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A. YudinBuilding Versatile Mobile Apps with Python and RESThttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6333-4_5

5. Introduction to React Native

Art Yudin1  
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New York, NY, USA
 

After we have assembled our application with React, it would be a good time to get familiar with React Native. In this chapter, we will set up general environments for iOS and Android mobile platforms and talk about different simulation and testing options. We will get a feel of React Native and see how it interacts with native mobile elements. By the end of this chapter we will have a core structure for our mobile app.

Setting up the development environment

Before we get to the coding part, we need to choose one of the two methods to launch our mobile project. The ...

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