Vscode-react-native: Run the application without debugging

Created on 11 May 2020 · 9Comments · Source: microsoft/vscode-react-native

Right now we only launch the application in debug mode. A couple developers have proposed having a way to run it in no debug mode as well.

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molant

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Yes, I'm expecting an option in launch.json.
I have a 6 different launch configs (dev/stage/prod x android/ios) and would like to have a way to launch them from the green play button in the Run tab but with no debugger when I don't need it.

sregg on 11 May 2020

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Hi @molant, the extension provides four Command Palette commands for launching an application:

Run Android on Emulator
Run Android on Device
Run iOS on Simulator
Run iOS on Device

These commands allow to start an application without debugging. Here you can find more info about the extension's commands.

RedMickey on 11 May 2020

But the Run commands actually start the application and attach the debugger, right?
I think what the developer was asking was to run the app and not attach the debugger.

molant on 11 May 2020

@RedMickey I'm re-reading this 🤦‍♂️
I think this is again another issue related to #1278
I'll reach out to the developer see if they were expecting to have an option to do run without debugging when running F5.

molant on 11 May 2020

sregg on 11 May 2020

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@molant, should we implement this feature for the stable version of the extension or for the preview one?

RedMickey on 10 Jun 2020

I haven't look at how the commands are implemented, but hopefully this is not a huge amount of work that can be implemented in stable and cherry-picked for preview?

molant on 10 Jun 2020

@molant Not sure that it could be cherry-picked cleanly since the entry points for commands has changed, and they are in different files now because of architectural changes.