Windows: needs updated

[MacKenzieHnC]

Bug report

Summary

Just making an issue I can reference later as I work through this. Please don't close this.

Short version is that the current C# implementation has tons of bugs that were introduced by RNW updating how they do things. Also, Windows example missing completely from repo.

Solution is to rewrite it in the current template as a C++ module and add in example.

[MacKenzieHnC]

@vonovak I have been working at this for weeks and cannot figure out how this repo runs. I finally figured out what react-native-test-app does today, but even doing that for several hours, I cannot get the example to run on anything. I'm ready to work on the windows side, but I'm absolutely stuck until I get this.

What are the exact steps from cloning this repo to running the example, because I would swear this repo is broken if I didn't already know you're successfully working on it. (Android instructions are fine, I can modify them to Windows fairly easily)

[vonovak]

hello @MacKenzieHnC and sorry for taking so long

There is an example project that you can use for development of the library: https://github.com/rnmods/react-native-document-picker/tree/master/example

what you want to do it clone the repo, run yarn and then open the document-picker-example.xcworkspace file in example/ios folder using xcode. Similarly, in Android studio you'd open the example/android folder in android studio. There you can build and run the example project.

In both IDEs you'll be able to find the native source codes of the package, change them, recompile and see the result.

Mac and windows should follow similar pattern.

Hope this helps!

[MacKenzieHnC]

So, are you not actually using react-native-test-package? The run commands seem like that package isn't used at all, but that's the only way it makes sense for Windows and Mac example folders to be empty, but also the dist folder is missing.

Did you make or inherit this repo? I just want to be clear whether you are able to run this on your machine by following those instructions, or if it's possible there's some local change that isn't reflected in the repo.

P.S. No stress about taking your time responding. I honestly needed the break. I'll start looking into this again tomorrow.

[vonovak]

the react-native-test-app package is used in the example project. The point of having it that it makes it easy to upgrade RN versions in the example project - no need to go through the standard RN upgrade process.

I am able to run the example project on a freshly cloned repo. I guess I inherited the package but I added react-native-test-app myself. https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-test-app has some links about the motivation for having the package

[MacKenzieHnC]

Okay, sorry for disappearing so long. I burned out.

Picking this back up again, and so far it's going well. I'll keep you posted on my progress.

[MacKenzieHnC]

Having worked on it for a few hours, windows is still as goofy as I remember, but whatever was keeping me from even making a native module seems fixed now. So this should be doable

[MacKenzieHnC]

Sorry, React Native Windows is still an unimaginable headache to even start a module in.

I'll take another look when RN hits 1.0, but I'm not dashing myself on this rocky shore again.

[Victor0814gui]

I can write this part, it's relatively simple. I already have some native modules in my apps with this functionality written in cpp.