title: How to initialize React Native project
body: <p>Please note I have read the documentation and I'm referencing the point where the error happens as well as the steps I have taken. Please don't advice me to follow the instructions that I have already indicated I have followed.</p>
  
  <p>After following the <a href="https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html" rel="noreferrer">documentation</a> of React Native to the best of my ability, I have been unable to get React Native to run. I have installed jdk, node, and Android Studio as instructed (using Chocolatey and links). The Android Emulator runs from Android Studio. I'm using npm version 6.1.0, node version 8.4.0, jdk 8, Android Studio 3.1.3. The error I get after <code>react-native init AwesomeProject</code> is <code>SyntaxError: Unexpected token import</code>. What did I do wrong? How can I fix this? Running <code>react-native run-android</code> also gives the same error.</p>
  
  <p>To be clear, I'm in the proper directory. <code>ANDROID_HOME</code> is set to the proper <code>sdk</code> folder. There is a heading, <code>Running your React Native application</code>, and running the first command leaves me with the error, but I don't get an error before that point. </p>