News
Libraries & Tools
Integrate Touch ID and Face ID to your React Native App
Great post from Adhithi Ravichandran on how to get Touch ID and Face ID integrated into your React Native apps. Note: this will not work in Expo apps that have not ejected.
React Native Wallet Animation
Super cool tutorial on how to achieve the same animation as the iOS Wallet app using React Native. Spice up your apps with some awesome animations! ๐ฅ
Open Source
aws-amplify-workshop-react-native - Nader Dabit delivers again with this awesome tutorial on AWS Amplify, AWS Cognito and React Native.
rn-circle-quick-actions - Nice little quick action component
Latest Jobs
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Design
3 Creative Concepts of Mobile Tab Bar Navigation
Some cool tab bar navigator concepts from Nick Babich.
Engineering
How we boosted the performance of our React Native app
Juanjo Ramos tells how his team achieved better performance in their React Native app with a few useful tricks in the awesome writeup.
Accessing Geo-location and App Permissions in React Native and Expo
Learn how to use the geolocation API with permissions in Expo with this tutorial from Aman Mittal.
Why & How Words With Friends Is Adopting React Native
Nice comparison of cross-platform mobile technologies here from the Words With Friends Engineering team and why they ultimately chose React Native for Words with Friends.
Business
Development With React Native from a Perspective of a Business Owner and a Programmer
Interesting write-up about the pros and cons of React Native, from a business perspective! Share this with your more business-focused friends!
Secrets from the Interview RoomโโโWhat Reviewers Look For in a Take-home Coding Assignment
Some great tips on nailing the take home exercise when you look for your next role from Daniel Korn.
Hey all and welcome to our first fall issue! We had a great summer with lots of opportunities to try new tools and architectures in React Native. Looking forward to applying those learnings to new projects this season and seeing what the space has in store. Have a great week! โ๐ป
Wyatt McBain