Open Source
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Awesome image carousel pager component from @jeremiepapillon. ⚡️
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HUD view component that uses
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Wrapper component that allows you to set loading, data, error, and placeholder states for a component. Nice for a lot of situations!
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Well documented React Native quick start project based on
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Amazing implementation of a complicated UI spec! 🔥 Check out the project for a comparison video.
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Get your links looking nice with this little component that is able to highlight hyperlinked text.
Around the Web
Shared Element Transition with React Native
Great post on creating shared element transitions in React Native for both iOS and Android. 🔥 Don't miss this one from Narendra Shetty!
Bubble animation with React Native
Another amazing walkthrough from Narendra Shetty on how to implement a bubble animation transition in React Native using the Animated API. A lot of helpful animation strategies in this one!
Up & Running with React Native + Visual Studio Mobile Center
We've recently added Mobile Center for crash reporting and CodePush integration. This walkthrough from Nader Dabit goes through the all the offerings from Microsoft's new platform and helps you integrate Mobile Center in your project.
Even Better Support for React in Flow
Better flow support is hitting React! Caleb Meredith goes through the updates in this post.
Getting Started with Expo React Native and Styled Components using a Netflix Clone example
Nice getting started with React Native tutorial using Expo and Styled Components from JM Meyers
Hot Module Reloading Support for Multiple Simulators
Not sure how this will affect memory 😮 but hot module reloading support is coming in the next version of React Native. 👏🏻
Random
Frameworks
Expo 20.0.0 is out!
Expo 20.0.0, based off of React Native 0.47 is available! This is an awesome release with a bunch of new features from the Expo team! 👏🏻 Full release notes are available here. Some highlights:
- Faster startup on Android and pushing checking for updates to the background
- Improved loading screen including feedback that offers more information to developers
- JavascriptCore rollback on Android because of bugs on older devices
- New Camera and Payments APIs 🚀
- New experimental SplashScreen API
- New FileSystem.DownloadResumable API which allows progress updates, pause, and resume
- Plenty of bug fixes 🙂
JavaScript
Both of these great articles exploring new ES6 features are from ReasonCode. Be sure to check them out to make sure that you're aware of all the new built in methods in ES6, all of them available to us today with React Native! 🤓
Podcasts
React Native - Mix Once, Drink Everywhere
Great episode with Naoufal Kadhom on the Front End Happy Hour talking React Native and react-native-payments. Enjoy! 🎧
GraphQL
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Interested in GraphQL? This post from Joshua Kelly covers why they're betting on GraphQL and the advantages they've found in their new API.
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If you're just getting started with GraphQL, this great article from Bruno Soares discusses some of the pain points.
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Wyatt | React Native Coach