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This week’s issue features articles about Expo-Image v1.2 and React Native Keyboard Controller

Check out this Tweet announcing the release of expo-image version 1.2. It features a video clip demonstrating the improved quality of placeholder images generated with ThumbHash compared to those generated with BlurHash. You can also check out the PR that brought ThumbHash into expo-image.

Developers at Infinite Red were excited to learn about the release of React Native Keyboard Controller, which adds keyboard functionality for Android devices and helps make the UX between iOS and Android devices more consistent.
 

The latest React Native releases are:

Release 0.70.8
Pre-Release 0.72.0-RC.1


There's a lot more to discover in today's issue. Enjoy! 

Message from the editor

This week's React Native news update from Editor-in-chief, Jon Major Condon. Watch on YouTube! 

Our top React Native picks this week

React Native articles, tweets, and docs from submitted by the community and Infinite Red’s team of engineers.
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Expo image 1.2 is out with ThumbHash support

Tweet announcing the release of Expo Image 1.2. It adds support for ThumbHash, which provides a compact placeholder for an image for display before the image itself is fetched and displayed.
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How Migrating from Vanilla Redux to Redux Toolkit Improved State Management in Shopify POS

This article from Shopify is focused on their experience of migrating Shopify's Retail Point of Sale app from Vanilla Redux to RTK (Redux Toolkit).
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Make an interactive keyboard on Android with React Native Keyboard Controller

React Native Keyboard Controller includes support for Reanimated, willShow / willHide for Android, and interactive dismissing. More features are in the works.
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Coming Soon: Environmental Variables in Expo

This feature is currently in the main branch and is coming soon to Expo SDK 49.
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Open source highlights from the React Native community

Open source React Native projects, libraries, node modules, or components submitted by the community.
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Twitter Profile Clone

Twitter Profile clone with React Native and Reanimated 3.
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My Plants App

My Plants is a free and open source mobile app that helps to manage watering of plants.
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It can be challenging to choose the right technological stack when you want to create a mobile application with a responsive user interface that works on all platforms. Further you need to validate your choice and modify the technology to meet your specific requirements.

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RNR 263 - Shopify Goes React Native!

In this episode, Jamon, Robin, and Mazen are joined by Colin Gray, Principle Engineer at Shopify. We'll be diving into Shopify's journey with React Native, examining the challenges they faced, and also the successes that have come along with adopting React Native.

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Editor-in-chief: Jon Major Condon, Infinite Red

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