# App templates
This folder contains basic app templates. These get expanded by 'react-native init' when creating a new app to make it easier for anyone to get started.
# Chat Example
This is an example React Native app demonstrates ListViews, text input and
navigation between a few screens.
## Purpose
One problem with React Native is that it is not trivial to get started: `react-native init` creates a very simple app that renders some text. Everyone then has to figure out how to do very basic things such as adding a list of items fetched from a server, navigating to a screen when a list item is tapped, or handling text input.
This app is a template used by `react-native init` so it is easier for anyone to get up and running quickly by having an app with a few screens, a `ListView` and a `TextInput` that works well with the software keyboard.
## Best practices
Another purpose of this app is to define best practices such as:
- The folder structure of a standalone React Native app
- A style guide for JavaScript and React - for this we use the [AirBnb style guide](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript)
- Naming conventions
We need your feedback to settle on a good set of best practices. Have you built React Native apps? If so, please use the issues in the repo [mkonicek/ChatExample](https://github.com/mkonicek/ChatExample) to discuss what you think are the best practices that this example should be using.
## Running the app locally
```
cd ChatExample
yarn
react-native run-ios
react-native run-android
```
---
(In case you want to use react-navigation master):
```
# Install dependencies:
cd react-navigation
yarn
yarn pack --filename react-navigation-1.0.0-alpha.tgz
cd ChatExample
yarn
yarn add ~/code/react-navigation/react-navigation-1.0.0-alpha.tgz
```