React Native Intro

Agenda

  • What is React Native
  • Why React Native
  • React basics
  • React Native
  • Demo
  • Q&A

What is React Native

What is React Native

  • Create Native Apps in Javascript
  • Using React.js concept
  • No Webview

Why React Native

Why React Native

  • "Learn once, write everywhere"
  • Web development workflow
  • Free, open source
  • Live-reload
  • OTA updates
  • Flexbox layout, CSS styles
  • Share common code
  • Native
  • Powerful Native plugin API
  • Community
React Native Xamarin
Learning curve Javascript, React, npm iOS, Android, C#
Coding Env. IntelliJ, Webstorm, IDE or Text editor support JS Xamarin Studio
Eco system & community Facebook, Github Microsoft, Test cloud, component store
License & cost Free Commercial
Debugging Chrome Xamarin Studio

React Basics

Component

Component

Props

var SampleApp = React.createClass({
    // you can get the props in component
    // you can pass props to another component
    // immutable
});  

State

var SampleApp = React.createClass({
    getInitialState() {
      return {count: 0};
    },

    incrementCount() {
      this.setState({
          count: this.state.count + 1
      });
    },

    ...
});
  • mutable
  • private to the component
  • change => re-rendering

Rendering

var React = require('react');

var SampleApp = React.createClass({
    getInitialState() {
      return {count: 0};
    },

    incrementCount() {
      this.setState({
          count: this.state.count + 1
      });
    },

    render() {
      return (
        <div>
          <h2>My first React app</h2>
          <span onClick={this.incrementCount}>
            {this.state.count} clicks
          </span>
        </div>
      )
    }
});

React.render(<SampleApp />, document.querySelector('body'));

Virtual DOM

React Native

var React = require('react-native');
var {View, Text} = React;

var SampleApp = React.createClass({
    getInitialState() {
      return {count: 0};
    },

    incrementCount() {
      this.setState({
          count: this.state.count + 1
      });
    },

    render() {
      return (
        <View style={styles.container}>
          <Text style={styles.welcome}>My first React app</Text>
          <Text onPress={this.incrementCount}>
            {this.state.count} clicks
          </Text>
        </View>
      )
    }
});

var styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
    backgroundColor: '#F5FCFF',
  },
  ...
});

AppRegistry.registerComponent('SampleApp', () => SampleApp);
  • No DOM
  • Flex layout

React Native vs. React

Native UI components

View, Text, Image, ScrollView, DatePickerIOS, PickerIOS, ListView,
Navigator, SwitchIOS, MapView, AlertIOS, WebView, Touchable, TabBarIOS, SegmentedControlIOS, ActivityIndicatorIOS, CameraRoll, NetInfo, PanResponder, StatusBarIOS, TextInput, SliderIOS, PushNotificationIOS, LinkingIOS, ActionSheetIOS, AsyncStorage, Geolocation, VibrationIOS, Video, Camera, AudioRecorder, etc..

Demo

Create the project

brew install node
brew install watchman
brew install flow
npm install -g react-native-cli
react-native init SampleApp

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Q & A

React Native

By James Gong

React Native

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