run app on a device is throwing an error index.android.js not found

[Mirodil]

Is this a bug report?

yes

Have you read the Bugs section of the Contributing to React Native Guide?

yes

Environment

MacOS

1. react-native -v: react-native-cli: 2.0.1 react-native: 0.45.1
2. node -v: v7.10.0
3. npm -v: 4.2.0
4. yarn --version (if you use Yarn): 0.27.5

Then, specify:

1. Target Platform (e.g. iOS, Android): Android
2. Development Operating System (e.g. macOS Sierra, Windows 10): MacOS
3. Build tools (Xcode or Android Studio version, iOS or Android SDK version, if relevant):

Steps to Reproduce

(Write your steps here:)

1. run create-react-native-app AwesomeProject
2. run react-native run-android
3. then you can see this error

Expected Behavior

I hope it will work

Actual Behavior

error cannot found index.android.js or index.ios.js

Reproducible Demo

(Paste the link to an example project and exact instructions to reproduce the issue.)

I have tried solution from: #3442, #5174, #14246 did not work

[btav]

@Mirodil can you see any issues in the Packager?

I noticed that you created the project using the create-react-native-app CLI and are trying to start it with the react-native run-android command. For the create-react-native-app CLI I believe the way to run an app on the Android simulator is by running the npm run android command. For more information check out the following repo https://github.com/react-community/create-react-native-app.

If that doesnt work, I would try the react-native-cli instead. https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html#the-react-native-cli
I hope that helps!

[brentvatne]

@btav is right, you will need to use npm run android instead of react-native run-android.

I created an issue on Create React Native App to track this, we should make react-native-cli delegate to react-native-scripts in a CRNA project. See: expo/create-react-native-app#294