From 55f8f3e37010b08dd58878f79d7206d373e793ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Konicek <mkonicek@fb.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 07:08:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Explanatory message when starting packager on Windows or
 unknown platform

Reviewed By: martinbigio

Differential Revision: D2564756

fb-gh-sync-id: 097ec541267a54a45d82116a03e4c22b8f49eb99
---
 private-cli/src/runAndroid/runAndroid.js | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/private-cli/src/runAndroid/runAndroid.js b/private-cli/src/runAndroid/runAndroid.js
index e203f197b..acee9e85a 100644
--- a/private-cli/src/runAndroid/runAndroid.js
+++ b/private-cli/src/runAndroid/runAndroid.js
@@ -132,13 +132,17 @@ function startServerInNewWindow() {
       ['-e', 'sh', launchPackagerScript],
       {detached: true}
     );
+  } else if (/^win/.test(process.platform)) {
+    console.log(chalk.yellow('Starting the packager in a new window ' +
+      'is not supported on Windows yet.\nPlease start it manually using ' +
+      '\'react-native start\'.'));
+    console.log('We believe the best Windows ' +
+      'support will come from a community of people\nusing React Native on ' +
+      'Windows on a daily basis.\n' +
+      'Would you be up for sending a pull request?');
   } else {
-    console.error(chalk.yellow(
-      'Starting packager in new window is not supported on Windows yet. ' +
-      'See https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/3469 on how to ' +
-      'start it manually.'
-    ));
-    throw new Error('Windows is not yet supported');
+    console.log(chalk.red('Cannot start the packager. Unknown platform ' +
+      process.platform));
   }
 }