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Building your first React Native app: Stopwatch tutorial in React native

This blog will help you install and build your very first mobile app that is a STOPWATCH having just some small understanding of Javascript and ReactJS. You are going to have the most complete beginner understanding of building real-life native apps for both iOS and Android which means LEARN ONCE, WRITE ANYWHERE.

React Native

React Native lets you build mobile apps using only JavaScript. It uses the same design as React, letting you compose a rich mobile UI using declarative components. React Native lets you build your app faster with features like Hot Reloading (no need for recompilation).

React Native uses the same fundamental UI building blocks as regular iOS and Android apps, that means you are not building Web Apps but real-life Native Apps. Instead of using Swift, Kotlin or Java, you are putting those building blocks together with just using JavaScript and React.

Also, React Native combines smoothly with components written in Swift, Java, or Objective-C. It’s also easy to build part of your app in React Native, and part of your app using native code directly – that’s how the Facebook app works.

Installing React Native

  1. You first need to download and install the latest Node version into your local machine. If already installed skip this step. You may follow https://nodejs.org/en/download/

For complete details use this ref link:-https://codersera.com/blog/first-react-native-app-stopwatch/

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