microsoft / microsoft/react-native-windows-samples
"Developing Windows apps on a non-Windows PC" Does not Address ARM64 Macs
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Description
This page is targeted towards Mac users. They are all going to ARM64, for which the documented solution will not work.
https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/blob/main/docs/win10-vm.md
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with docs/win10-vm.md, the page linked in the issue, and review the documented setup for Mac users. Verify why that solution does not work on ARM64 Macs and identify an accurate alternative or limitation to document. Done means the page clearly addresses ARM64 Mac users without leaving the existing guidance misleading.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react-native
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100