React Native Newsletter

This week’s issue features articles about a Chain React 2023 retrospective and an Android Flash Tool

Hello readers!

Let's kick off this issue with a retrospective of mobile development trends from Chain React 2023, written by Cecelia Martinez from the Appflow team at Ionic. This article delves into presentations at the conference and how React Native developers can apply what they learned from them to improve their apps.

Speaking of Chain React 2023, a link to a YouTube playlist of presentations at Chain React 2023 is now available from this Tweet.

An engineer at Infinite Red needed an Android device running Android 11 to test some specific geolocation issues for a project. Unfortunately, all his android devices (5 of them) were set up with Android 12 and 13. He dusted off his old Pixel 5 and started looking at how to downgrade 12 -> 11. Then he found this site that basically walks you through EVERY step of the way! So now you too can test any Android build version on a physical device. Check it out here.

The latest React Native releases are:

Release 0.71.11
Pre-Release 0.72.0-RC.6 (Golden Release Candidate)

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

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.

	Mobile development trends from Chain React
	Here are some of the main mobile development trends highlighted at Chain React 2023, along with resources for implementing these for your own React Native app development.

	Some useful linter rules for React Native
	Evan Bacon (Author of Expo Router and Expo CLI, creator of Config Plugins) presents useful linter rules for React Native.

	Expo Config Plugin that can easily add native targets like Widgets, App Clips, Safari and Share extensions, etc, to an iOS app
	New experimental Expo config for writing widgets in iOS.

	Android Flash Tool
	You can use this tool to install Android builds on your devices.

	Help us Kotlin-ify React Native tests
	Meta is kicking off the migration of React Native core from Java to Kotlin as a community effort!

	Revolutionizing Focus Management in TV Applications with React Native
	Revolutionizing Focus Management in TV Applications with React Native - a write up on focus management platform differences, pitfalls, and PR contributions to improve the experience.

	reactotron-react-native-mmkv
	For Reactotron users, we have a new plugin: reactotron-react-native-mmkv! Now you can automatically log writes to your react-native-mmkv instance in Reactotron.

Expo in-app purchases made easy

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⇢

Open source highlights from the React Native community

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

	React Native Colo-Loco v.1.1.0
	Colo Loco will find your colocated native files, automatically linking them up to the Xcode and Android Studio projects, so you can focus on your code.

	Pull to Action
	Nice animation work on this one. An Expo snack link is provided in the Tweet.

The React Native EU conference brings the best React Native minds in one place on Sept 7-8

What does React Native EU stand for?

Hi-tech presentations
Top expert speakers
Global networking
Workshops with Core Contributors

We already know who is going to speak on the RNEU stage in 2023. Check a dedicated speakers' section to find out more!

Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn from the best, connect with the community, and unleash new potential.

Join React Native EU ⇢

	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 269 - React Native VisionCamera v3 with Marc Rousavy
	Jamon and Mazen sit down with Marc Rousavy to talk about the latest version of his popular React Native library, React Native VisionCamera. 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 a Chain React 2023 retrospective and an Android Flash Tool

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.

Some useful linter rules for React Native

Expo Config Plugin that can easily add native targets like Widgets, App Clips, Safari and Share extensions, etc, to an iOS app

Android Flash Tool

Help us Kotlin-ify React Native tests

Revolutionizing Focus Management in TV Applications with React Native

reactotron-react-native-mmkv

Open source highlights from the React Native community

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

React Native Colo-Loco v.1.1.0

Pull to Action

RNR 269 - React Native VisionCamera v3 with Marc Rousavy

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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