Use specific package name when setting up a react-native project

Question

When creating a react-native app with react-native init MyApp the Android and iOS package names are automatically set to com.myapp.

Changing the Android package name (especially if you need something longer like com.organisation.propject.app) later in the development is pretty fiddly and I was wondering if there was a way to set the package name when setting up a project with react-native init?

Answer 1

Note: it's working only in RN 0.37 and maybe one or two versions up, in 0.40+ this feature was removed.

You need to specify a --package option:

$ react-native init MyApp --package=com.organization.project.app