News
React Native 0.55
React Native 0.55 was released this past week with a new MIT license and a bunch of awesome updates! π The full release notes are available above but here are some highlights:
- Android TV device support ππ»
- Animation tracking with native drivers
- New
InputAccessoryView
for iOS
Libraries & Tools
Fluid Transitions with React Navigation
Learn how to create shared element transitions using React Navigation with FluidTransitions, from the project's author Christian Falch
Reactβs βοΈ new Context API
As most of you know there are a lot of updates to React's Lifecycle API with React 16.3. (More information available here) This post from Kent Dodds walks through the new Context API, which I'm particularly excited about.
React Native In App Purchase
Add In App Purchases to your React Native app with this write up from the author of react-native-iap, dooboolab.
Open Source
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Nice little plugin for CocoaPods and resolving some issues with React Native
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Test your React Native code in NodeJS, mock and native testing code free
react-native-emoji-modal-picker
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react-native-responsive-linechart
Simple and effective line charts for React Native
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Great example project for implementing a light cryptocurrency wallet
Videos
Apple Music Pan Animation Tutorial
Awesome tutorial series on how to recreate the Apple Music Pan animation in React Native. Accompanying files are available here.
Engineering
React Native + WebP: Reducing bundle + binary sizes, increase speed with .webp image format
An interesting article from Tyler Pate on how to decrease your bundle size in React Native by using the .webp image format.
The cold weather is finally breaking here in NY and we're already dreaming of sunshine, BBQs, and beach days. π But based on the changes in React 16.3 we'll likely be spending a bit of time of that inside updating our apps to use these new goodies pushing React and React Native forward! In the meantime we'll be checking the weather to see if it's
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outside. π§ Have a great couple of weeks!