# Are there any limitations of @dynatrace/react-native-plugin with emulators?

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/are-there-any-limitations-of-dynatrace-react-native-plugin-with-emulators/43378>\
**Category:** Real User Monitoring\
**Tags:** real-user-monitoring-classic, application-monitoring, ios\
**Created:** [December 27, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/are-there-any-limitations-of-dynatrace-react-native-plugin-with-emulators/43378 "2023-12-27T17:37:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![antoniosvuono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@antoniosvuono](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/antoniosvuono)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/are-there-any-limitations-of-dynatrace-react-native-plugin-with-emulators/43378/1 "2023-12-27T17:37:38Z")

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When I run my application (IOS) from the command line on an emulator I can’t identify the logs but when I run it directly through xcode I can. Is there any explanation?

On Android, when I run it for the first time of the day I can retrieve the logs on the platform. The other times I try I no longer succeed

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**Author:** ![matthias\_hochri](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/matthias_hochri/32/15052_2.png) [@matthias\_hochri](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/matthias_hochri)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/are-there-any-limitations-of-dynatrace-react-native-plugin-with-emulators/43378/2 "2024-01-08T09:48:01Z")

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Can you explain how you are starting for example Android. Are you starting it via Android Studio? Or npx react-native run-android? Are you executing this command each and everytime? Or how is the second start done?

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**Author:** ![radek\_jasinski](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/radek_jasinski/32/10432_2.png) [@radek\_jasinski](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/radek_jasinski)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/are-there-any-limitations-of-dynatrace-react-native-plugin-with-emulators/43378/3 "2024-01-08T10:30:35Z")

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Hi&nbsp;[@antoniosvuono](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/70214)

When you run an iOS app from the command line, you might not have the same level of integration with the logging system as Xcode provides. To view logs in this scenario, you can use tools like console.app on your Mac or log command line tool to access the device’s log. Ensure that your command-line tools are correctly configured to capture the logs.

Radek