Programmatically Restart a React Native App

Question

Is it possible to programmatically restart a React Native app without writing any native code?

For instance, I know from the answer to this question that I can restart an Android app with:

Intent i = getBaseContext().getPackageManager()          .getLaunchIntentForPackage( getBaseContext().getPackageName() ); i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP); startActivity(i); 

Can I do the same with React Native?

Answer 1

If you want to restart just the JS part, then you can use React Native Restart Package. This will work on both Android and iOS.

If you want to restart the whole application, There are no react native packages as of now. If you want to create on your own, then check the following link

Building the custom Android module for React Native

If you find difficulty in writing the base JAVA code, You can generate the boilerplate using React Native Create Library

UPDATE:

From 0.62, React Native have added DevSettings.reload(). So, if you want to reload programmatically while developing you can use that. Note that this method does not work in production!

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