React Native Cookbook

Improve your React Native mobile development skills and transition from web to mobile development with this solution-packed guide

Key Features

• Learn strategies and techniques to face React Native mobile development challenges head-on
• Explore ways to use iOS and Android for React Native development to maximize code reuse and cohesion
• Build engaging user experiences with React Native

Book Description

If you are a developer looking to create mobile applications with maximized code reusability and minimized cost, React Native is what you need. With this practical guide, you'll be able to build attractive UIs, tackle common problems in mobile development, and achieve improved performance in mobile environments.

This book starts by covering the common techniques for React Native customization and helps you set up your development platforms. Over the course of the book, you'll work through a wide variety of recipes that help you create, style, and animate your apps with built-in React Native and custom third-party components. You'll also develop real-world browser-based authentication, build a fully functional audio player, and integrate Google Maps in your apps. This book will help you explore different strategies for working with data, including leveraging the popular Redux library and optimizing your app's dataflow. You'll also learn how to write native device functionality for new and existing React Native projects and how app deployment works.

By the end of this book, you'll be equipped with tips and tricks to write efficient code and have the skills to build full iOS and Android applications using React Native.

What you will learn

• Build UI features and components using React Native
• Create advanced animations for UI components
• Develop universal apps that run on phones and tablets
• Leverage Redux to manage application flow and data
• Expose both custom native UI components and application logic to React Native
• Employ open source third-party plugins to create React Native apps

Who this book is for

If you're a JavaScript developer looking for a practical guide for developing feature-rich mobile apps using React Native, this book is for you. Though not necessary, some experience of working with React will help you understand the React Native concepts covered in this book easily.

While React Native development can be done on a Windows machine, certain aspects, such as running your apps on iOS devices and in the iOS simulator, or editing native code with Xcode, can only be done with a Mac.

Table of Contents

1. Setting Up Your Environment
2. Creating a Simple React Native App
3. Implementing Complex User Interfaces - Section 1
4. Implementing Complex User Interfaces - Section 2
5. Implementing Complex User Interfaces -- Section3
6. Adding Basic Animations to Your App
7. Adding Advanced Animations to Your App
8. Working with Application Logic and Data
9. Implementing Redux
10. App Workflow and Third-Party Plugins
11. Adding Native Functionality - Part I
12. Adding Native Functionality - Part II
13. Integration with Native Applications
14. Deploying Your App
15. Optimizing the Performance of Your App

Dan Ward is a full-stack developer and web technology consultant who has a number of years of experience working on mobile applications with React Native, and developing web applications with React, Vue, and Angular. He's also a co-founder at gitconnected, and co-editor at the associated Medium publication. His professional interests include React Native development, modern web development, and technical writing. He also has a BA in English Literature from Florida State University.