Issue #47

Hey Newsletter Readers!

We've got some pretty cool articles in this issue ranging from layouts, to push notifications, to device orientation...not to mention - highlights from React Europe 2017!

So sit back and relax because this issue has plenty of articles and videos for your enjoyment as well as some nifty modules to try in your own projects!

Enjoy!

Executive Editor,
Frank von Hoven at Infinite Red

Assorted Good Things

Pixel Perfect Cloud Images in React Native

A technique to ensure that displayed images are optimized for screen resolution.

Introducing Glamorous for React Native

A complimentary component library from Glamorous, inspired by styled-components and jsxstyle for styling React Native Components.

Prettier, for React Native

An in-depth explanation of Prettier.

Learning to Test React Native with Jest — Part 1

Setting up and running tests with Jest.

More Platforms, More Choices, More Power: Visual Studio Mobile Center at Build

Cool Updates to Visual Studio Mobile Center:

Deploy to Store
Windows Support
New Test Frameworks: XCUITest and Espresso
Visual Studio Team Services and Bitbucket Integration
A New Push Service

Build your own Instagram using React Native

Build an Instagram-esque app, using Cloudinary as the CDN Cloud Service to store and retrieve the images.

Responsive UIs in React Native

Supporting a landscape UI in your React Native app.

Build a React Native Music App Tutorial - Part 1

Build a basic audio player app utilizing SoundCloud!

React Europe & Media

React-Europe 2017

A very nice summary of React Europe 2017.

Integrating React Native with Native Infrastructure

Incremental React Native adoption within an already established native app.

A Thousand Ways to Navigate in React Native

An overview of the many navigation options available in React Native.

A Novel Approach to Declarative Animations in React Native

Best practices on animations and how to implement them in React Native with a deep dive into a new strictly declarative approach.

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Highlights from the community

detox

Gray Box E2E Tests and Automation Library for Mobile Apps.

react-native-linkedin-login

react-native-camera-kit

Advanced native camera control with pre-defined aspect ratio, crop, etc.

react-native-conductor

Orchestrate animations across components in one place.

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Stream iOS & Android Native Apps in the Browser. For embedding apps in websites, development, client demos, testing and more.

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