Is there any way to create a react native project with - (dash) in project name?

Question

I am trying to create a react native project named 'work-mobile'. (- in project name) When I do npx react-native init work-mobile the cli give me error "work-mobile" is not a valid name for a project. Please use a valid identifier name (alphanumeric)..

I have tried first creating the project with _ (underscore) in name like 'work_mobile' and then using react-native-rename to rename the project but it also gives the same error like react-native-cli error.

I have tried manually doing that.

• Renamed the folder name.
• Renamed in package.json and app.json
• Deleted iOS and android folders
• Recreated using react native eject.

The iOS app starts working but for android now it doesn't connect to metro bundler. A blank screen appears on emulator. When I reload from metro, it say No apps connected I have tried starting bundler manually, reinstalling node mules, clearing cache, gradle cleaning etc things. Any experience with that kind of thing?

Anecdotist

Answer 1

If you used "WorkMobile" as the name, react would automatically change that to work-mobile when it creates the project.

Belong

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No, it doesn't. I just did that in react native and it named it exactly how I specified. No changes to a name with dashes occured. – Misgive