4 Introduction to styling

This chapter covers

  • Styling using JavaScript
  • Applying and organizing styles
  • Applying styles to View components
  • Applying styles to Text components

It takes talent to build mobile applications, but it takes style to make them great. If you’re a graphic designer, you know this intuitively, deep in your bones. If you’re a developer, you’re probably groaning and rolling your eyes. In either case, understanding the fundamentals of styling Reactive Native components is critical to making an engaging application that others want to use.

In all likelihood, you have some experience with CSS, even if it’s nothing more than seeing the syntax. You can easily understand what a CSS rule like background-color: 'red' is meant ...

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