New React Native project with old version of react native

Question

I am trying to create a new react native project which should utilize an older version of react-native.

The result I would like would be to do something like:

Answer 1

specify react-native version at the time of installing

something like this

react-native init --version="react-native@0.52.0" ExampleApp

Answer 2

Use the --version flag.

react-native init blank --version react-native@0.14.2

Answer 3

There is a new parameter in react-native init that allows just this. Try:

react-native init --version="react-native@0.36.0" MyNewApp

Here my source. I have successfully tested it with react-native-cli 2.0.1.

Answer 4

react-native init MyApp --version react-native@0.58.6

Answer 5

For existing react native project to downgrade run

npm install react-native@0.13.2

Then verify the version by running

react-native -version

Answer 6

Try this:

If you install the version of react-native that you want in your project, you can then navigate to (project)/node_modules/react-native/local-cli. Here you will see three generator folders which enclose the exact files RN would have used to initiate a project.

It's a bit manual, but at least you'll have access to the original files.