Document how to use Example about react-native-video

[brentvatne]

@brianchirls - hm I must have done something weird there, I'll fix it if you haven't already

[brentvatne]

@brianchirls - did you do npm install from the example project directory?

[brianchirls]

Okay, I just pulled the latest version, and now it's working. Thanks.

Looks like the example is using the version of react-native-video from npm. Is there a way to get it using the one in the repo?

[brentvatne]

@brianchirls - you could remove it from package.json and do npm install path-to-your-local/react-native-video 😄

[brentvatne]

@brianchirls - some people find it easier to use npm link, but there is a bit more set up involved in getting that going in the first place

[brentvatne]

Closing the issue, feel free to re-open if problem re-arises!

[brianchirls]

npm link works great for a second, but it throws off XCode at some point.

[brentvatne]

@brianchirls - ah, I personally just do npm install with the path to the repo on my local machine

[brianchirls]

Yeah, that works too, but it's not very good for developing. You have to delete and re-install the package every time you make a change.

[brentvatne]

@brianchirls - I typically just work from the node_modules package directory and then copy that back into the project directory

[brentvatne]

If you find out a better way, let me know 😄

[brianchirls]

I've tried a few different ways, and none of them have been good. XCode and the react-native webserver don't update symlinked files, presumably because the timestamps don't change when the original gets modified. working out of node_modules is the least bad option so far, but that extra step is pretty annoying.

I think the problem with referring to the sources in the parent directory is that it throws off XCode's includes. Maybe there's a way to shift the directory structure around so neither the main project file nor the example project files are at the top level, so neither is inside the other. I think that's how react-native does it.