starting the packager works

package.json

@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@
   "main": "lib/src/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": ":",
-    "start": "adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081; watchman watch-del-all; node ./node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cli.js start",
+    "xcode": "open playground/ios/playground.xcodeproj",
+    "install-android": "cd playground/android && ./gradlew installDebug",
+    "uninstall-android": "cd playground/android && ./gradlew uninstallAll",
+    "xcodeunit": "node ./scripts/unit.ios.js",
+    "e2e-android": "node ./scripts/e2e.android.js",
+    "e2e-ios": "node ./scripts/e2e.ios.js",
+    "start": "adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081; watchman watch-del-all; node ./node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cli.js start --root=./playground",
     "test-js": "eslint lib/src integration scripts playground/src playground/e2e playground/scripts && BABEL_ENV=test jest --coverage",
     "test-android": "node ./scripts/test.android.js",
     "test-ios": "node ./scripts/test.ios.js",

playground/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: "com.android.application"
-apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
+apply from: "../../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 25

playground/android/build.gradle

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ allprojects {
         jcenter()
         maven {
             // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
-            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
+            url "$rootDir/../../node_modules/react-native/android"
         }
     }
 }

playground/android/settings.gradle

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ rootProject.name = 'playground'
 
 include ':app'
 include ':react-native-navigation'
-project(':react-native-navigation').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-navigation/android/app/')
+project(':react-native-navigation').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../../lib/android/app/')

playground/package.json

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "playground",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "private": true,
-  "scripts": {
-    "quickinstall": "node ./scripts/quickInstall.js",
-    "start": "adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081; watchman watch-del-all; node ./node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cli.js start",
-    "xcode": "open ios/playground.xcodeproj",
-    "android": "cd android && ./gradlew installDebug",
-    "uninstall-android": "cd android && ./gradlew uninstallAll",
-    "xcodeunit": "node ./scripts/unit.ios.js",
-    "e2e-android": "node ./scripts/e2e.android.js",
-    "e2e-ios": "node ./scripts/e2e.ios.js"
-  },
-  "//": "use react-native-navigation: 2.x.x --> we are manually installing it from a script for quicker workflow. Along with detox and shell-utils",
-  "dependencies": {},
-  "babel": {
-    "env": {
-      "test": {
-        "presets": [
-          "react-native"
-        ],
-        "retainLines": true
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}