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Mastering React Native

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Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785885785

Length 496 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

React

Concepts

Cross Platform Mobile Development

Authors (2):

Eric Masiello

Jacob Friedmann

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Building a Foundation in React FREE CHAPTER

2. Saying HelloWorld in React Native

3. Styling and Layout in React Native

4. Starting our Project with React Native Components

5. Flux and Redux

6. Integrating with the NYT API and Redux

7. Navigation and Advanced APIs

8. Animation and Gestures in React Native

9. Refactoring for Android

10. Using and Writing Native Modules

11. Preparing for Production

12. React Native Tools and Resources

Understanding all the React Native tools

Like most modern development, there are a few tools required to build a React Native application. Luckily, React Native is pretty easy to configure relative to many frameworks out there. We'll get into installing all these tools shortly. First, let's review what all the tools are how they fit into the bigger picture of developing a React Native app.

Xcode

In order to build an iOS application, you'll need Apple's Xcode IDE. React Native runs on iOS 7 and above. This means that you'll need Xcode version 7.0 or higher. (We'll be using Xcode 8 in this book.) Whether you love, hate, or are altogether indifferent about Xcode, we won't actually be spending much time in it.

Initially, we'll just use Xcode to launch our app in the iOS Simulator. Also, because we'll mostly be testing our app in the iOS Simulator, you don't need to worry about enrolling in the Apple iOS Developer Program. However, if and when you wish to ship an app to the App Store, you will need...

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