News
React Native's Many Platform Vision
The RN team shares their vision on how they think about expanding well beyond mobile devices. Also - they're hiring managers to help them get there!
reactnative.dev
Building the Thriva app — choosing the right technology
Nice writeup from a blood testing startup on how they landed on React Native
medium.com
Building the Bravado App: Zero to One in Six Weeks
Another one here from a startup focused on building a community for sales professionals
medium.com
Libraries & Tools
Trending Storage Options for React Native Developers
Nice writeup here on some of the options you have to store data on your user's device.
plainenglish.io
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Tutorials
Implementing Code Splitting in React Native with Re.Pack
Dive deeper into Re.Pack by learning how to implement code splitting in your app.
callstack.com
Preparing Your App for iOS 15 and Android 12
Great writeup on the official blog regarding some code changes you'll want to make now to avoid some regressions in your app once iOS 15 and Android 12 ships out to your users.
reactnative.dev
React Native Local Push Notifications
Learn more about push notifications without worrying about the addition of a remote service to ship them out -- keep em local!
medium.com
Spotify Authentication with React Native
Short and sweet tutorial here on how to utilize Spotify as your authentication service
plainenglish.io
Open Source
Gautam-Arora24/resize-observer-hook: ⚛️ A React Hook to monitor changes in the size of an element using native ResizeObserver API 🔍
pavel-corsaghin/react-native-leaflet: A LeafletView component using WebView and Leaflet map for React Native applications
hudl/react-native-system-bars: Control the visibility of Android's Status Bar and Navigation Bar
yousseftarekkh/react-native-focal: Humble kit to professionally handle components triggering one's focus and blurring others. 🔎
Design
The new shiny
On the shift from imperative to declarative UI, and what it might mean for the apps we build today and tomorrow.
increment.com
Around the Web
The Art of Failing Gracefully
Short writeup of a useful TypeScript technique for preventing bad backend data from polluting your pristine React Native app state. Thanks for the submission, Łukasz!
brainsandbeards.com