react-native-windows/packages/react-native-windows-init

react-native-windows-init

CLI to bootstrap the addition of the Windows platform to react-native projects.

Usage

Run this from an existing react-native project, to install react-native-windows and generate initial project files for windows.

Example usage

npx react-native-windows-init --language cpp

Options:

option	description	type
--help	Show help	[boolean]
--version	The version of react-native-windows to use.	[string]
--namespace	The native project namespace.	[string]
--verbose	Enables logging.	[boolean]
--language	Which language the app is written in.	[string] [choices: "cs", "cpp"] [default: "cpp"]
--overwrite	Overwrite any existing files without prompting	[boolean]
--useWinUI3	Targets WinUI 3 (through the Windows App SDK) instead of UWP XAML.	[boolean]
--useHermes	Use Hermes instead of Chakra as the JS engine (supported on 0.64+)	[boolean]
--no-telemetry	Disables sending telemetry that allows analysis of failures of the react-native-windows CLI	[boolean]

Data Collection

The software may collect information about you and your use of the software and send it to Microsoft. Microsoft may use this information to provide services and improve our products and services. You may turn off the telemetry as described in the repository. There are also some features in the software that may enable you and Microsoft to collect data from users of your applications. If you use these features, you must comply with applicable law, including providing appropriate notices to users of your applications together with a copy of Microsoft's privacy statement. Our privacy statement is located at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=824704. You can learn more about data collection and use in the help documentation and our privacy statement. Your use of the software operates as your consent to these practices.

This data collection notice only applies to the process of creating a new React Native for Windows app with the CLI.