Follow the instructions of react native set up from here
run npm install to save your ass
The two codes below in two separate terminals. Start with react-native start
react-native start
react-native run-android
Use android studio to make sure you have Build tools 23.0.1 and android-23, set up env var $ANDROID_HOME=<where ever your sdk is> in your respective windows/mac stuff
if you get some watchman errors:
npm r -g watchman
brew update && brew upgrade
brew install watchman