Metro will open a new Terminal window everytime you start your RN app. If you are using other terminal app this is however very annoying. You can change the terminal used to run the initial script:
- Open finder window and navigate to
<your_project/node_modules/react-native/scripts - Locate
launchPackager.command, right click the file, selectGet infoand then change theOpen with:value to your terminal, then click onChange All
This post originally from Oscar Franco Blog
