React-Native “Could no connect to development server” in createReactContext()

Question

My Android react-native app is crashing with an ExecutionException.

\"Could not connect to development server.\"

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Answer 1

This seems to have been caused by not having Windows Build Tools correctly installed. This broke the node-gyp commands required by my project.

Following the steps on the node-gyp page got my machine set up correctly.

After a new build I got this error once, and then it disappeared with the project building and running correctly.