This is a response to a chap on twitter asking about possible improvements to prevent having to 'treasure hunt' knowledge to make React-Native work.
I am primarily a full stack web guy, with some hardware and app experience from overseeing "Zombies, Run". What did and didn't work for me may not be applicable to others!
The official docs are brief and have a number of shortcomings that required me to fill in gaps in knowledge, either via experimentation or through trawling internet forums.