Practical React Native: Build Two Full Projects and One Full Game using React Native

© Frank Zammetti 2018

Frank ZammettiPractical React Nativehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3939-1_1

1. React Native: A Gentle Introduction

Frank Zammetti¹ 

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Pottstown, PA, USA

 

Building a mobile app is no easy task! The wide variety of devices in the world makes it difficult to target them all effectively. The situation has stabilized a lot from the “olden” days (you know, like five whole years ago or so), when you had to consider iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, Blackberry OS, webOS, Tizen, and probably some others now consigned to the dustbin of history. Today, it’s a two-horse race between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.

But, that doesn’t automatically mean it’s much easier now. After all, these two platforms are still radically different in ...