create-dexter-rn-app/cli.js

Create a React Native app pre configured with Redux Toolkit, Persist, React Query, React Native Paper, SVG transformer, and Dexter's starter template.

#!/usr/bin/env node

const { execSync } = require("child_process");
const path = require("path");
const fs = require("fs");
const prompts = require("prompts");

function runCommand(cmd) {
  console.log(`\n▶️  ${cmd}\n`);
  execSync(cmd, { stdio: "inherit" });
}

async function run() {
  console.log("\n🚀Script started create-dexter-rn-app\n");

  const response = await prompts(
    {
      type: "text",
      name: "name",
      message: "Project name?",
      initial: "AwesomeProject",
      validate: (value) =>
        value && value.trim().length > 0 ? true : "Project name is required"
    },
    {
      onCancel: () => {
        console.log("\n👋 Setup cancelled.");
        process.exit(1);
      }
    }
  );

  const projectName = (response.name || "").trim();

  if (!projectName) {
    console.log("❌ No project name provided. Exiting.");
    process.exit(1);
  }

  const projectDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), projectName);

  if (fs.existsSync(projectDir)) {
    console.error(`❌ Folder "${projectName}" already exists. Choose another name.`);
    process.exit(1);
  }

  console.log(`\n📦 Creating React Native app: ${projectName}\n`);

  try {
    runCommand(`npx @react-native-community/cli@latest init ${projectName}`);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error("\n❌ Failed to initialize React Native app.");
    process.exit(1);
  }

  process.chdir(projectDir);

  const fullSetupCmd = "npx degit AakashThakur23102000/rn-cli-starter-template/template . --force && npm i @reduxjs/toolkit react-redux redux-persist @react-native-async-storage/async-storage react-native-safe-area-context react-native-size-matters @tanstack/react-query && npm i -D @types/react-redux reactotron-react-native && adb reverse tcp:9090 tcp:9090";

  try {
    runCommand(fullSetupCmd);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error("\n⚠️ One or more steps in the setup command failed.");
    console.error("   You can re-run parts of it manually inside the project folder:\n");
    console.error("   " + fullSetupCmd + "\n");
  }

  console.log(`
✅ Completed

Now run:
  cd ${projectName}
  npx react-native start
  npx react-native run-android   OR   npx react-native run-ios
`);
}

run();