages:

*react-native*: Not Found

✨ Done in 3.21s.`

Steps to reproduce

Start metro server - yarn react-native start
Open another terminal and run - yarn react-native run-ios
iOS simulator will open and you’ll see app running
Now do any cod changes or text changes and save
Reload the metro server by tapping “r” or reload the simultor by cmd+r or shake the iOS device from menu option and choose reload or do all three steps
Result - Changes are not reflecting