Microsoft/react-native-windows

Enable access to the developer menu through NativeModules.DevMenu from within the RNW app context

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#3,822 opened on Dec 31, 2019

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API: CompletionArea: Developer MenuWorkstream: Component Parityenhancementhelp wanted

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Description

Hello, I am from React Native Tools VS Code extension developement team. In the extension we have special command palette commands to reload the attached app and to show React Native Developer Menu in it. In RN Android we do that via adb commands, in iRN OS we do that via require('NativeModules').DevMenu.show() and require('NativeModules').DevMenu.reload() during debugging, but in React Native for Windows 0.60.0-vnext.105 there is no DevMenu in the NativeModules list.

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So we'd like to ask if the team plans to implement access to the DevMenu from the NativeModules package, or maybe there are some other alternatives for programmatically accessing Developer Menu during debugging?

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Research direction
Investigate how other platforms (iOS, Android) expose DevMenu via NativeModules. Look at the existing NativeModules implementation in react native windows to understand how to register a new module. Then implement the DevMenu module with show() and reload() methods following the pattern of React Native's existing C++ modules.
Tech stack
javascriptreactcsharp
Domain
desktop dev
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Feature
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3
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3-5 days
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Clear
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JavaScriptReact NativeC++
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40