773: React Native with Robin Heinze

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Wes Bos

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🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Scott and Wes dish out a feast with Robin Heinze from Infinite Red, diving into the world of React Native. They discuss how React Native differs from other webview platforms, highlight popular apps built with it, and serve up essential tools and libraries to spice up every React Native project. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:13 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 01:30 React Native is different than Cordova or other webview platforms. 04:18 Is there a ‘write once deploy everywhere’ aspect? 05:48 What are some React Native apps people may not realize? Mercari: Buying & Selling App. 07:13 What about Twitter + Facebook? 09:15 What is Expo? Is Expo Required? expo.dev. 13:27 Does it require a Mac to build an iOS app? 14:58 React Native and routing. Expo Router. 16:56 How do native apps normally work without a URL? 18:35 Can you use CSS with React Native? 20:27 Do React Native or Tamagui translate to CSS or Yoga? Tamagui. Yoga Layout. 21:02 React Native app styling on Android and iOS. 22:20 React Native’s own JavaScript engine. React Native Docs: Using Hermes. 23:30 Does Hermes have full JS support? 23:52 What is the new architecture of React Native? New Architecture. React Native JSI. 26:11 Avoiding translation errors. 27:24 Will this change break a lot of older React Native apps? 28:24 Has React Native improved update stability? 29:55 Where else can React Native run? 32:52 JavaScript on smart TVs and other smart devices. 33:57 Bridging to native APIs. Tauri. 37:14 State management. Redux.js. MobX State Tree. 39:30 What are some tools + libraries that you install on most projects? JestJS. Maestro. Detox. 41:58 How do you manage authentication? 44:55 Does Facebook use React Native? 47:15 Supper Club Questions. 50:29 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Robin: Awesome Sock Club Wes’ X Post. Shameless Plugs Guest: Infinite Red, ChainReactConf, React Native Radio. Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott:X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

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0:00.0	Welcome to Syntax. Today we have a show for you on React Native. It's actually not something we've talked about a whole lot. We talk about React quite a bit on this thing, this podcast, but we are usually talking about it in regards to building web apps and
0:15.5	and going straight to straight to the DOM so react native is this whole other part of
0:20.5	the react world where quite honestly I think a lot of your skill set would
0:25.6	apply to so we've got Robin Heinz on she's a director of engineering at
0:29.7	Infinite Red which is a React Native consulting company,
0:33.7	and she's also the co-host or host of the React Native radio podcast.
0:38.7	So we're doing a little switchy switch,
0:42.3	little podcast here.
0:43.4	Crossover edition.
0:44.9	Yeah, exactly.
0:46.7	Yeah, cross over.
0:47.8	So we will also be coming on the React Native radio as well.
0:51.9	Maybe I had to talk a little bit more about web
0:54.1	deaf but welcome thanks so much for coming on yeah I'm really happy to be here
0:57.5	thanks for having yeah it's a it's really exciting to talk react native I did a
1:02.0	course on react native a while ago and have since
1:04.3	completely fallen out of that sphere so I have a lot of questions for you.
1:08.8	Well I hopefully have a lot of answers. Yeah, yeah, and you know who else has answers,
1:15.1	Century has answers for bugs within your iOS and Android apps.
1:18.2	That's right, Century works with iOS and Android.
1:21.4	Head on number to Century.io forward slash, sign up and get two months for free.
1:25.0	Century presents this podcast.
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