One trick would be to add this command on ~/.bashrc profile in the case you're using unix.
use your favorite editor (ex: nano on Ubuntu) and type nano ~/.bashrc
on the end of file write alias rnreload='adb shell input text "RR"'
save it and run source ~/.bashrc in order to active it.
Now whenever you need, just type rnreload on a terminal.
Next time you enter your computer it should be already done.
Also, there's the possibility to add an other alias as well: alias rnshake='adb shell input keyevent 82' which "shakes" android. You can use it to access other commands like Hot Reloading, Debugger, Inspector, etc.
If you're on a Mac and using Hammerspoon, you can put the following bit of code in your ~/.hammerspoon/init.lua file:
hyper = {'ctrl', 'alt', 'cmd'}
placid = {'ctrl', 'cmd'}
-- React native reload JS on connected device
hs.hotkey.bind(placid, 'R', function()
os.execute('/Users/peter/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb shell input text "RR"')
end)
-- React native show dev menu on connected device
hs.hotkey.bind(hyper, 'R', function()
os.execute('/Users/peter/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb shell input keyevent 82')
end)
the os.execute command doesn't load your ENV (doing so would make running commands really slow), so make sure to run which adb in your terminal to figure out what the exact path to adb is. (in my case it was /Users/peter/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb).
Now you can reload your app using ctrl+cmd+R and show the dev menu using ctrl+option+cmd+R from anywhere and without even bothering to cmd-tab out of your favorite editor!