React Native Newsletter

This week’s issue features articles about React Native Reanimated and Ignite v8.7.0

Hello readers! This is the last issue of the React Native Newsletter to be published before going on a brief hiatus while we host the upcoming 4th Annual Chain React conference in Portland, OR. It kicks off with React Native workshops on May 17, followed by the conference itself on May 18 and May 19.

Check out the Tweet about React Native Reanimated: Entering Animations, then jump directly into the excellent documentation about it to learn about layout animation techniques you can use for your own React Native apps.

We're also proud to announce the release of Ignite v8.7.0 This Tweet from mobile.dev highlights the shift from Detox to Maestro for E2E testing

The latest React Native releases are:

Release 0 .71.7
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.

	ProtoNative: a dynamic React Native prototyping tool
	Learn about this desktop prototyping tool, built in Electron, which makes it easy for you to mock up the layout of your app and export the resulting code files.

	React Native Reanimated: Entering Animations
	Amazing use of Layout Animations with React Native Reanimated.

	Samsung+Android TextInput issues: patches for RN 69 and 68 are out.
	Reddit article about the React Native team patching multi-line text input issues for Android.

	Announcing Ignite v8.7.0
	The latest version of Ignite includes support for Maestro E2E testing. You can also check out a beta of an upcoming 8.8.0 version that includes support for Expo SDK 48 and react-native 0.71.7.

	Lorenzo on recent React Native release activity
	Lorenzo shares interesting stats on recent React Native releases.

	React Native macOS is now on v0.71!
	This release catches macOS up to the latest stable of React Native.

Streamline React Native releases: May 25th webinar

Join our webinar to learn how top React Native teams like Wealthsimple and ClassPass use Runway to simplify their release process. See how the platform bridges Apple, Google & OTA worlds to unlock the full value of building cross-platform through the entire development lifecycle.

Register here⇢

Open source highlights from the React Native community

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

	Chain React App 2023
	THE CHAIN REACT 2023 APP - This app features everything you need for the upcoming conference + an AI concierge to help you with your questions! Check it out to see how Infinite Red developers leverage the powerful Ignite React Native boilerplate to create an app.

	Expensify
	Expensify gives an unprecedented amount of transparency and access to their suite of apps, and their main app is written in React Native.

Quickly add subscriptions to your Expo app

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use RevenueCat to add in-app purchases and subscriptions. Our open-source framework provides a backend and a wrapper around Apple's StoreKit and Google Play Billing to make implementing in-app purchases and subscriptions easy.

Learn more ⇢

	Become a sponsor: Send us a few details about your event, company, blog, or project and we'll supply the 2,000+ sets of eyeballs.

	RNR 265 - Chain React is Back!!
	Chain React is back!! Our hosts Robin and Mazen are joined by Gant Laborde and Justin Huskey to chat about the return of the wildly popular React Native conference. Listen to all episodes. Listen & subscribe! ⇢

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

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This week’s issue features articles about React Native Reanimated and Ignite v8.7.0

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.

ProtoNative: a dynamic React Native prototyping tool

React Native Reanimated: Entering Animations

Samsung+Android TextInput issues: patches for RN 69 and 68 are out.

Announcing Ignite v8.7.0

Lorenzo on recent React Native release activity

React Native macOS is now on v0.71!

Open source highlights from the React Native community

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

Chain React App 2023

Expensify

RNR 265 - Chain React is Back!!

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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