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Issue 19: React Native 0.51

0.51 Highlights, Android Lock Pattern in React Native, Learn to Build an Instagram Clone, and more

Weekly Update

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React Native

React Native 0.51

React Native was tagged with 0.51 this week. You can catch the full release notes here but here are some highlights:

• New styling rules for padding, margin, and border
• visible-password for TextInput.keyboardType on Android
• Partial rounded border support 👏🏻

Around the Web

• Android Pattern Lock with React Native and Expo

Learn how to reproduce the Android lock pattern in React Native and Expo from Audy Tanudjaja. Note: If you’ve already ejected from Expo or used initto create your app you'll want to look for the react-native-svg project to complete this example.

• Build an Instagram feed app with just javascript (using Expo & React Native)

Learn how to build an Instagram clone with this great tutorial from Samee Siddiqui.

• Tooling in React Native / Javascript

A lot of good tips on setting up an awesome development environment similar to the one we use everyday with React Native from Brad Dunn.

Open Source

• react-native-typography

Pixel–perfect, native–looking typographic styles for React Native

• reason-react-native-scripts

Experimental scripts for create-react-native-app for ReasonML 👀

• react-native-async-storage-dev-menu-item

Adds an option to the React Native debug menu to show you the contents of AsyncStorage

Sponsored

React Native Themes from Strap UI

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Design

• The Ultimate UX Guide to Color Design

Everyone should know at least a bit of color theory and this great article from Justin Baker gets you started.

• UI/UX Case: My Car parking

Excellent case study from Johny vino on a car parking app.

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