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Feb 22, 2021 • 38min
RNR 190 - Tips and Tricks for the App Store and Play Store
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: Weird bug: https://github.com/react-native-community/rn-diff-purgeExpedited App Review: https://developer.apple.com/contact/app-store/?topic=expediteFastlane: https://fastlane.tools/IR Open Source repo: https://github.com/infinitered/open-source/blob/master/Continuous-Deployment-Setup-React-Native.mdVisual Studio App Center: https://appcenter.ms/Expo over the air updates: https://docs.expo.io/workflow/publishing/App Store Review Guidelines: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/AppStoreReviewTimes: https://appreviewtimes.com/Jarvis: https://app.jarvisdev.tools/Connect With Us!React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdioAdhithi - @adhithiraviJamon - @jamonholmgrenRobin - @robin_heinze

Feb 11, 2021 • 51min
RNR 189 - Reliable Detox with Rotem
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: Detox: https://github.com/wix/DetoxDetox: Writing Stable Test Suites by Rotem Mizrachi-MeidanRotem’s talk at Chain React 2018Rotem’s previous interview on RNREspresso: https://developer.android.com/training/testing/espressoEarl Gray: https://github.com/google/EarlGrey/releasesConnect With Us!React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdioJamon - @jamonholmgrenHarris - @nomadicspoonRotem - @rotemmiz

Feb 4, 2021 • 36min
RNR 188 - Styling with Style
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: Yoga: https://yogalayout.com/Yoga Playground: https://yogalayout.com/playground/RN Stylesheets: https://reactnative.dev/docs/stylesheetRN Styles: https://reactnative.dev/docs/styleGetting Started with RN FlexboxLayout: https://programmingwithmosh.com/react-native/getting-started-with-react-native-flexbox-layout/BuilderX: https://builderx.io/FramerX: https://www.framer.com/Connect With Us!React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdioAdhithi - @adhithiraviJamon - @jamonholmgrenRobin - @robin_heinze

Jan 28, 2021 • 57min
RNR 187 - TypeScript!
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: State of JS 2020: https://survey.stateofjs.com/survey/state-of-js/2020TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/TS handbook https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/intro.htmlNew website and logo: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-the-new-typescript-website/Weird bug (UI Kitten ): https://akveo.github.io/react-native-ui-kittenConnect With Us!React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdioHarris - @nomadicspoonJamon - @jamonholmgrenOrta - @ortaRobin - @robin_heinze

Jan 22, 2021 • 1h 3min
RNR 186 - Organizing Your Source Files
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: Ignite: https://github.com/infinitered/igniteIgnite Andross: https://github.com/infinitered/ignite-androssInvertase: https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebaseRyan Florence quote: https://twitter.com/mjackson/status/776155460172775424Connect With Us! React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdioAdhithi - @adhithiraviHarris - @nomadicspoonJamon - @jamonholmgrenRobin - @robin_heinze

Jan 13, 2021 • 50min
RNR 185 - Navigation with Graham Mendick
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:Navigation: https://github.com/grahammendick/navigationDetox PR: https://github.com/grahammendick/navigation/pull/464React Navigation: https://reactnavigation.org/React Native Navigation: https://github.com/wix/react-native-navigationReact Native Screens: https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-screensReact Native Router Flux: https://github.com/aksonov/react-native-router-fluxReact Router: https://reactrouter.com/Jamon’s ProMotion library: https://github.com/infinitered/ProMotionConnect With Us! Graham - @grahammendickHarris - @nomadicspoonJamon - @jamonholmgrenRobin - @robin_heinze

Jan 8, 2021 • 44min
RNR 184 - Ignite Flame: The Most Popular React Native Boilerplate
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:Weird BugIgnite Flame Pull RequestIgniteAnnouncement postConnect With Us! Harris - @nomadicspoonJamon - @jamonholmgren

Dec 17, 2020 • 52min
RNR 183 - Debugging Techniques
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:Check out this article from Florian Marcu where he talks about how to use breakpoints for debugging a React Native project.An awesome article from Louis Zawadzki about debugging performance issues in React Native.Flipper is an awesome debugging platform for your React Native apps. Check it out here.Connect With Us! Adhithi - @adhithiraviJamon - @jamonholmgrenRobin - @robin_heinze

Dec 9, 2020 • 50min
RNR 182 - React Native on the Web with Simon Sturmer
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:https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web/blob/master/packages/docs/src/guides/accessibility.stories.mdxReact Native Router Flux: https://github.com/aksonov/react-native-router-fluxReact Native Web: https://github.com/necolas/react-native-webHarmonyOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_OSConnect With Us! Harris - @nomadicspoonJamon - @jamonholmgrenRobin - @robin_heinzeSimon - @sstur_

Dec 3, 2020 • 48min
RNR 181 - React Native Nigeria with Oluwatobi Shokunbi
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:Check out React Native Nigeria on Twitter How To Startup A React Native Nigeria Community Near You.Oluwatobi Shokunbi(just1and0) – Mediumhttps://github.com/just1and0/React-Native-Paystack-WebViewhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/react-native-to-infinity-and-beyond-tickets-108692022766?ref=estw#https://www.reddit.com/r/reactnative/comments/gly261/ar_copy_paste_using_react_native_expo/Connect With Us! Harris - @nomadicspoonJamon - @jamonholmgrenOluwatobi - @just1and0Robin - @robin_heinze