React native ERROR Packager can't listen on port 8081
<p>Have set up React native on my Windows box and it continually gives me this message when running react-native start:</p>

<p><strong>ERROR  Packager can't listen on port 8081</strong></p>

<p>Ok, so I change it per instructions to: </p>

<p><strong>react-native start --port=8088</strong></p>

<p>This works great and I receive this:</p>

<pre><code>[12/24/2016, 10:03:33 AM]         HMR Server listening on /hot
React packager ready.
[12/24/2016, 10:03:41 AM] &lt;START&gt; Initializing Packager
[12/24/2016, 10:03:41 AM] &lt;START&gt; Building in-memory fs for JavaScript
[12/24/2016, 10:03:41 AM] &lt;END&gt;   Building in-memory fs for JavaScript (103ms)
[12/24/2016, 10:03:41 AM] &lt;START&gt; Building Haste Map
[12/24/2016, 10:03:41 AM] &lt;END&gt;   Building Haste Map (64ms)
[12/24/2016, 10:03:41 AM] &lt;END&gt;   Initializing Packager (221ms)
</code></pre>

<p>So as instructed I then run this:</p>

<p><strong>C:\ReactProjects\AwesomeProject>react-native run-android</strong></p>

<p>And get this:</p>

<pre><code>JS server not recognized, continuing with build...
Running C:\Users\&lt;user&gt;\AppData\Local\Android\sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081
Building and installing the app on the device (cd android &amp;&amp; gradlew.bat installDebug)...
JS server not recognized, continuing with build...
Running C:\Users\&lt;user&gt;\AppData\Local\Android\sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081
Building and installing the app on the device (cd android &amp;&amp; gradlew.bat installDebug)...
.
.
.
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 19.304 secs
Starting the app on emulator-5554 (C:\Users\&lt;user&gt;\AppData\Local\Android\sdk/platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5554 shell am start -n com.awesomeproject/.MainActivity)...
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.awesomeproject/.MainActivity }
</code></pre>

<p>Sadly the emulator then gives me:</p>

<pre><code>“Could not get BachedBridge, make sure your bundle is packaged correctly”
</code></pre>

<p>So there are instructions that state you must change the port on the emulator, but I am using the Nexus 5 running Marshmellow and cannot find that setting:</p>

<pre><code>     You will also need to update your applications to load the JavaScript bundle
     from the new port. Open the in-app Developer menu, then go to Dev Settings → Debug
 server host for device and replace 8081 with your port of choice.
</code></pre>

<p>Anyone have an idea of how to set the emulator up to recognize the packager? </p>