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How to restart app (react native and expo)

I use expo so I've no access to android folder.

I want to restart my app for first time. How can I do that?

I use react-native-restart, but not wroking and I have an error now:

null is not an object (evaluating 'x.default.restart;)

Codes:

  componentDidMount() {
    if (I18nManager.isRTL) {
      I18nManager.forceRTL(false);
      RNRestart.Restart();
    }
  }

How Can I restart my app?

Solution

  • I've had the same problem for over a month, nothing helped me, so I developed a library to accomplish this, simple install it using:

    npm i fiction-expo-restart

    and import it like:

    import {Restart} from 'fiction-expo-restart';

    and then when you want to perform a restart, use: 

    Restart();

    Note in case this answer gets old, you can check the library here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/fiction-expo-restart