I cannot get visual studio code to generate the launchReactNative.js file in the ./vscode folder.
I have been trying to setup a react-native project with typescript with visual studio code and be able to debug typescript files. So far I have been unsuccessful despite looking at various related questions on stackoverflow. None of the suggestions have worked for me. I don't know if the problem has to do with visual studio code itself, react-native-cli, typescript or react-native tools. I am completely at lost here!...
First of all here are the versions of the software I am using:
node: v6.9.4
npm:4.1.2
react-native-cli: 2.0.1
react-native:0.43.3
react native tools:0.3.2
Following the tutorial on the official page, I created a project with the command react-native init my-app
Then I add a tsconfig.json file:
{
"compilerOptions": {
"allowJs": true,
"target": "es6",
"noImplicitAny": false ,
"rootDir": "./src",
"outDir": "./dist",
"jsx": "react",
"moduleResolution": "node",
"noEmitOnError": false,
"typeRoots": [
"./node_modules/@types",
"./typings"
],
"sourceMap": true
},
"compileOnSave": true,
"exclude": [
"node_modules",
"__tests__",
"index.android.js",
"index.ios.js",
"dist"
]
}
After that I add a launch.js to my project (through the configuration icon button). But I see that launchReactNative.js is never generated. I have uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times react native tools. I have uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times visual studio code. This file is never generated. I remember the last time I created a react-native project with visual studio code (back in december 2016), it was working and I was able to debug my typescript files in the project just fine.
Could it be a known bug in the current version of one of the softwares I mentionned above is stopping the react-native tools to work properly.
Any suggestion would greatly help me. I have spent the last 3 days (my whole week-end) trying to get this setup to work. Please help me, I am at lost here...
