From c7104f775887c8bba29d303f323f7f53f4da3d74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lynn <lynn.janzen@posteo.de>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:00:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md for M1 installations

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 README.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ce4fb0..06bcd6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,24 @@ Once you have nvm running you can install node 14:
 
     nvm install v14.19.3
 
+#### On Apple Silicon M1
+
+NodeJS 14 does not compile on the M1 architecture, so it has to be installed through Rosetta: https://devzilla.io/using-nodejs-14-with-mac-silicon-m1 . 
+To activate Rosetta and switch to intel emulation run: 
+
+    arch -x86_64 zsh
+
+Run 
+
+    arch 
+
+again to verify that it returns "i386".
+Now install node 14:
+
+    nvm install v14.19.3
+
+### 3. Yarn version
+
 use npm to install yarn:
 
     npm install --global yarn
@@ -127,6 +145,18 @@ iii. If you are building the app with XCode make sure you are running this as we
 
 ### Troubleshooting
 
+#### [MacOS M1] Flipper problems
+
+If a bug in the currently used Flipper version prevents building the project, comment out the respective line in the podfile, like so:
+
+    #use_flipper!()
+
+Run 
+
+    pod install 
+
+from the ios directory again to reload the dependencies.
+
 #### [MacOS] Java problems
 
 Make sure that you have Java 1.8 by running `java -version`.