SimpleWeather

A simple weather app build using React Native.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

You will need node, watchman, and xcode installed on your computer.

# Install prerequisites
$ brew install node
$ brew install watchman

Download and install Xcode from the Mac App Store.

After Xcode is installed, install the Xcode command line tools.

• Open Xcode, then choose "Preferences..." from the Xcode menu. Go to the Locations panel and install the tools by selecting the most recent version in the Command Line Tools dropdown.

Installing

# Clone source
$ git clone https://github.com/Greg-Rose/SimpleWeather.git SimpleWeather
$ cd SimpleWeather

# Install React Native CLI
$ npm install -g react-native-cli

# Install dependencies
$ yarn install
  or
$ npm install

Setup external API for weather data

1. Create a free account at https://www.weatherbit.io/account/create
2. Get your API Key from your account
3. Create a .env file in project root directory
4. Add key to .env file:

• WEATHERBIT_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE

Run App on iOS Simulator

# Run app
$ react-native run-ios

View app in simulator window.