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React Native Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Daniel Ward
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Book Image

React Native Cookbook - Second Edition

4 (1)
By: Daniel Ward

Overview of this book

If you are a developer looking to create mobile applications with maximized code reusability and minimized cost, React Native is what you need. With this practical guide, you’ll be able to build attractive UIs, tackle common problems in mobile development, and achieve improved performance in mobile environments. This book starts by covering the common techniques for React Native customization and helps you set up your development platforms. Over the course of the book, you’ll work through a wide variety of recipes that help you create, style, and animate your apps with built-in React Native and custom third-party components. You’ll also develop real-world browser-based authentication, build a fully functional audio player, and integrate Google Maps in your apps. This book will help you explore different strategies for working with data, including leveraging the popular Redux library and optimizing your app’s dataflow. You’ll also learn how to write native device functionality for new and existing React Native projects and how app deployment works. By the end of this book, you'll be equipped with tips and tricks to write efficient code and have the skills to build full iOS and Android applications using React Native.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

React Native development tools

As with any development tools, there is going to be a trade-off between flexibility and ease of use. I encourage you start by using Expo for your React Native development workflow, unless you’re sure you’ll need access to the native code.

Expo

This was taken from the expo.io site:

"Expo is a free and open source toolchain built around React Native to help you build native iOS and Android projects using JavaScript and React."

Expo is becoming an ecosystem of its own, and is made up of five interconnected tools:

    • Expo CLI: The command-line interface for Expo.
      We've been using the Expo CLI to create, build, and serve apps. A list of all the commands supported by the...