React native stuck at loading from localhost : 8081 on physical device using USB debugger

Question

When I run react-native run-android it builds successfully and there after Mobile screen shows nothing more than loading from local host : 8081

I have tried adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081

Answer 1

Start by closing the App on your phone and clearing phone memory.

Close metro bundler on your PC.

Then clear npm cache as follows: npm cache clean --force

Then clean up gradle as follows:

1. Change into android directory in your project folder: cd android

2. To clean clean gradle simply run: ./gradlew clean

cd .. back into your project's root directory.

Build your app again using whichever method suits you. My preferred method for RN apps without expo on a windows machine is as follows:

npx react-native run-android

Answer 2

For some reason it was a watchman issue. I remember installing watchman a few days before and it was causing the issue. I uninstalled watchman and it worked.