News

Bringing Hermes to iOS in React Native 0.64
The first of a four-part series in which Mike Grabowski details how the team at Callstack made Hermes on iOS a reality. We've been waiting for this article for a minute now!
Expo SDK 41
Expo SDK 41 has officially dropped and it's based on RN 0.63. Check out the official blog for more details about this release.
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Passwordless Mobile Authentication and SIM Swap Detection with React Native
Learn how to add passwordless authentication to a React Native application using tru.ID SubscriberCheck. SubscriberCheck both verifies the phone number associated with the SIM card on a mobile device, and checks if that SIM card has changed recently in order to detect potential SIM swap attacks.
Tutorials

My experience coding a React Native app from an iPad, using a remote work station
Very cool to see how this dev was able to utilize the power of an iPad, a Raspberry Pi, and React Native to develop apps on the go with a very minimal footprint.
Navigating Xcode for React Native Developers (with a web background)
Xcode is a bit of a scary tool for devs who have never used a proper IDE before. In this article, Spencer Carli aims to calm those nerves a bit.
How To Make Your React Native App More Performant
A handful of tips and tricks to improve the performance of your application - ranging from navigation to animation and more.
Open Source
oblador/react-native-vector-image: iOS/Android native vector assets generated from SVG
didisouzacosta/uncompress-react-native: Simple library to decompress files .zip, .rar, .cbz, .cbr in React Native. onmotion/react-native-autocomplete-dropdown: Dropdown Item picker with search and autocomplete (typeahead) functionality for react native
aertonoliveira/react-native-select-screen-rn: react-native-select-screen-rn
mrousavy/react-native-style-utilities: Fully typed hooks and utility functions for the React Native StyleSheet API
dotmind/rn-shadow-generator: React Native Shadow Generator is a tool to quickly generate your shadow's Components. Tool builded by .mind team.
Bunlong/react-native-csv: react-native-csv is the fastest CSV (or delimited text) parser for React Native.
SnowcodeDesign/react-native-core-haptics-api: β React Native β iOS Core Haptics
Videos

Darkroom Color Grading - βCan it be done in React Native?β
Very cool to see how William does this one, allowing you to tweak color grading on photos within your app.
Top 5 React and React Native meetup videos from March 2021
Hand-picked React and React Native videos from the past month from the team at MeetupFeed. Thanks for the submission, Bence!
Around the Web
Launch an app that people actually want to use
Justin over at Infinite Red compiled a few exercises for you to think about as you prepare to launch your app.