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 Install
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-1. `npm install react-native-simple-auth`
-2. In XCode, in the project navigator right click `Libraries` ➜ `Add Files to [your project's name]`
-3. Go to `node_modules` ➜ `react-native-simple-auth`➜ iOS and add `SimpleAuthWrapper.h` and `SimpleAuthWrapper.m` 
-4. Go to your project's root directory and add a Podfile similar to https://github.com/adamjmcgrath/react-native-simple-auth/blob/master/Podfile
-5. Install CocoaPods https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html
-6. Run `pod install`
+1. Install react native and make sure it works.  There are currently two supported approaches for installing React-Native, [npm](https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html#quick-start) or [CocoaPods](https://cocoapods.org/pods/React).  Users have found the `npm` approach more stable for this library.  
+2. `npm install react-native-simple-auth`
+3. In XCode, in the project navigator right click `Libraries` ➜ `Add Files to [your project's name]`
+4. Go to `node_modules` ➜ `react-native-simple-auth`➜ iOS and add `SimpleAuthWrapper.h` and `SimpleAuthWrapper.m` 
+5. Go to your project's root directory and add a Podfile similar to [this example](https://github.com/adamjmcgrath/react-native-simple-auth/blob/master/Podfile).
+  * You may need to tell the podfile where to find your xcode project by adding the following to the podfile:
+    ```xcodeproj './path/to/your/.xcodeproj/project'```
+6. Install CocoaPods https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html
+7. Run `pod install`
+
+If you encounter problems building the project after this, the [following install tips](https://github.com/adamjmcgrath/react-native-simple-auth/issues/14) may be of help.
 
 Usage
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