create react app not picking up .env files?

Question

I am using create react app to bootstrap my app.

I have added two .env files .env.development and .env.production in the root.

Answer 1

I was having the same problem, but it was because I had my .env file in YAML format instead of JS.

It was

REACT_APP_API_PATH: 'https://my.api.path'

but it needed to be

REACT_APP_API_PATH = 'https://my.api.path'