zsh script that lists emualtor, runs it, then installs react native app

Question

I am trying to start an Android emulator command line that works fine, but it never goes to the npx react-native run-android line from the script after it is loaded. Is there something I need to do?

    emulator -list-avds

    # Ask the user if they want to run the app on the simulator
    read -p "Which Android emulator name (i.e. Pixel_7_Pro_API_34)?: " device

    emulator -avd $device

    npx react-native run-android

Answer 1

One option might be to launch the selected emulator in background, wait for it to start and then execute the npx command. The final script will be like the following:

emulator -list-avds

# Ask the user if they want to run the app on the simulator
read -p "Which Android emulator name (i.e. Pixel_7_Pro_API_34)?:" device

emulator -avd $device &

adb wait-for-device

npx react-native run-android

hope this helps