WILR1: React Native Basics

Here’s a brain dump of everything I learned this week about React Native.

I’m trying out a new format where I ramble and don’t edit anything.

Code: https://github.com/pagekeysolutions/example-react-native

Timestamps

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:40 Installing Dependencies - npm, yarn, expo
• 3:25 Generating the project - expo init
• 4:55 Looking at template app
• 6:16 Blank typescript app
• 6:40 Adding a button
• 7:50 Watch out for Divs and Raw Text
• 11:00 Implementing Navigation
• 17:50 Managing State with React Hooks
• 18:30 useState hook
• 20:45 Async Storage for Persistence / Saving Data
• 22:33 AsyncStorage setItem
• 23:50 AsyncStorage getItem with useEffect hook
• 27:20 How to specify styles