Open Source
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Awesome SVG charts for React Native.
react-native-collapsingtoolbar
Collapsing toolbar component.
react-native-redux-starter-kit
Boilerplate using React Native and Redux.
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CLI tool to clean or reset React Native tools when things go out of order.
Latest Jobs
React Native Mobile Product Engineer | Envoy
Envoy is looking for an awesome React Native engineer to help build the office of the future for clients like Slack, Github, and Yelp. With great perks like healthy lunches everyday, unlimited vacation, and travel credits this isn’t one to miss! Did we mention that they’re a distributed/remote team? 😎 Learn more about the position and about the team.
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Design
3 Stunning Hi-fi Prototypes for the iPhone X You Should See
Some beautiful examples of apps designed for the iPhone X.
Videos
Oculus' John Carmack Explains Virtual Reality in 5 Levels of Difficulty
Have questions about VR? Get up to speed with this quick video from John Carmack.
Around the Web
The 1–2–3’s of React Native Templates
Learn how to create React Native Templates with this incredible writeup from Chris Geirman.
React Native vs Real Native Apps
A good look at creating an app in native and React Native to gauge the pros and cons of each.
How We Animate Header Titles in React Native
Learn how to create an excellent parallax header from Jason Gaare.
Nice short post on some undocumented props with React Native's ScrollView to get the Y position at the end of the scroll.
Challenges of Supporting iPhone X
Great post here from the PSPDFKit Team on the challenges they faced updating their SDKs for the iPhone X and how they overcame them.
Random
React Native
React Native 0.50
React Native October 0.50 was released this past week with some breaking changes and improvements. You can get the full release notes here, but here are some highlights:
<Image>with nested content is no longer supported. Looking into<ImageBackground>instead if this is something you did in our app.- Overflow hidden is fixed on Android. 🎉
- Android Oreo (8.0) support.
- Support for null titles in AlertIOS.
Frameworks
react-navigation
react-navigation was released with beta.17 this past week. The updates keep coming and it's great to see the project move forward, great work to their team. 👏🏻
Podcasts
React Native VR & AR featuring Vik Advani of Viro Media
Great episode on React Native Radio talking about VR & AR in React Native.
Sponsorship
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We're working from home today as our new iPhone X arrives and we have to be home to sign. I'm looking forward to the new gesture based interface, Face ID, and animojis. Be sure to use the iPhone X simulator to check your apps for irregularities and have a great week!
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Wyatt | React Native Coach