--- title: Set up Detox for end-to-end testing in your React Native App description: Learn how to set up Detox for end-to-end testing in a React Native app. Detox is a testing library for React Native that allows writing end-to-end tests for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/set-up-detox-for-end-to-end-testing-in-your-react-native-app-7bixmaetv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Set up Detox for end-to-end testing in your React Native App | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to set up Detox for end-to-end testing in a React Native app. Detox is a testing library for React Native that allows writing end-to-end tests for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/set-up-detox-for-end-to-end-testing-in-your-react-native-app-7bixmaetv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7BIXMAEtV.png og:image:alt: Set up Detox for end-to-end testing in your React Native App og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Set up Detox for end-to-end testing in your React Native App **[thoughbot](https://daily.dev/sources/thoughbot)** · 6 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to set up Detox for end-to-end testing in a React Native app. Detox is a testing library for React Native that allows writing end-to-end tests for both iOS and Android applications. 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