This series for beginner to intermediate level React Native developers will guide you to build a simple app that serves post from WordPress API. It covers essential topics in the React Native development cycle such as React Hook, React Navigation, Dark mode, Offline handler, In-app purchase, and Admob. This book aims to teach you how to create real-world monetizing app features that deliver use cases such as Admob and pay to remove ads. We’ll be covering basic to intermediate topics:
After you successfully complete this book, I guarantee that you will get your first feature-rich React Native app which you will be able to publish on the Play Store and App Store. Not to mention, make some money out of it.
The demo of the App is available on the Play Store: You can access it via the following link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kriss
The demo of the App
Chapter 1: Splash Screen and App Icon
This chapter will go through the integration of the Splash screen and an App icon to our React Native application in a simple way.
React native splash screen from ios and android
Chapter 2: Getting started with React Navigation
In this chapter, we are going to make use of React navigation version 5. This chapter will show the creation of stack navigation and tabs navigation with icons from the vector icons package.
React native paper home screen
Chapter 3: Home Screen with React native paper
In this chapter, we are going to use a react native paper package for UI components to create Flatlist, Itemtiles, and also implement pull to refresh and infinite scroll.
React native home screen with paper
Chapter 4: Content placeholder
This chapter will navigate through the addition of content placeholders. The idea is to show the content placeholders while the content is being loaded from the server.
React native preloader
Chapter 5: Single Post screen
In this chapter, we are going to create a post screen that shows all the details of the post along with bookmark and share icons.
Single Post screen
Chapter 6: Bookmark functionality
In this chapter, we are going to make use of the AsyncStorage module in order to save bookmark data by creating a simple CRUD operation. We are also going to show posts that have bookmarked in tabs.
React native bookmark with asyncstorage
Chapter 7: Display categories
Here, we are going to create a screen that shows categories of a different post. Then, show the posts based on those categories.
Display categories
Chapter 8: Feedback
In this chapter, we are going to use Formik and Yup packages in order to save feedbacks from end-users to the Firebase database then using cloud function forward the message to the inbox using Sendgrid.
Feedback screen
Chapter 9: Dark mode
In this chapter, we are going to learn how to add dark mode to react-navigation and react-native paper with automatic and manual triggers. Lastly, we will use the react-native-darkmode package to trigger initial theme selection through operating system preference.
React native darkmode
Chapter 10: Offline handle
In this chapter, we will learn how to use the React native NetInfo package to handle internet connectivity status in the app.
Offline mode
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