What is the meaning of 'No bundle URL present' in react-native?

Question

When I run a react-native project, I get a error no bundle URL present , but I don\'t know what mistakes I do, I was very confused.

Answer 1

For me the issue was it couldn't create the JS bundle. It doesn't state the error when building from Xcode so there is no way for you to know this. To find the error run the following command.

react-native bundle --platform ios --dev false --entry-file index.ios.js --bundle-output ./ios/release/main.jsbundle --assets-dest ./ios/release/main.jsbundle

For me the error was something with missing PureRenderMixin component. To which the solution can be found here: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/13078. Basicly you have to manually install react@16.0.0-alpha.3. This can be done via running this command.

npm i --save react@16.0.0-alpha.3

This issue is now happening for everybody because newer versions of react alphas are being released (particularly alpha.5) and they are breaking react-native builds.