Open Source
react-native-blobular - The Man in Blue's awesome Blobular, ported to React Native
react-native-easy-dnd - Drag and drop with react-native made simple
react-native-safe-area-context - A flexible way to handle safe area, also works on Android
react-native-fblogin - A React Native 'Facebook Login' component without wrapping any Facebook Native/Web SDK
react-native-headphone-detection - React Native headphone detection, both audio jack and bluetooth devices
react-native-twitter-textview - A <TextView/> component for React Native built on top of twitter-text linkification
react-native-apple-card-views - Customizable and perfect clone of Apple, App Store Card Views for React Native
react-native-google-recaptcha-v2 - Implement Google recaptcha v2 in React Native (both Android an iOS)
Videos
Chain React 2019 - Kenza Iraki - Let’s Simplify Your Complex Forms
And finally, a collection of great videos from Chain React 2019. First off, our own Kenza Iraki gives a talk on the different options available for building forms for your app.
Chain React 2019: Hermes Engine Announcement
Next, the big announcement out of Chain React was the immediate availability of a new Javascript engine for Android. If you haven't had a chance to watch this one and learn more about the tech behind it - it's worth your time.
Chain React 2019 - Ram Narasimhan - Performance in React Native
And one of my favorites, a deep dive into optimizing performance within React Native's new architecture.
Around the Web
Engineering
First look: React Native 0.61 with Fast Refresh
A "first look" at React Native 0.61 and some of the new features the first RC has teased us with.
React Native Deep Linking Simplified
A great three-part series that will walk you through how to properly handle deep links in your application.
Creating a Toggle Animation in React Native
This one was submitted to us by Mikael and is a well written tutorial on creating an animated sliding toggle button. Using a mix of Hooks and the Animated API, this will walk you through building out some good looking components in no time.
Build a "Not Hotdog" clone with React Native
A fun tutorial for anyone interested in learning more about Google's Vision API
Creating a ride booking app with React Native
A pretty thorough tutorial detailing how to spin up a ride hailing app in React Native using Pusher
Welcome back - React Native 0.61 is on the horizon!
Hello all,
We are back from a little summer vacation with our newest roundup of React Native news. Version 0.61 is right around the corner with the very first RC dropping last week. Following in the footsteps of the big Hermes announcement in 0.60, this version looks to bring some nice improvements to the developer experience. For more on that, see below for a first look writeup.
Michael Lefkowitz