📺 🔥 'Hello World' React Native Fire TV App

Learn how to create a simple Fire TV app using React Native and Expo 📺

📋 Prerequisites

To run this project, you will need:

• Android TV Emulator with the command line tools configured 🛠️
• (Or) Fire TV 📺

✅ Features

Key features currently include:

• Creating a simple Hello World for Fire TV app using React Native and Expo 👋
• Implementing a navigation menu using React Native Navigation 🗺️

Features coming next:

• Showcasing TV Grid using:
  • react-tv-space-navigation
  • TV Focus Guide View
• React Native Video Player Options
• Methods for handling Focus

💻 Running the Hello World App

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/AmazonAppDev/hello-world-fire-tv-react-native.git

2. Run the Android TV emulator: emulator -avd name-of-your-emulator.

   If you aren't sure what your emulator is called run: emulator -list-avds, the Android TV one will start with the name 'Television'.

   Alternatively, connect your Fire TV device and ensure it is available by running: adb devices

3. Install the project dependencies by running: npm i

4. Run the project using: npm run android

   If you have multiple devices running you can a specify to run on a particular device using: --deviceId=DEVICE_ID

Get support

If you found a bug or want to suggest a new [feature/use case/sample], please file an issue.

If you have questions, comments, or need help with code, we're here to help:

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Authors

• @anishamalde

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT-0 License.