react-native-restart-android

Restart the whole react native android application

Note: this project is Android only

Installation Process

• download this from npm

npm install react-native-restart-android --save

• Run react-native link to automatically link the library.

manual link process

• Edit android/settings.gradle:

  + include ':react-native-restart-android'
  + project(':react-native-restart-android').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-restart-android/android')

• Edit android/app/build.gradle:

  dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1"
    compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"
  + compile project(':react-native-restart-android')
  }

• Edit android/app/src/main/java/.../MainApplication.java:

  + import com.rnrestartandroid.RNRestartAndroidPackage;

    @Override
    protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
      return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
        new MainReactPackage()
  +     , new RNRestartAndroidPackage()
      );
    }

Usage

import RestartAndroid from 'react-native-restart-android'
// or
import { RestartAndroid } from 'react-native-restart-android'
// or
const RestartAndroid = require('react-native-restart-android')

// methods (Android only, will throw Error on iOS)
RestartAndroid.restart()