use create-react-native-app without expo-cli

Question

I have set up create-react-native-app as said in the react native docs. If my project name is proj, according to the docs, the commands to be run should be :

create-react-native-app proj
cd proj
npm start

But when I run create-react-native-app, I get a menu to select a blank template or the one with tabs. And instead of npm start, it says to use expo start. Why am I getting a different output compared to the docs?

Answer 1

You can use:

react-native init projectName