Issue 103

Issue #103

Hey Readers!

A new Pressable component is coming to React Native in 0.63 to make building touchable elements much nicer!
In other news, the Facebook Messenger team published a blog post about the rewrite of their native app, and Dan Abramov wrote a great piece addressing what it means for the React Native community that you should definitely check out here.

Enjoy!

Editor-in-Chief,
Frank von Hoven at Infinite Red

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Broadcast your ReactNative app to your TV with this library.

react-use

A great library, complete with Storybook demos, of over 50 custom React hooks!

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