Here's how to test the whole dev experience end-to-end. This will be eventually merged into the Getting Started guide.
Assuming you have the Android SDK installed, run android
to open the Android SDK Manager.
Make sure you have the following installed:
Follow steps on https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md, but be sure to bump the version of react-native in package.json to some version > 0.9 (latest published npm version) or set up proxying properly for react-native
./gradlew :ReactAndroid:installArchives
react-native init ProjectName
cd ProjectName
react-native run-android
In case the app crashed:
adb logcat
and try to find a Java exception