React native storybook alpha v6 Expo setup

setup_expo_rn_sb.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -e
APP_NAME=${1:-RNStorybookAlpha}
echo "APP_NAME: $APP_NAME"
npm install --global expo-cli
expo init -t expo-template-blank-typescript $APP_NAME

cd $APP_NAME
expo install @storybook/react-native@next \
    @storybook/addon-ondevice-actions@next \
    @storybook/addon-ondevice-controls@next \
    @storybook/addon-ondevice-backgrounds@next \
    @storybook/addon-ondevice-notes@next \
    @storybook/[email protected] \
    @storybook/[email protected] \
    @react-native-async-storage/async-storage \
    @react-native-community/datetimepicker \
    @react-native-community/slider

echo "const { getDefaultConfig } = require('expo/metro-config');

const defaultConfig = getDefaultConfig(__dirname);

defaultConfig.resolver.resolverMainFields = [
  'sbmodern',
  ...defaultConfig.resolver.resolverMainFields,
];
defaultConfig.transformer.getTransformOptions = async () => ({
  transform: {
    experimentalImportSupport: false,
    inlineRequires: false,
  },
});
defaultConfig.watchFolders = [...defaultConfig.watchFolders, './.storybook'];
module.exports = defaultConfig;
" > metro.config.js;

mkdir .storybook
mkdir components
echo "module.exports = {
  stories: [
    '../components/**/*.stories.?(ts|tsx|js|jsx)'
  ],
   addons: [
    '@storybook/addon-ondevice-notes',
    '@storybook/addon-ondevice-controls',
    '@storybook/addon-ondevice-backgrounds',
    '@storybook/addon-ondevice-actions',
  ],
};" > .storybook/main.js

echo "import {withBackgrounds} from '@storybook/addon-ondevice-backgrounds';

export const decorators = [withBackgrounds];
export const parameters = {
  backgrounds: [
    {name: 'plain', value: 'white', default: true},
    {name: 'warm', value: 'hotpink'},
    {name: 'cool', value: 'deepskyblue'},
  ],
};" > .storybook/preview.js

echo "import { getStorybookUI } from '@storybook/react-native';

import './storybook.requires';

const StorybookUIRoot = getStorybookUI({});

export default StorybookUIRoot;" > .storybook/Storybook.tsx

echo "import StorybookUIRoot from './.storybook/Storybook';
export { StorybookUIRoot as default };" > App.tsx

node -e 'const fs = require("fs");
const packageJSON = require("./package.json");
packageJSON.scripts = {
    ...packageJSON.scripts,
    prestart: "sb-rn-get-stories",
    "storybook-watcher": "sb-rn-watcher"
};
fs.writeFile("./package.json", JSON.stringify(packageJSON, null, 2), function writeJSON(err) {
  if (err) return console.log(err);
  console.log(JSON.stringify(packageJSON));
  console.log("writing to " + "./package.json");
});';

mkdir components/Button;
echo "import React from 'react';
import {TouchableOpacity, Text, StyleSheet} from 'react-native';

interface MyButtonProps {
  onPress: () => void;
  text: string;
}

export const MyButton = ({onPress, text}: MyButtonProps) => {
  return (
    <TouchableOpacity style={styles.container} onPress={onPress}>
      <Text style={styles.text}>{text}</Text>
    </TouchableOpacity>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    paddingHorizontal: 16,
    paddingVertical: 8,
    backgroundColor: 'violet',
  },
  text: {color: 'black'},
});
" > components/Button/Button.tsx;

echo "import React from 'react';
import {ComponentStory, ComponentMeta} from '@storybook/react-native';
import {MyButton} from './Button';

const MyButtonMeta: ComponentMeta<typeof MyButton> = {
  title: 'MyButton',
  component: MyButton,
  argTypes: {
    onPress: {action: 'pressed the button'},
  },
  args: {
    text: 'Hello world',
  },
};

export default MyButtonMeta;

type MyButtonStory = ComponentStory<typeof MyButton>;

export const Basic: MyButtonStory = args => <MyButton {...args} />;

" > components/Button/Button.stories.tsx

yarn sb-rn-get-stories

@wjramos storybook 6.4 support is currently being worked on so I recommend downgrading to 6.3 and that should fix any issues you currently have.

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EDIT

Well actually I might need to update the peer dependencies, will check

@wjramos I've updated the dependency to be more strict now and it shouldn't install 6.4.

Unfortunately 6.4 has a lot of breaking changes for react native so it might take some time to make it compatible

Thank you for the quick response! Going to try it out now

@dannyhw I'm trying to set up storybook in my existing expo project. The problem I had with these directions is they're intended to replace the current App.tsx, so as to make your entire expo project become a storybook project. I want to add storybook to my existing app, not replace my existing app. The template adds a yarn storybook stript in package.json for this, but that doesn't work here because it uses "storybook": "start-storybook -p 6006",. Im new to storybook so I don't know where that start-storybook is supposed to come from. Could you help with setting that up????? I think most people who use expo will find this valuable since storybook can be used to test the components used in a larger app.

I tried modifying the expo start command by providing the path to the ./.storybook/Storybook file, but expo only allows starting the project from one specific App.tsx file. expo/expo-cli#4091 (comment)

@MiguelNiblock you can optionally export storybook in app.tsx based on a env variable for example. Also start-storybook is a web thing, in react native storybook is a component so you just put it in your app somewhere or optionally export it from app.tsx as the main ui and then run your app as normal like yarn ios etc. You could look at the way ignite does it, they use the dev menu to toggle it for example.

Need to change default CLI option for background addon as

echo "import {withBackgrounds} from '@storybook/addon-ondevice-backgrounds';
export const decorators = [withBackgrounds];
export const parameters = {
  backgrounds: {
    default: 'plain',
    values: [
      { name: 'plain', value: 'white' },
      { name: 'warm', value: 'hotpink' },
      { name: 'cool', value: 'deepskyblue' },
    ],
  },
};" > .storybook/preview.js

storybookjs/react-native#413