Vscode-react-native: .env file not found when running 'Run Android on Device'

Created on 22 Nov 2017 · 9Comments · Source: microsoft/vscode-react-native

After upgrading the plugin to version 0.5.5, the 'React Native: Run Android on Device' task stopped working with the error described below.

It may have something to do with https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-react-native/pull/596 or https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-react-native/issues/566

Actual Behavior

Run 'React Native: Run Android on Device'
Run the packager
Error when trying to run the Android build

Expected Behavior

Run 'React Native: Run Android on Device'
Run the packager
Run the Android build

Software versions

React-Native VS Code extension version: 0.5.5
VSCode version: 1.18.1
OS platform and version: Windows 10
NodeJS version: 7.9.0
React Native version: 0.47.2

Outputs (Include if relevant)

Output of the Debug Console (View -> Toggle Debug Console):

EMPTY

Output of the React-Native output channel (View -> Toggle Output -> Select React-Native in ListBox):

[Info] Attempting to start the React Native packager

[Info] Starting Packager

Scanning 718 folders for symlinks in f:\project_folder\node_modules (42ms)
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ 
 │  Running packager on port 8081.                                            │ 
 │                                                                            │ 
 │  Keep this packager running while developing on any JS projects. Feel      │ 
 │  free to close this tab and run your own packager instance if you          │ 
 │  prefer.                                                                   │ 
 │                                                                            │ 
 │  https://github.com/facebook/react-native                                  │ 
 │                                                                            │ 
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 
Looking for JS files in
   f:\project_folder 


React packager ready.

[Info] Packager started.

[Error] Failed to run the application in Android

Stack: Error: Failed to run the application in Android: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\${workspaceFolder}\.env'
    at Function.getWrappedError (C:\Users\Fernando\.vscode\extensions\vsmobile.vscode-react-native-0.5.5\src\common\error\internalError.js:35:16)
    at Function.wrapError (C:\Users\Fernando\.vscode\extensions\vsmobile.vscode-react-native-0.5.5\src\common\error\errorHelper.js:18:44)
    at resultOfCode.done.reason (C:\Users\Fernando\.vscode\extensions\vsmobile.vscode-react-native-0.5.5\src\common\entryPointHandler.js:40:72)
    at _rejected (C:\Users\Fernando\.vscode\extensions\vsmobile.vscode-react-native-0.5.5\node_modules\q\q.js:844:24)
    at C:\Users\Fernando\.vscode\extensions\vsmobile.vscode-react-native-0.5.5\node_modules\q\q.js:870:30
    at Promise.when (C:\Users\Fernando\.vscode\extensions\vsmobile.vscode-react-native-0.5.5\node_modules\q\q.js:1122:31)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:\Users\Fernando\.vscode\extensions\vsmobile.vscode-react-native-0.5.5\node_modules\q\q.js:788:41)
    at C:\Users\Fernando\.vscode\extensions\vsmobile.vscode-react-native-0.5.5\node_modules\q\q.js:604:44
    at runSingle (C:\Users\Fernando\.vscode\extensions\vsmobile.vscode-react-native-0.5.5\node_modules\q\q.js:137:13)
    at flush (C:\Users\Fernando\.vscode\extensions\vsmobile.vscode-react-native-0.5.5\node_modules\q\q.js:125:13)
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