title: How to open existing project in React Native?
body: <p>The first time I used React Native I successfully installed everything to work with iOS development on my macbook and I was able to create a project and view it on a phone. However, now that I'm returning to it I cannot seem to figure out how to open my existing project. I have tried looking for a guide but the only guides I can find are for first time setup.</p>
  
  <p>In the terminal I have tried: </p>
  
  <p><code>$ cd MyProjectFolder
  $ react-native init MyProject</code></p>
  
  <p>but this seems to want to overwrite my project with a new one.</p>
  
  <p>I am also trying:</p>
  
  <p><code>$ cd MyProjectFolder
  $ react-native start</code></p>
  
  <p>This seems like it may be on the right track but the response I get is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Running packager on port 8081.  
  
   │                                                                            
   │  Keep this packager running while developing on any JS projects. Feel      │ 
   │  free to close this tab and run your own packager instance if you          │ 
   │  prefer.                                                                   │ 
   │                                                                            │ 
   │  https://github.com/facebook/react-native   
  
  
  Looking for JS files in
     /Users/User/MyProject 
  
  
  React packager ready.
  
  Loading dependency graph, done.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This seems like it's working but I cannot connect with an iPhone via Expo and I'm unsure where to go from here. I feel as though there is a step I'm missing.</p>