News

Expo Application Services (EAS): Build and Submit
Big news from the Expo team lately - as they have announced the ability to build your apps for you. Whether or not you use Expo - this new service can build your app and looks like it will be a great tool.
SwiftUI renderer for React Native
Have you ever wondered if SwiftUI can be used instead of UIKit as a rendering engine in RN? Check out Tomasz's findings - super neat stuff!
React Native at Wix — The Architecture II (Deep dive)
The React Native at Wix series continues with two new posts out! Check out part two of their architecture - followed by a dive into Open Source.
Sponsored Link

Stream’s Activity Feeds React Native SDK v1.0 released
Official React Native Activity Feeds SDK now supports Expo 40 and React Native 0.63.
Tutorials

Using React-Native-KeyChain to Secure Mobile App Credentials
Here's a tutorial explaining how to directly store user credentials in the app using a keychain post-authentication for re-authentication purposes. For an additional follow-up article with some great diagrams, checkout A Bullet-Proof Approach to Storing Sensitive User Data in React Native.
Performance optimization tips in React Native
I come across performance optimization articles for RN quite often - but this one in particular caught my eye. A little more in-depth than most and has some great tips for new and experienced devs alike.
Build a Google Maps style panel overlay with scrollable inner content...
A nice in-depth tutorial showing you how to build a Waze-like scrollable panel that overlays your maps. Thanks for the submission, Farhan!
Open Source
tomekkleszcz/react-native-swipe-slider: iOS brightness-style slider ready to use in your next React Native app.
jaredh159/tailwind-react-native-classnames: simple, expressive API for tailwindcss + react-native
anastely/react-native-logo-animation: React Native Logo Animation
web-ridge/react-native-paper-tabs: Smooth and fast cross platform Material Design Tabs for React Native Paper
jottenlips/react-bones: 💀 Dead simple loading components for React and React-Native. 💀
cawfree/react-native-picture-puzzle: ⚛️ 🧩 A picture puzzle component.
alpha0010/react-native-file-access: Filesystem access for React Native
ansh-099/react-native-grid-image-viewer: A grid display for multiple images which you can view on clicking in fullscreen mode and swipe through.
nazrdogan/react-native-jailbreak: React Native Jailbreak/ Root detection
RichardRNStudio/react-native-slider-intro: A simple and fully customizable React Native component that implements an intro slider for your app
Videos

That animation from The Office
This one is too fun to not share - and has some very clever solutions also. Worthy for fans of The Office and/or RN animations.
Q&A Sessions from React Native EU 2020
Some follow up to popular React Native EU 2020 videos - here is the Q&A that trailed each session for you to enjoy.
Diversity
15 Tech Affinity Groups for Cis and Trans Women and Nonbinary Folx
A list of 15 affinity groups to help a more diverse set of tech talent find jobs and support each other.