React Native Newsletter

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.

	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.

	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).

	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.

	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.

	Twitter Profile Clone
	Twitter Profile clone with React Native and Reanimated 3.

	My Plants App
	My Plants is a free and open source mobile app that helps to manage watering of plants.

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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. Listen to all episodes. Listen & subscribe! ⇢

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

Message from the editor

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.

Expo image 1.2 is out with ThumbHash support

How Migrating from Vanilla Redux to Redux Toolkit Improved State Management in Shopify POS

Make an interactive keyboard on Android with React Native Keyboard Controller

Coming Soon: Environmental Variables in Expo

Open source highlights from the React Native community

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

Twitter Profile Clone

My Plants App

RNR 263 - Shopify Goes React Native!

That’s a wrap!

Have a submission for an article or open source project? Send those links here! View all past issues, or invite a friend to join the newsletter!

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