# Manual Linking

Instruction on how to manually link this library **for React Native version < 60.0**.

## iOS

#### Linking via `.xcodeproj`
1. Open your project `.xcodeproj` on xcode.

2. Right click on the Libraries folder and select `Add files to "yourProjectName"`.

3. Add `RNCAsyncStorage.xcodeproj` (located at `node_modules/@react-native-community/async-storage-backend-legacy/ios`) to your project Libraries.

3. Go to `Build Phases -> Link Binary with Libraries` and add:  `libRNCAsyncStorage.a`.

#### Using 'Pods'
1. Enter into iOS Folder `cd ios/` (on your project's root folder).

2. Add this line to your `Podfile` just below the last pod (if you don't have one, you can create it by running `pod init`):

```diff
+ pod 'RNCAsyncStorage', :path => '../node_modules/@react-native-community/async-storage-backend-legacy'
```

3. Run `pod install`


## Android
1. Add project to `android/settings.gradle`:
```diff
rootProject.name = 'MyApp'

include ':app'

+ include ':@react-native-community_async-storage'
+ project(':@react-native-community_async-storage').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/@react-native-community/async-storage-backend-legacy/android')
  ```

2. In `android/app/build.gradle` add to dependencies:
```diff
dependencies {
  ...
+ implementation project(':@react-native-community_async-storage-backend-legacy')
}
  ```

3. Then, in `MainApplication.java`:
```diff
package com.myapp;

+ import com.reactnativecommunity.asyncstorage.AsyncStoragePackage;

...

@Override
protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
    return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
        new MainReactPackage(),
+       new AsyncStoragePackage()
    );
}
```