Expo SDK 41 beta is now available

Expo hits 41 in their beta SDK. Still based on RN 0.63, but some important changes to note such as dropping iOS 10. See their blog for more details.

expo.io  

On the way to React Navigation 6.0

React Navigation hits 6.0 prerelease status! Comes with a blog post highlighting some of the big changes and what to watch for.

reactnavigation.org  

Best Build Platforms for React Native Apps in 2021

Nicely compiled list of some of your choices out there for building RN apps in the cloud.

plainenglish.io  

Free Chat & Activity Feed APIs for Qualifying Teams

The Stream Maker Account provides qualifying teams with full and free access to Stream's Chat and Activity Feed APIs, making them accessible to side projects and new startups. No credit card is required.

getstream.io  

We achieved a 75% reduction in our android app download size! Here’s how…

Learn how the team at OYO Workspaces used some simple techniques to cut their bundle size down a ton!

medium.com  

Tracking events inside React(-Native) applications using HOCs

If you're not familiar with how to utilize HOCs, the team at Picnic wrote up this nice piece on how they utilize them for tracking purposes in their app.

picnic.nl  

How we added an animated Splash Screen to our React Native app

Learn how the team at Getsafe created an animated splash screen in JS.

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appbaseio/searchbox: Lightweight and performance oriented search box UI component libraries for React, Vue, React Native, JS and Android

akvelon/react-native-sms-user-consent: React Native wrapper for Android's SMS User Consent API, ready to use in React Native apps with minimum effort.

tsdmrfth/react-native-steve: React Native horizontal scroll view component as seen on Clubhouse tags

eveningkid/react-native-popable: Popovers, tooltips for React Native

4TWIGGERS/react-native-broken-ui

plahteenlahti/netli.fyi-app: Home of Netli.fyi react-native app for managing Netlify sites and deployments

codeninja02/Turbo-Browser: Simple & Secure Internet mobile browser built on React Native.

intergalacticspacehighway/react-native-popper: Helps you create customizable and accessible Popovers / Tooltips with React Native.

nandorojo/react-native-anchors: 🦅 Anchor links and scroll-to utilities for React Native (+ Web)

roam-ai/roam-reactnative: React Native Location SDK. High accuracy and battery efficient location SDK for iOS and Android by Roam.ai

plahteenlahti/vercelly-app: React Native app for managing Vercel projects and deployments

othiagobruno/rn-skrull: React Native Skrull - A complete ui library to react native

idanlevi1/react-native-clipboard-toast: React Native Clipboard API with Animated toast message component

Running React Native on the Nokia 3310

William outdoes himself this time 😂

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Add comments about WHY code exists, not what it does

A good piece of advice for all developers out there

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