The difference between the two is, Live Reloading is gonna reload your entire application . … Hot Reloading is not gonna reload your entire application. It’s just going to patch the code that was changed and keep the state in your app.
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Update running code with Hot Reload
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For enabling Hot reloading or Live reloading on Device (external Android phone): First, run the app using react-native run-android on Terminal. Now, shake the Android device which has the running app. Then select the Enable Hot Reloading or Enable Live Reload option from the popup.
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