Learning React Native

Course details

Get up and running with React Native, the popular framework for building native applications that run on both iOS and Android using React. Instructor Alex Banks introduces you to the framework and steps through how to use it to build applications in JavaScript. Using practical examples, Alex helps you get started with components, views, and platform APIs. He takes you through setting up your first app, creating style sheets, working with flexbox, adding data points to a list, collecting data from users, implementing navigation, adding touch responses, and more.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Framework of learning React
02 - What you should know
03 - Using the exercise files

1. What Is React Native

04 - What is React
05 - What is React Native
06 - How React Native works
07 - What is Expo

2. Working with Expo

08 - Installing the Expo client
09 - Creating a Snack
10 - Creating a new project
11 - Running a project on a device

3. Components and APIs

12 - Native components
13 - Native APIs
14 - Creating style sheets
15 - Flexbox layouts
16 - The Image component

4. Working with Views

17 - Responding to touches
18 - Using a touchable highlight
19 - Extracting a custom component
20 - Importing a custom component
21 - Using a flat list
22 - Creating a form
23 - Collecting input
24 - Creating a custom hook

5. Platform APIs

25 - Using AsyncStorage
26 - React Navigation
27 - Navigating between screens
28 - React Navigation comes with an API that allows us to navigate from screen to screen. In this video, see how to incorporate navigation from the home sc
29 - Fetching data
30 - Using RefreshControl

6. Building Your Project

31 - Installing an iOS simulator
32 - Installing an Android AVD for Mac
33 - Installing an Android AVD for Windows
34 - Publishing your Expo project
35 - Building for iOS devices
36 - Building for Android devices
37 - Ejecting from Expo

Conclusion

38 - Next steps