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Environment

Environment:
  OS: Windows 10
  Node: 9.8.0
  Yarn: Not Found
  npm: 4.6.1
  Watchman: Not Found
  Xcode: N/A
  Android Studio: Version  3.0.0.0 AI-171.4443003

Packages: (wanted => installed)
  react: 16.2.0 => 16.2.0
  react-native: 0.52.0 => 0.52.0

Expected Behavior

When I’m trying to install app to Android Emulator, this problem occurs;

Scanning folders for symlinks in C:\Users\Furkan\AwesomeProject\node_modules (30ms)

Actual Behavior

-npm already running -System Variables are OK -CMD (via Administrator) -Android 5.0.1 (API 21, All SDK components/Extras/Build Tools was installed) -adb devices;

List of devices attached
emulator-5554   device

PS C:\Users\Furkan\AwesomeProject> react-native run-android --deviceId emulator-5554
Scanning folders for symlinks in C:\Users\Furkan\AwesomeProject\node_modules (30ms)
(and Terminated)

Steps to Reproduce

-run “npm start” -run “.androidSDK/tools/emulator -avd Nexus6” -run “react-native run-android” (when Android booted)

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 6 years ago
Reactions:10
Comments:41 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

58reactions

jose2007kjcommented, Mar 21, 2018

problem seems solved after closing and opening the terminal and running the command

15reactions

chandankumarshanbhagcommented, Jun 17, 2018

Upgrade the react-native package

react-native upgrade After doing this *Make sure you are connected to the internet **Bcz when you run the app for the first time it will download the gradle dependency

react-native run-android *This command itself downloads all the gradle dependency

This method 100% works

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