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Contents About 1 ................................................................................................................................................................................... Chapter 1: Getting started with React Native 2 ................................................................................................ Section 1.1: Setup for Mac 2 ............................................................................................................................................. Section 1.2: Setup for Linux (Ubuntu) 8 .......................................................................................................................... Section 1.3: Setup for Windows 10 .................................................................................................................................. Chapter 2: Hello World 12 ............................................................................................................................................. Section 2.1: Editing index.ios.js or index.android.js 12 ................................................................................................... Section 2.2: Hello world! 12 .............................................................................................................................................. Chapter 3: Props 13 .......................................................................................................................................................... Section 3.1: PropTypes 13 ................................................................................................................................................ Section 3.2: What are props? 14 ..................................................................................................................................... Section 3.3: Use of props 14 ............................................................................................................................................ Section 3.4: Default Props 15 .......................................................................................................................................... Chapter 4: Multiple props rendering 16 ................................................................................................................ Section 4.1: render multiple variables 16 ........................................................................................................................ Chapter 5: Modal 17 ........................................................................................................................................................ Section 5.1: Modal Basic Example 17 .............................................................................................................................. Section 5.2: Transparent Modal Example 18 ................................................................................................................. Chapter 6: State 20 .......................................................................................................................................................... Section 6.1: setState 20 ..................................................................................................................................................... Section 6.2: Initialize State 22 .......................................................................................................................................... Chapter 7: Routing 23 ..................................................................................................................................................... Section 7.1: Navigator component 23 ............................................................................................................................. Chapter 8: Styling 24 ....................................................................................................................................................... Section 8.1: Conditional Styling 24 .................................................................................................................................. Section 8.2: Styling using inline styles 24 ....................................................................................................................... Section 8.3: Styling using a stylesheet 24 ...................................................................................................................... Section 8.4: Adding multiple styles 24 ............................................................................................................................ Chapter 9: Layout 26 ....................................................................................................................................................... Section 9.1: Flexbox 26 ...................................................................................................................................................... Chapter 10: Components 35 ......................................................................................................................................... Section 10.1: Basic Component 35 ................................................................................................................................... Section 10.2: Stateful Component 35 .............................................................................................................................. Section 10.3: Stateless Component 35 ............................................................................................................................ Chapter 11: ListView 37 ................................................................................................................................................... Section 11.1: Simple Example 37 ....................................................................................................................................... Chapter 12: RefreshControl with ListView 38 ...................................................................................................... Section 12.1: Refresh Control with ListView Full Example 38 ........................................................................................ Section 12.2: Refresh Control 39 ..................................................................................................................................... Section 12.3: onRefresh function Example 39 ................................................................................................................ Chapter 13: WebView 41 ................................................................................................................................................ Section 13.1: Simple component using webview 41 ....................................................................................................... Chapter 14: Command Line Instructions 42 ........................................................................................................ Section 14.1: Check version installed 42 .......................................................................................................................... Section 14.2: Initialize and getting started with React Native project 42 ....................................................................

Section 14.3: Upgrade existing project to latest RN version 42 ................................................................................... Section 14.4: Add android project for your app 42 ....................................................................................................... Section 14.5: Logging 43 .................................................................................................................................................. Section 14.6: Start React Native Packager 43 ............................................................................................................... Chapter 15: HTTP Requests 44 ................................................................................................................................... Section 15.1: Using Promises with the fetch API and Redux 44 .................................................................................... Section 15.2: HTTP with the fetch API 44 ........................................................................................................................ Section 15.3: Networking with XMLHttpRequest 45 ....................................................................................................... Section 15.4: WebSockets 45 ........................................................................................................................................... Section 15.5: Http with axios 45 ....................................................................................................................................... Section 15.6: Web Socket with Socket.io 47 .................................................................................................................... Chapter 16: Platform Module 49 ................................................................................................................................ Section 16.1: Find the OS Type/Version 49 ..................................................................................................................... Chapter 17: Images 50 .................................................................................................................................................... Section 17.1: Image Module 50 ......................................................................................................................................... Section 17.2: Image Example 50 ...................................................................................................................................... Section 17.3: Conditional Image Source 50 .................................................................................................................... Section 17.4: Using variable for image path 50 ............................................................................................................. Section 17.5: To fit an Image 51 ...................................................................................................................................... Chapter 18: Custom Fonts 52 ...................................................................................................................................... Section 18.1: Custom fonts for both Android and IOS 52 .............................................................................................. Section 18.2: Steps to use custom fonts in React Native (Android) 53 ....................................................................... Section 18.3: Steps to use custom fonts in React Native (iOS) 53 ............................................................................... Chapter 19: Animation API 56 ...................................................................................................................................... Section 19.1: Animate an Image 56 ................................................................................................................................. Chapter 20: Android - Hardware Back Button 57 ............................................................................................ Section 20.1: Detect Hardware back button presses in Android 57 ............................................................................ Section 20.2: Example of BackAndroid along with Navigator 57 ............................................................................... Section 20.3: Hardware back button handling using BackHandler and Navigation Properties (without using deprecated BackAndroid & deprecated Navigator) 58 ............................................................................. Section 20.4: Example of Hardware back button detection using BackHandler 59 ................................................. Chapter 21: Run an app on device (Android Version) 60 .............................................................................. Section 21.1: Running an app on Android Device 60 ..................................................................................................... Chapter 22: Native Modules 61 .................................................................................................................................. Section 22.1: Create your Native Module (IOS) 61 ........................................................................................................ Chapter 23: Linking Native API 63 ............................................................................................................................. Section 23.1: Outgoing Links 63 ....................................................................................................................................... Section 23.2: Incomming Links 63 ................................................................................................................................... Chapter 24: ESLint in React Native 65 ................................................................................................................... Section 24.1: How to start 65 ........................................................................................................................................... Chapter 25: Integration with Firebase for Authentication 66 .................................................................... Section 25.1: Authentication In React Native Using Firebase 66 .................................................................................. Section 25.2: React Native - ListView with Firebase 66 ................................................................................................ Chapter 26: Navigator Best Practices 69 .............................................................................................................. Section 26.1: Navigator 69 ............................................................................................................................................... Section 26.2: Use react-navigation for navigation in react native apps 71 ............................................................... Section 26.3: react-native Navigation with react-native-router-flux 72 ..................................................................... Chapter 27: Navigator with buttons injected from pages 74 ....................................................................

Section 27.1: Introduction 74 ............................................................................................................................................ Section 27.2: Full commented example 74 .................................................................................................................... Chapter 28: Create a shareable APK for android 77 ...................................................................................... Section 28.1: Create a key to sign the APK 77 ............................................................................................................... Section 28.2: Once the key is generated, use it to generate the installable build: 77 ............................................... Section 28.3: Generate the build using gradle 77 ......................................................................................................... Section 28.4: Upload or share the generated APK 77 .................................................................................................. Chapter 29: PushNotification 78 ................................................................................................................................ Section 29.1: Push Notification Simple Setup 78 ............................................................................................................ Section 29.2: Navigating to scene from Notification 80 ............................................................................................... Chapter 30: Render Best Practises 82 .................................................................................................................... Section 30.1: Functions in JSX 82 .................................................................................................................................... Chapter 31: Debugging 83 ............................................................................................................................................. Section 31.1: Start Remote JS Debugging in Android 83 .............................................................................................. Section 31.2: Using console.log() 83 ................................................................................................................................ Chapter 32: Unit Testing 84 ......................................................................................................................................... Section 32.1: Unit Test In React Native Using Jest 84 ................................................................................................... Credits 85 .............................................................................................................................................................................. You may also like 87 ........................................................................................................................................................

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 1 About Please feel free to share this PDF with anyone for free, latest version of this book can be downloaded from: https://goalkicker.com/ReactNativeBook This React Native Notes for Professionals book is compiled from Stack Overflow Documentation, the content is written by the beautiful people at Stack Overflow. Text content is released under Creative Commons BY-SA, see credits at the end of this book whom contributed to the various chapters. Images may be copyright of their respective owners unless otherwise specified This is an unofficial free book created for educational purposes and is not affiliated with official React Native group(s) or company(s) nor Stack Overflow. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective company owners The information presented in this book is not guaranteed to be correct nor accurate, use at your own risk Please send feedback and corrections to web@petercv.com

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 2 Chapter 1: Getting started with React Native Section 1.1: Setup for Mac Installing package manager Homebrew brew Paste that at a Terminal prompt. /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" Installing Xcode IDE Download it using link below or find it on Mac App Store https://developer.apple.com/download/ NOTE: If you have Xcode-beta.app installed along with production version of Xcode.app, make sure you are using production version of xcodebuild tool. You can set it with: sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/ Installing Android environment Git git *If you have installed XCode, Git is already installed, otherwise run the following brew install git Latest JDK Android Studio Choose a Custom installation

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 3 Choose both Performance and Android Virtual Device

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 4 After installation, choose Configure -> SDK Manager from the Android Studio welcome window.

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 5 In the SDK Platforms window, choose Show Package Details and under Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), make sure that Google APIs, Intel x86 Atom System Image, Intel x86 Atom_64 System Image, and Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64 System Image are checked.

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 6 In the SDK Tools window, choose Show Package Details and under Android SDK Build Tools, make sure that Android SDK Build-Tools 23.0.1 is selected.

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 7 Environment Variable ANDROID_HOME Ensure the ANDROID_HOME environment variable points to your existing Android SDK. To do that, add this to your ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile (or whatever your shell uses) and re-open your terminal: If you installed the SDK without Android Studio, then it may be something like: /usr/local/opt/android-sdk export ANDROID_HOME=~/Library/Android/sdk Dependencies for Mac You will need Xcode for iOS and Android Studio for android, node.js, the React Native command line tools, and Watchman. We recommend installing node and watchman via Homebrew. brew install node brew install watchman Watchman is a tool by Facebook for watching changes in the filesystem. It is highly recommended you install it for better performance. It is optional. Node comes with npm, which lets you install the React Native command line interface. npm install -g react-native-cli If you get a permission error, try with sudo: sudo npm install -g react-native-cli. For iOS the easiest way to install Xcode is via the Mac App Store. And for android download and install Android Studio. If you plan to make changes in Java code, we recommend Gradle Daemon which speeds up the build. Testing your React Native Installation Use the React Native command line tools to generate a new React Native project called "AwesomeProject", then run react-native run-ios inside the newly created folder. react-native init AwesomeProject cd AwesomeProject react-native run-ios You should see your new app running in the iOS Simulator shortly. react-native run-ios is just one way to run your app - you can also run it directly from within Xcode or Nuclide. Modifying your app Now that you have successfully run the app, let's modify it. Open index.ios.js or index.android.js in your text editor of choice and edit some lines.

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 8 Hit Command⌘ + R in your iOS Simulator to reload the app and see your change! That's it! Congratulations! You've successfully run and modified your first React Native app. source: Getting Started - React-Native Section 1.2: Setup for Linux (Ubuntu) 1) Setup Node.JS Start the terminal and run the following commands to install nodeJS: curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install nodejs If node command is unavailable sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node Alternatives NodeJS instalations: curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs or curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs check if you have the current version node -v Run the npm to install the react-native sudo npm install -g react-native-cli 2) Setup Java sudo apt-get install lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 openjdk-7-jdk 3) Setup Android Studio: Android SDK or Android Studio http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html Android SDK e ENV export ANDROID_HOME=/YOUR/LOCAL/ANDROID/SDK export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools 4) Setup emulator: On the terminal run the command android Select "SDK Platforms" from within the SDK Manager and you should see a blue checkmark next to "Android 7.0

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 9 (Nougat)". In case it is not, click on the checkbox and then "Apply". 5) Start a project Example app init react-native init ReactNativeDemo && cd ReactNativeDemo Obs: Always check if the version on android/app/build.gradle is the same as the Build Tools downloaded on your android SDK android { compileSdkVersion XX buildToolsVersion "XX.X.X" ... 6) Run the project Open Android AVD to set up a virtual android. Execute the command line: android avd Follow the instructions to create a virtual device and start it Open another terminal and run the command lines: react-native run-android

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 10 react-native start Section 1.3: Setup for Windows Note: You cannot develop react-native apps for iOS on Windows, only react-native android apps. The official setup docs for react-native on windows can be found here. If you need more details there is a granular guide here. Tools/Environment Windows 10 command line tool (eg Powershell or windows command line) Chocolatey (steps to setup via PowerShell) The JDK (version 8) Android Studio An Intel machine with Virtualization technology enabled for HAXM (optional, only needed if you want to use an emulator) 1) Setup your machine for react native development Start the command line as an administrator run the following commands: choco install nodejs.install choco install python2 Restart command line as an administrator so you can run npm npm install -g react-native-cli After running the last command copy the directory that react-native was installed in. You will need this for Step 4. I tried this on two computers in one case it was: C:\Program Files (x86)\Nodist\v-x64\6.2.2. In the other it was: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\npm 2) Set your Environment Variables A Step by Step guide with images can be found here for this section. Open the Environment Variables window by navigating to: [Right click] "Start" menu -> System -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables In the bottom section find the "Path" System Variable and add the location that react-native was installed to in step 1. If you haven't added an ANDROID_HOME environment variable you will have to do that here too. While still in the "Environment Variables" window, add a new System Variable with the name "ANDROID_HOME" and value as the path to your android sdk. Then restart the command line as an admin so you can run react-native commands in it. 3) Create your project In command line, navigate to the folder you want to place your project and run the following command: react-native init ProjectName

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 11 4) Run your project Start an emulator from android studio Navigate to the root directory of your project in command line and run it: cd ProjectName react-native run-android You may run into dependency issues. For example, there may be an error that you do not have the correct build tools version. To fix this you will have to open the sdk manager in Android Studio and download the build tools from there. Congrats! To refresh the ui you can press the r key twice while in the emulator and running the app. To see developer options you can press ctrl + m.

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 12 Chapter 2: Hello World Section 2.1: Editing index.ios.js or index.android.js Open index.ios.js or index.android.js and delete everything between the <View> </View>. After that, write <Text> Hello World! </Text> and run the emulator. You should see Hello World! written on the screen! Congrats! You've successfully written your first Hello World! Section 2.2: Hello world! import React, { Component } from 'react'; import { AppRegistry, Text } from 'react-native'; class HelloWorldApp extends Component { render() { return ( <Text>Hello world!</Text> ); } } AppRegistry.registerComponent('HelloWorldApp', () => HelloWorldApp);

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 13 Chapter 3: Props Props, or properties, are data that is passed to child components in a React application. React components render UI elements based on their props and their internal state. The props that a component takes (and uses) defines how it can be controlled from the outside. Section 3.1: PropTypes The prop-types package allows you to add runtime type checking to your component that ensures the types of the props passed to the component are correct. For instance, if you don't pass a name or isYummy prop to the component below it will throw an error in development mode. In production mode the prop type checks are not done. Defining propTypes can make your component more readable and maintainable. import React, { Component } from 'react'; import PropTypes from 'prop-types'; import { AppRegistry, Text, View } from 'react-native'; import styles from './styles.js'; class Recipe extends Component { static propTypes = { name: PropTypes.string.isRequired, isYummy: PropTypes.bool.isRequired } render() { return ( <View style={styles.container}> <Text>{this.props.name}</Text> {this.props.isYummy ? <Text>THIS RECIPE IS YUMMY</Text> : null} </View> ) } } AppRegistry.registerComponent('Recipe', () => Recipe); // Using the component <Recipe name="Pancakes" isYummy={true} /> Multiple PropTypes You can also have multiple propTypes for one props. For example, the name props I'm taking can also be an object, I can write it as. static propTypes = { name: PropTypes.oneOfType([ PropTypes.string, PropTypes.object ]) } Children Props There is also a special props called children, which is not passed in like

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 14 <Recipe children={something}/> Instead, you should do this <Recipe> <Text>Hello React Native</Text> </Recipe> then you can do this in Recipe's render: return ( <View style={styles.container}> {this.props.children} {this.props.isYummy ? <Text>THIS RECIPE IS YUMMY</Text> : null} </View> ) You will have a <Text> component in your Recipe saying Hello React Native, pretty cool hum? And the propType of children is children: PropTypes.node Section 3.2: What are props? Props are used to transfer data from parent to child component. Props are read only. Child component can only get the props passed from parent using this.props.keyName. Using props one can make his component reusable. Section 3.3: Use of props Once setup is completed. Copy the code below to index.android.js or to index.ios.js file to use the props. import React, { Component } from 'react'; import { AppRegistry, Text, View } from 'react-native'; class Greeting extends Component { render() { return ( <Text>Hello {this.props.name}!</Text> ); } } class LotsOfGreetings extends Component { render() { return ( <View style={{alignItems: 'center'}}> <Greeting name='Rexxar' /> <Greeting name='Jaina' /> <Greeting name='Valeera' /> </View> ); } } AppRegistry.registerComponent('LotsOfGreetings', () => LotsOfGreetings);

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 15 Using props one can make his component generic. For example, you have a Button component. You can pass different props to that component, so that one can place that button anywhere in his view. source: Props-React Native Section 3.4: Default Props defaultProps allows you to set default prop values for your component. In the below example if you do not pass the name props, it will display John otherwise it will display the passed value class Example extends Component { render() { return ( <View> <Text>{this.props.name}</Text> </View> ) } } Example.defaultProps = { name: 'John' }

GoalKicker.com – React Native Notes for Professionals 16 Chapter 4: Multiple props rendering Section 4.1: render multiple variables For rendering multiple props or variables we can use ``. render() { let firstName = 'test'; let lastName = 'name'; return ( <View style={styles.container}> <Text>{`${firstName} ${lastName}` } </Text> </View> ); } Output: test name