android - ReactNative Metro Bundler not starting automatically

Question

react-native run-android not starting bundler so i tried react-native start it showing below error.

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                                                                              │
│  Running Metro Bundler on port 8081.                                         │
│                                                                              │
│  Keep Metro running while developing on any JS projects. Feel free to        │
│  close this tab and run your own Metro instance if you prefer.               │
│                                                                              │
│  https://github.com/facebook/react-native                                    │
│                                                                              │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

events.js:167
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: listen EADDRINUSE :::8081
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (net.js:1286:14)
    at listenInCluster (net.js:1334:12)
    at Server.listen (net.js:1421:7)
    at /Users/user/Documents/Prasanth/AwesomeProject/node_modules/metro/src/index.js:157:18
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/user/Documents/Prasanth/AwesomeProject/node_modules/metro/src/index.js:156:12)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at step (/Users/user/Documents/Prasanth/AwesomeProject/node_modules/metro/src/index.js:47:262)
    at /Users/user/Documents/Prasanth/AwesomeProject/node_modules/metro/src/index.js:47:422
Emitted 'error' event at:
    at Server.WebSocketServer._onServerError (/Users/user/Documents/Prasanth/AwesomeProject/node_modules/ws/lib/WebSocketServer.js:82:50)
    at Server.emit (events.js:187:15)
    at emitErrorNT (net.js:1313:8)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)

react-native info

  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
      CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E7600  @ 3.06GHz
      Memory: 3.36 GB / 12.00 GB
      Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
    Binaries:
      Node: 10.12.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.4.1 - /usr/local/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 12.0, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.0, watchOS 5.0
      Android SDK:
        Build Tools: 21.1.2, 23.0.1, 25.0.0, 26.0.0, 26.0.1, 26.0.2, 26.0.3, 27.0.3, 28.0.2, 28.0.3
        API Levels: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 3.2 AI-181.5540.7.32.5056338
      Xcode: 10.0/10A255 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.5.0 => 16.5.0 
      react-native: 0.57.2 => 0.57.2 
    npmGlobalPackages:
      react-native-cli: 2.0.1
      react-native-git-upgrade: 0.2.7

package.json

{
  "name": "AwesomeProject",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cli.js start",
    "test": "jest"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "react": "16.5.0",
    "react-native": "0.57.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-jest": "23.6.0",
    "jest": "23.6.0",
    "react-test-renderer": "16.5.0"
  },
  "jest": {
    "preset": "react-native"
  }
}

I tried cleaning cache and reverse adb still am getting that issue

react-native run-android showing below error.

Android Home configuration

export ANDROID_HOME=/<Path>/android-sdk-macosx
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator

How to resolve this issue.

Answer 1

I tried following steps it resolves my issue

1. Running packager on different port?react-native start --port 8084 --reset-cache
2. Run?react-native run-android --port 8084?in second Command Prompt window.
3. After error screen appear clicking?Android Ctrl + M, iOS Command + D.
4. Click?Dev Settings?button at the bottom.
5. Click?Debug server host & port for device?button.
6. Type?localhost:8084?and click?OK?button.
7. Again run?react-native run-android --port 8084