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RNR 311 - Ignite X14 Oct 202400:23:14

Ignite X is here!

Frank Calise stops by, which means it's the start of Ignite season! After nearly a decade of React Native, Infinite Red's popular boilerplate is celebrating a huge milestone with a new release. Mazen and Frank break down everything that's new in Ignite X—don’t miss this deep dive into what’s new!

This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Show Notes

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RNR 310 - Nitro with Marc Rousavy07 Oct 202400:31:47

Our hosts Robin Heinze and Mazen Chami chat with Marc Rousavy about Nitro Modules, a powerful new tool that outperforms both Turbo Modules and Expo Modules. They discuss how its object-oriented design simplifies native module development and enhances React Native’s performance!

This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Show Notes

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RNR 301 - RNR Explains: Using Native Driver for Animated01 Jul 202400:17:58

Jamon and Robin dive into useNativeDriver, the native driver for animations, and explain how it boosts performance and delivers seamless animations in your React Native apps.

This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

 

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RNR 213 - We React to News23 Sep 202100:26:33

Jamon, Jon Major, Mazen, and Harris talk about the latest React Native news, including some recent React Native announcements and Expo news.

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

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RNR 212 - React Native EU Roundup16 Sep 202100:42:10

React Native EU 2021 was fully online and we watched every talk! Jamon, Robin, and Mazen talk about what piqued their interest and what you should know about this React Native focused conference. Also: Jamon shows off his sound bite editing skill….

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

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RNR 211 - Transitioning from Native to React Native at Coinbase08 Sep 202100:52:01

Coinbase’s Brent Walter and Jacob Thornton join the show today to talk about Coinbase’s switch from native to React Native, and discuss how important it is to get buy-in. Great show to listen to if you’re considering this switch too!

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Blogpost announcing Coinbase’s successful transition to React Native.

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RNR 210 - Exploring Shopify’s Restyle with Haris Mahmood01 Sep 202100:42:41

Jamon, Jon Major, and Mazen interview Haris Mahmood about Shopify’s “Restyle” styling system. We talk about why Restyle is TypeScript-first and how it helps scale their styles at Shopify.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Restyle
  2. Polaris Token
  3. Styled System
  4. Shop

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Haris - @harisaurus
  3. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  4. Jon Major - @jonmajorc
  5. Mazen - @mazenchami
RNR 209 - Favorite Third-Party RN Libraries25 Aug 202100:38:46

Robin, Jamon, Jon Major, and new guest-host Mazen Chami introduce their favorite third-party React Native libraries, including GiftedChat, RN Popover, and more! (In fact, Robin had so many we had to cut some out.)

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Awesome React Native 
  2. React Native Gifted Chat
  3. React Native Screens
  4. Victory Native
  5. React Native Calendar Strip

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Jon Major - @jonmajorc
  4. Mazen - @mazenchami
  5. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 208 - React Native 0.6518 Aug 202100:35:14

In this episode, Jamon, Robin, and Jon highlight some of the new additions that you can expect to see in the newly released React Native v0.65. 

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. RootTag & RootTagContext

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Jon Major - @jonmajorc
  4. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 207 - We React to News11 Aug 202100:30:13

In our second “We React to News”, Robin and Jamon discuss Expo 42, Github Copilot, Detox/GenyMotion, and TypeScript 4.4.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. 3D Game Programming for Kids
  2. Fan mail
  3. RNR 191
  4. Expo SDK 42
  5. GenyMotion/Detox blog post
    1. Twitter post from GenyMotion
    2. Twitter post from Detox

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 206 - Designing a React Native app with Justin Huskey and Jenna Fucci04 Aug 202100:46:19

Harris rejoins the team and we talk to the Infinite Red designers about the challenges and aspects of designing for React Native apps.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Sketch
  2. A great blog post from InVision on design systems

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Infinite Red Designers: Twitter, Dribbble, Instagram
  3. Harris - @nomadicspoon
  4. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  5. Jon Major - @jonmajorc
  6. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 205 - Reactotron: Debugging State with Rich Evans23 Jul 202100:37:26

Robin, Jon Major, and Jamon talk with Rich Evans about Reactotron, which is a free desktop app for inspecting and debugging React Native apps.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Reactotron website
  2. Reactotron Github
  3. Flipper
  4. Darin Wilson’s talk about Reactotron at Chain React 2018
  5. Better React Native Debugging with Reactotron in Flipper
  6. Fullstack Labs article

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Jon Major - @jonmajorc
  4. Rich -  @rmevans9
  5. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 204 - Own Your Dependencies with Mark Rickert15 Jul 202100:32:31

Jamon and Jon Major enlist Mark Rickert to help in Robin’s absence. They talk about open source, dependencies, and … skydiving?

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Weird bug 
  2. ProMotion
  3. Mark releasing app while skydiving 
  4. Patch-Package

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Jon Major - @jonmajorc
  4. Mark -  @markrickert
RNR 300 - Special Episode: Ask Us Anything!17 Jun 202400:43:37

Episode 300 special!!

Our hosts celebrate 300 episodes of React Native Radio by taking listener question!  Tune in for this fun "Ask Us Anything" episode where listeners and previous guests submit their burning React Native questions for Jamon, Robin, and Mazen. 

 

Show Notes

Special Thanks to Our Guest Questions

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RNR 203 - React Native Express with Devin Abbott08 Jul 202100:34:46

The React Native Radio team interviews Devin Abbott about his website, React Native Express, which is a great (and free) way to get started learning React Native!

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. React Native Express - we're sponsoring it!
  2. Lona
  3. SourceNote
  4. Deco
  5. RNR 178 with Rachel Nabors

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Devin - @dvnabbott
  3. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  4. Jon Major - @jonmajorc
  5. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 202 - React.js to React Native02 Jul 202100:39:13

What’s it like to go from React.js to React Native development? Jon Major Condon joins Jamon and Robin to talk about the transition from React for web to React for native.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. RNR 182: React Native on the Web with Simon Sturmer 
  2. Boiling React Down to a Few Lines of jQuery
  3. Tweet about React Native Stripe Beta Release

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Jon Major - @jonmajorc
  4. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 201 - We React to News21 Jun 202100:35:32

Robin, Jamon, and new show co-host Jon Major Condon do a brand-new show format called “We React to News”. We talk about five of the biggest stories from the React Native community, including a lot of Expo news.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Viral Tiktok meme
  2. Expo CLI
  3. Coinbase going all-in on RN and their Animated Tabbar in React Native
  4. Stripe’s React Native SDK
  5. CodeCademy Learning React Native course
  6. Ignite 7.0: Making Ignite a multi-platform React Native boilerplate

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Jon Major - @jonmajorc
  4. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 200 - Behind the Scenes at React Native Radio09 Jun 202100:44:20

For the 200th episode, Robin and Jamon are joined by the team behind React Native Radio, Todd, Missy, Justin, and Jed, and talk about how an episode makes it from their mouths to … your ears?

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Izotope RX8
  2. Audition

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Jed - @InfiniteJed
  4. Justin - @justinhuskey
  5. Missy - @MissyWarren_
  6. Robin - @robin_heinze
  7. Todd - @twerth


 

 

RNR 199 - Strategies for Upgrading React Native26 May 202100:30:33

Jamon's back! In this episode, Jamon and Robin discuss strategies that they've learned over the years for upgrading React Native. 

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. "What do you dislike about React Native?" Github Issue
  2. 2019 RN open-source update blog post
  3. React Native Versions
  4. Upgrading React Native
  5. Upgrading Ignite

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 198 - Machine Learning and React Native18 May 202100:33:36

In this episode, Gant, Robin, and Harris discuss machine learning and its growing place in the React Native space. 

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. Hot dog or not, blog post, examples of source code, and app store link
  2. Nick Bostrom's book Super Intelligence
  3. Gant’s Book!
  4. Stanford learning AI course
  5. AI Quickstart Guide
  6. Infinite Red Academy Machine Learning Course

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Gant - @GantLaborde
  3. Harris -  @nomadicspoon
  4. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 197 - The Latest on Native Base with Sanket Sahu04 May 202100:38:21

In this episode, guest host Gant steps in for Jamon while he relaxes in Hawaii. Gant and Robin are joined by Sanket Sanhu, the CEO and founder of Geeky Ants. They discuss Geeky Ants' open-source framework, Native Base - how it came to be, and where it's at now. 

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. Native Base v3 Alpha

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Gant - @GantLaborde
  3. Robin - @robin_heinze
  4. Sanket -  @sanketsahu
RNR 196 - The Art Of Code Review20 Apr 202100:33:25

Robin and Jamon discuss the art of code review -- pairing, empathy, and projector reviews. An NBA trade almost derails the conversation.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. Patricia’s Tweet
  2. Justin’s Tweet

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 195 - React Native 0.6408 Apr 202100:28:00

Harris, Robin, and Jamon look at the newly released React Native 0.64 and go through all the changes, including Hermes on iOS.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. RN 0.64 Release Blog
  2. Hermes
  3. JavaScript engine Wikipedia definition
  4. MDN Proxy 
  5. Proxy vs Reflect

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Harris -  @nomadicspoon
  3. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  4. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 194 - React Native for Junior Developers (and Virtual Coffee) w/ Bekah Hawrot Weigel31 Mar 202100:59:25

In this episode, we are joined by Bekah Hawrot Weigel, founder of Virtual Coffee. We talk about the challenges that junior developers face in the industry as well as React Native specifically.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. Flatiron
  2. Epicodus
  3. Concordia Bootcamp
  4. Virtual Coffee

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Bekah - @BekahHW
  3. Harris -  @nomadicspoon
  4. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  5. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 299 - What to Expect From React Native in 5 Years07 Jun 202400:31:25

Where will React Native be in 5 years? We're here to make bold predictions! Join our hosts, Jamon Holmgren and Robin Heinze, as they gather around a crystal ball with special guest Todd Werth. Not only is he CEO of Infinite Red, he's also the voice behind the wildly popular "brought to you by" jokes at the start of every episode. 

Show Notes

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RNR 193 - Flutter 2 Release18 Mar 202100:37:55

Flutter 2 was released recently, and Robin and Jamon discuss what’s different from Flutter 1, how it compares to React Native, and give their opinions on Flutter and Dart in general.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. Flutter 2 announcement thread
  2. Twitter thread by Sebastien Lorber about Flutter 2 vs RN

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 192 - A day in the life of a React Native developer11 Mar 202101:00:15

Whether you're new to React Native or a seasoned veteran, you'll love this episode! Today, Jamon and Robin talk about what a day in the life of a React Native developer looks like. They discuss tricks of the trade that they've learned along the way, and surprise surprise, Jamon somehow works in another tractor story. 

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. Ignite
  2. XScope

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 191 - Advancements in Expo with Brent Vatne03 Mar 202100:50:21

Jamon and Robin, joined by new guest-host Bryan Stearns, interview Brent Vatne about the new EAS service from Expo!

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. Expo Blog about EAS Build 
  2. Fastlane Gym
  3. Expo docs

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Brent -  @notbrent
  3. Bryan - @bryanstearns
  4. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  5. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 190 - Tips and Tricks for the App Store and Play Store22 Feb 202100:37:43

Adhithi, Robin, and Jamon talk about getting your app through the App Store and Play Store review process and actually onto people’s phones. Plus, Jamon tells about the time he had to cross a river on a boat to deliver software.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. Weird bug: https://github.com/react-native-community/rn-diff-purge
  2. Expedited App Review:  https://developer.apple.com/contact/app-store/?topic=expedite
  3. Fastlane: https://fastlane.tools/
  4. IR Open Source repo: https://github.com/infinitered/open-source/blob/master/Continuous-Deployment-Setup-React-Native.md
  5. Visual Studio App Center: https://appcenter.ms/
  6. Expo over the air updates: https://docs.expo.io/workflow/publishing/
  7. App Store Review Guidelines: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/
  8. AppStoreReviewTimes: https://appreviewtimes.com/
  9. Jarvis: https://app.jarvisdev.tools/

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Adhithi - @adhithiravi
  3. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  4. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 189 - Reliable Detox with Rotem11 Feb 202100:51:27

Our special guest, Rotem Meidan, drops a ton of knowledge on how to make your Detox tests more reliable, including what the causes of Detox test flakiness are and how to solve them.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. Detox: https://github.com/wix/Detox
  2. Detox: Writing Stable Test Suites by Rotem Mizrachi-Meidan
  3. Rotem’s talk at Chain React 2018
  4. Rotem’s previous interview on RNR
  5. Espresso: https://developer.android.com/training/testing/espresso
  6. Earl Gray: https://github.com/google/EarlGrey/releases

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  3. Harris -  @nomadicspoon
  4. Rotem - @rotemmiz
RNR 188 - Styling with Style04 Feb 202100:35:58

The panel talks about styling React Native apps -- styling frameworks, pros and cons, TypeScript integration, and more. Plus we get to hear what happened to Adhithi’s pop filter!

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. Yoga: https://yogalayout.com/
  2. Yoga Playground: https://yogalayout.com/playground/
  3. RN Stylesheets: https://reactnative.dev/docs/stylesheet
  4. RN Styles: https://reactnative.dev/docs/style
  5. Getting Started with RN FlexboxLayout: https://programmingwithmosh.com/react-native/getting-started-with-react-native-flexbox-layout/
  6. BuilderX: https://builderx.io/
  7. FramerX: https://www.framer.com/

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Adhithi - @adhithiravi
  3. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  4. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 187 - TypeScript!28 Jan 202100:57:21

Orta, an open source legend who has worked on CocoaPods, React Native, Flow, and many more popular libraries, joins us to talk about his work making TypeScript more accessible to people through documentation and community outreach.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. State of JS 2020: https://survey.stateofjs.com/survey/state-of-js/2020
  2. TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/
  3. TS handbook https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/intro.html
  4. New website and logo: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-the-new-typescript-website/
  5. Weird bug (UI Kitten ): https://akveo.github.io/react-native-ui-kitten

Connect With Us!

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Harris - @nomadicspoon
  3. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  4. Orta - @orta
  5. Robin - @robin_heinze

 

 

RNR 186 - Organizing Your Source Files22 Jan 202101:03:20

In this episode, the hosts discuss files and folders -- deep vs flat, colocated vs split up, screens vs containers, and much more. They also *mostly* successfully avoided the tabs vs spaces debate.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links: 

  1. Ignite: https://github.com/infinitered/ignite
  2. Ignite Andross: https://github.com/infinitered/ignite-andross
  3. Invertase: https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase
  4. Ryan Florence quote: https://twitter.com/mjackson/status/776155460172775424

Connect With Us! 

  1. React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
  2. Adhithi - @adhithiravi
  3. Harris - @nomadicspoon
  4. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  5. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 185 - Navigation with Graham Mendick13 Jan 202100:49:34

In this episode, the hosts talk with Graham Mendick about his navigation library, which combines the best features of native navigation with React Native. We also talk about how it’s tough to get mindshare among developers these days for new libraries.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Navigation: https://github.com/grahammendick/navigation
  2. Detox PR: https://github.com/grahammendick/navigation/pull/464
  3. React Navigation: https://reactnavigation.org/
  4. React Native Navigation: https://github.com/wix/react-native-navigation
  5. React Native Screens: https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-screens
  6. React Native Router Flux: https://github.com/aksonov/react-native-router-flux
  7. React Router: https://reactrouter.com/
  8. Jamon’s ProMotion library: https://github.com/infinitered/ProMotion

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  1. Graham - @grahammendick
  2. Harris - @nomadicspoon
  3. Jamon - @jamonholmgren
  4. Robin - @robin_heinze
RNR 184 - Ignite Flame: The Most Popular React Native Boilerplate08 Jan 202100:43:33

Harris and Jamon talk about the newly released Ignite, code-named “Ignite Flame," the latest version of the most popular React Native project boilerplate. They discuss what it is, what changes in Flame, and what the motivation for the rewrite was.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Weird Bug
  2. Ignite Flame Pull Request
  3. Ignite
  4. Announcement post

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RNR 298 - Create Expo Stack, NativeWind Ul, & Plugin Pro with Dan Stepanov31 May 202400:38:42

Join Mazen with special guest Dan Stepanov as they dive into Create Expo Stack, Native Wind UI, and Plugin Pro! Discover how these tools can enhance your development workflow with seamless configurations, pre-built UI components, and powerful config plugins.

Episode Links

  1. ShipRN
  2. NativeWindUI (Use discount code INFINITERED for $100 off!)
  3. Create Expo Stack
  4. RNR 280 - The Safety of Work
  5. Clack

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RNR 183 - Debugging Techniques17 Dec 202000:52:23

The panel explores debugging: general debugging techniques, tools, and types of bugs you might encounter along the way. There might even be a Jamon tractor story or two..

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Check out this article from  Florian Marcu where he talks about how to use breakpoints for debugging a React Native project.
  2. An awesome article from Louis Zawadzki about debugging performance issues in React Native.
  3. Flipper is an awesome debugging platform for your React Native apps. Check it out here.

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RNR 182 - React Native on the Web with Simon Sturmer09 Dec 202000:49:57

Simon Sturmer (ex-Facebook, Google) joins the panel to talk about React Native Web. Why use RN on the web? What advantages and what pain points are there? And a bonus side rant about Android!

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web/blob/master/packages/docs/src/guides/accessibility.stories.mdx
  2. React Native Router Flux: https://github.com/aksonov/react-native-router-flux
  3. React Native Web: https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web
  4. HarmonyOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_OS

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RNR 181 - React Native Nigeria with Oluwatobi Shokunbi03 Dec 202000:48:13

In this episode, the hosts interview Oluwatobi Shokunbi, an avid software engineer from Nigeria, and the founder/organizer of React Native Nigeria. We talk to him about his journey as a developer, the forming of React Native Nigeria, and the emergence of the Nigerian developer scene.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Check out React Native Nigeria on Twitter 
  2. How To Startup A React Native Nigeria Community Near You.
  3. Oluwatobi Shokunbi(just1and0) – Medium
  4. https://github.com/just1and0/React-Native-Paystack-WebView
  5. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/react-native-to-infinity-and-beyond-tickets-108692022766?ref=estw#
  6. https://www.reddit.com/r/reactnative/comments/gly261/ar_copy_paste_using_react_native_expo/

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RNR 180 - Testing Strategies, Tools, and Frameworks18 Nov 202000:56:06

In this episode, the React Native Radio hosts discuss testing -- what testing strategies are popular, what frameworks they’ve used, and how TypeScript fits into it all.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. RN testing overview
  2. The Practical Test Pyramid
  3. An awesome guide from Kent C Dodds on Testing JS
  4. Carly Litchfield's Talk at Chain React about screenshot testing with Percy
  5. Detox
  6. Appium
  7. Cypress
  8. Selenium
  9. Motion Juxtapose

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RNR 179: iOS App Clips in React Native with Janic Duplessis11 Nov 202001:04:40

Janic Duplessis joins us to talk about the new iOS 14 feature, App Clips, and how he got them to work in React Native. We also quiz him on react-native-safe-area-context and running a custom version of React Native!

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Helpful Links:

  1. Article from Apple about app thinning
  2. Janic’s PR: Use asset catalog for ios images https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/30129
  3. react-native-safe-area-context
  4. react-native-touchable-bounce
  5. eslint-plugin-react-hooks
  6. Building from source
  7. Check out Janic's company, Th3rdwave!

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RNR 178: Documenting React Native with Rachel Nabors28 Oct 202000:57:32

Rachel Nabors works at Facebook on React and React Native documentation. We interview Rachel and get the scoop on what makes for great documentation.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Show Notes:

Helpful Links:

  1. Check out the React Native and React Docs here and here!
  2. Take a look at Docusaurus for managing your documentation.
  3. Rachel’s tweet about adoption/scaling

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RNR 177: Challenges of Building RN Apps in iOS vs Android21 Oct 202000:54:46

In today's episode, we explore the challenges of building cross-platform apps in React Native and look at the differences between the two main platforms, iOS and Android.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Show Notes:

Helpful Links:

  1. Adhithi's article about the differences in building iOS and Android apps in React Native.
  2. This week's weird bug
  3. Learn more about Elevation, here!
  4. Interested in learning more about Google Play Console pre-launch reports? Take a look at this!
  5. Google Developers India — Android app walkthrough
  6. Orta gave a wonderful talk about iOS build infrastructure, You can watch that here
  7. Have some busted node modules that need fixing? Check out Patch Package!
  8. Here's how the devs at Infinite Red setup Fastlane and Circle CI

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RNR 176: React Native Final Steps With Gant Laborde14 Oct 202001:00:37

What are the final steps you should do before launching a new React Native app? Gant Laborde, co-owner & CIO of Infinite Red, joins the podcast to talk about his recent article about this topic.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Show Notes:

Helpful Links:

  1. Gant's blog post: React Native Final Steps
  2. Who Said It App
  3. Chain React App
  4. Red Shift blog post about Fastlane
  5. Red Shift blog post about releasing React Native apps on the Google Play Store
  6. babel-plugin-transform-remove-console
  7. https://squoosh.app/

Want to get to know the new hosts of React Native Radio? Follow them on Twitter! 

Make sure to subscribe on any the major podcasting platforms (search for "React Native Radio"). And follow us on Twitter at our new handle, @reactnativerdio.

RNR 175: State Management In React Native05 Oct 202000:42:57

In the second episode since the big relaunch, the new hosts of React Native Radio tackle the question of state management in React Native. Redux, MobX-State-Tree, context and hooks -- we cover it all!

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Show Notes:

If you missed it, read our blog post announcement about the React Native Radio relaunch in Red Shift: https://shift.infinite.red/relaunching-the-react-native-radio-podcast-716aa5f9310e

We're working on a transcript of this episode and all future episodes! Stay tuned for that.

Helpful Links:

Want to get to know the new hosts of React Native Radio? Follow them on Twitter! 

Make sure to subscribe on any the major podcasting platforms (search for "React Native Radio"). And follow us on Twitter at our new handle, @reactnativerdio.

RNR 174: Relaunching React Native Radio and the State Of React Native05 Oct 202000:40:54

React Native Radio is under new management! In today's episode, the new hosts talk about the relaunch of React Native Radio and the state of React Native.

 

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

Show Notes:

Read our blog post announcement in Red Shift: https://shift.infinite.red/relaunching-the-react-native-radio-podcast-716aa5f9310e

We're working on a transcript of this episode and all future episodes! Stay tuned for that.

Want to get to know the new hosts of React Native Radio? Follow them on Twitter! 

Make sure to subscribe on any the major podcasting platforms (search for "React Native Radio"). And follow us on Twitter at our new handle, @reactnativerdio.

RNR 297 - Jumping over the React Native v0.74 Bridge17 May 202400:21:37

Join Mazen and returning guest Frank Calise as they explore the exciting updates in React Native 0.74! From Yoga 3.0 to the new Bridge-less mode, learn how these updates can make your development smoother and faster.

Episode Links

  1. Official 0.74 Announcement Blog
  2. New Architecture Docs 
  3. React Native Push Notifications iOS GitHub 
  4. Android minimum SDK Proposal discussion 
  5. Jamon's blog article about Flipper
  6. RN 0.74 Changelog 

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RNR 173: ASO or Market Research with Steve Young28 Jul 202000:56:06
React Native Remote Conf 2020

In this episode of React Native Radio, guest Steve P Young drops in to discuss how to spot an opportunity in the market, expectations about app earnings and how to promote your app and attract users to subscription services.

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  • James Brenton

  • Charles Max Wood

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  • Steve Young

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RNR 172: React Native Ultimate Guide with Mike Grabowski14 Jul 202001:00:52
React Native Remote Conf 2020

In this episode of React Native Radio, guest Mike Grabowski joins us to talk about React Native optimization and discuss what life is like as a core contributor.

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  • James Brenton

  • Charles Max Wood

Guest

  • Mike Grabowski

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RNR 171: Test Like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee with Yair Bar-On30 Jun 202000:43:28
React Native Remote Conf 2020 July 29th to 31st - register now!

Yair Bar-On talks us through the test platform that his company, Test Fairy provides, and how it can integrate to make life easy for #ReactNative and mobile teams.

Panelist

  • James Brenton

Guest

  • Yair Bar-On

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