Open Source
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Incredible full-stack React Native example project
ReactNative-Animation-Challenges
A lot of great animation examples in React Native 🤓
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Awesome ticker component with rotating animations
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Micro animation shine component ✨
react-native-parallax-flatlist
Parallax replacement for the
FlatListcomponent
Around the Web
How to Become a React Native Developer in 2018
Another excellent article from Spencer Carli on a holistic way to becoming a React Native developer in 2018
Google Fonts Won’t Work in React Native App — It Does Now!
Learn how to use Google Fonts in React Native with this post from Jon-Michael Dreher
Implementing Twitter’s App Loading Animation in React Native
Learn how to implement the Twitter Loading Animation in React Native with this post from Eli White
Tweeting with React Native and Linking.openURL
Learn how to leverage the
LinkingAPI to perform out of app actions with this post from Jordan Holland-
There's a lot of hype around Reason ML and this post from Kay Plößer gets you started with using the typesafe language in React Native
Add App Icons and Launch Screens to React Native Apps (iOS & Android)
Learn how to add launch screens and app icons to your React Native project with this tutorial from Scott Stewart
React Native
React Native 0.52
A bit late on this one but here are the highlights from the latest React Native release. Full release notes are available here.
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space-evenlyforjustifyContent👏🏻 DatePickerIOSnow takes a localeCameraRollcan now delete photosPlatformOS>PlatformYellowBox.ignoreWarnings([...])>console.ignoredYellowBox = [...]
Note: We've had a hard time updating from 0.48 to 0.49 and above due to new API requirements that effects a lot of dependencies. Hoping this settles over the next couple of weeks.
Frameworks
Victory
We saw Ken Wheeler give a talk on this new Formidable data visualization framework which works out of the box with React Native a few weeks ago at React NYC. It's flexible and easy to use. Exited to see where this goes!
Sponsored
React Native Themes from Strap UI
Get your next React Native project up and running fast with a great theme from Strap UI. Check out their awesome options including eCommerce, Dating, and Taxi app themes and starters. 📱
Podcasts
Universal React Applications feat. Michał Chudziak of CallStack
Another great React Native Radio podcast discussing Universal Applications
GraphQL
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All the videos for the latest GraphQL Summit are out
Apollo Client 2.0: Beyond GraphQL APIs
A highlight from the GraphQL summit is this video from Peggy Rayzis discussing how to manage your data with Apollo GraphQL
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Get started with Reason ML in React Native from James Baxley III
Sponsorship
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We took another vacation last week and we're ready to kick this year off right with great new projects. 🙌🏻 Hope you're all feeling inspired by the new year as well and have a great week!
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Wyatt | React Native Coach