react-native-configs

react-native-configs

A module similar to npm-config for React Native.

It can be used for setting environment variables based on React Native DEV flag. The DEV variable will be true when running in debug mode.

When the you build your code for release in Xcode or with dev=false as a build param, react-native-config
will look in the root of your project for a config folder. That folder should contain a debug.json and
a release.json file. Inside of each file you can set a json object with whatever environment variable you wish.

Project structure should look like this:

-- My_Project_Root
    |
    -- config
        |
        -- debug.json
        -- release.json

How to install

1. Install

$ npm install react-nativ-configs

2. Add the json files to the config directory in the root of your project.

Why build this module?

When I starting working with React Native, I was wanting a module that I could easily control API urls based on environment.
This module was created in order to achieve that goal. When developing locally, API URLs can be pulled from the debug.json.
Once you are ready to deploy, the code should be built for release and the variables are nicely swapped out for the release.jsom.