kill -9 React Native Packager running on port 8081.
npm install react-native-kill-packagerKill the React Native Packager running on port 8081.
Simply run react-native-kill-packager when you encounter this:
``
ERROR Packager can't listen on port 8081
Most likely another process is already using this port
Run the following command to find out which process:
lsof -n -i4TCP:8081
You can either shut down the other process:
kill -9
or run packager on different port.
`
You can add it as an npm script and run npm run packager:kill or npm run packager:restart:
`
"scripts": {
"packager:kill": "react-native-kill-packager",
"packager:restart": "react-native-kill-packager; npm start",
};
`
npm install --save-dev react-native-kill-packager