How can I regenerate ios folder in React Native project?

Question

So a while ago I deleted the /ios directory in my react native app (let\'s call it X). I\'ve been developing and testing using the android emulator but now I\'d like to make

Answer 1

This is too late, but for anyone who is still having same issue and have a detached react native app, what i did for me I just run exp detach over my detached app and it created ios folder!

Answer 2

Remove the ios folder first

 react-native eject 
 cd ios/ 
 pod init 
 pod install 
 cd .. 
 react-native link 
 cd ios 
 open *.xcworkspace/

Answer 3

Note as of react-native 0.60.x you can use the following to regenerate ios/android directories:

react-native upgrade --legacy true

Credit here: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/25526

Answer 4

i faced the same issue in react native .63 version. I tried above all methods but didn't worked. So, I tried like this deleted android/ios folders in my old project tree and initiated a new project with similar name in another folder, later copied android/ios folders from new project to old project and reset cache using react-native start --reset-cache and run react-native run-android and my attempt was successfull.

Answer 5

❯ react-native eject

error Unrecognized command "eject". info Run "react-native --help" to see a list of all available commands.

❯ react-native upgrade --legacy true

error: unknown option `--legacy'

You can init a new project that's named the same in another folder and copy ios dir over:

inside YourProjectName directory

npx react-native init YourProjectName
mv YourProjectName/ios ios
rm -rf YourProjectName

Make sure you have clean git history before doing so, in case you need to revert

Answer 6

Simply remove/delete android and ios (keep backup android and ios folder) and run following command:

  react-native eject

Supported version : 
    react-native <= 0.59.10
    react-native-cli <= 1.3.0 



   react-native upgrade --legacy true

Supported version : 
        react-native >= 0.60.0
        react-native-cli >= 2.1.0 

Ref : link