Oct 13, 2021

#37 New Newsletter, Splash Screen and app icons in React Native and more

Aman Mittal (@amanhimself)

@amanhimself

👋 Hello Dev

It has been a while since the last newsletter came out.

What I’ve been upto

Aman Mittal ⚛️☕🖖🥑

@amanhimself

Got a confirmation email from Revue just now. 🤩

The next newsletter you will receive will use their service.

Also, now you can subscribe (if you haven't already 😉) from my Twitter profile.

🔗https://t.co/MR1LTVjcqh https://t.co/8jlb8YB0W9

6:54 PM - 5 Oct 2021

One of the things I liked about Revue is the ability for anyone to directly subscribe from my Twitter profile. Now, not that my Twitter profile gets too many visits but I thought it was worth the try.

And in just 4 days, it showed the positive effect:

Aman Mittal ⚛️☕🖖🥑

@amanhimself

I don't know if it's Twitter + Revue effect, but within having the subscribe button the Twitter profile for 3 days 9 new subscribers! 🥳

🔗 https://t.co/MR1LTVjcqh (it's free!)

12:31 PM - 9 Oct 2021

A big thank you 🙏 all the new subscribers and the old ones who are still subscribed after so many months or almost two years 😁.

Now, how do I know that I sent my first newsletter almost two years back?

This is another thing I liked about Revue. Not only it seamlessly imported all of my previous issues but showed the date stamp for each issue. And also counts each issue sent. Hence, this issue #37 (Sidenote: I’ve lost the count with time, but now the proper numbering is back 😅).

📝 New Posts

How to add Splash Screen and an App Icon in React Native by Aman Mittal

I published a new post on how to use react-native-bootsplash package to seamlessly generate and add Splash Screens to a plain React Native app for both iOS and Android

This post also walkthroughs adding an app icon for both iOS and Android.

amanhimself.dev

How to configure VSCode Bracket Pair Colors Natively by Aman Mittal

I recently learned that you can configure VSCode to colorize bracket pairs without using an extension.

amanhimself.dev

I wrote a couple of posts for Draftbit’s Community:

Fetching data in Custom Component | The Draftbit Community

JavaScript offers a Fetch API that can fetch resources asynchronously over the network. Please do not confuse it with the Fetch component provided by Draftbit. You can use the Fetch API from JavaScript to request data in a Custom Component. Request dat…

community.draftbit.com

How to create a custom button with Touchable, Icon, and Text | The Draftbit Community

You can create your own button using a Touchable component provided by Draftbit. A Touchable component provides the same capability as a Button to capture tapping gestures. It does not provide any default styling. Hence, you can customize it in any way…

community.draftbit.com

Another exciting thing I did at Draftbit last week is to go through the process of creating app binaries using Expo’s Application Service (EAS) which blew my mind 🤯.

The process of building app binaries using Expo’s EAS is such a seamless process. It takes care of a lot of stuff behind the scenes and there are no headaches involved.

Thus, I wrote two new guides for Draftbit users to follow the process I went through. The steps discussed in these guides are also applicable to anyone who is using Expo to build a native mobile app.

In these guides I discuss, what are the prerequisites, preparation steps to build the app binaries, and so on.

Check them out ⬇️

Publishing on Google Play Store

Build native apps visually. Draftbit is the fastest way to design, build, and iterate on mobile apps.

docs.draftbit.com

Publishing on Apple's App Store

Build native apps visually. Draftbit is the fastest way to design, build, and iterate on mobile apps.

docs.draftbit.com

Aman Mittal ⚛️☕🖖🥑

@amanhimself

The amount of stuff EAS service by @expo handles when creating app binaries and publishing processes to app stores is mind-blowing 🤯

8:47 PM - 6 Oct 2021

🔗 Links

Here are some of the Tweets and Links I found interesting:

Must Read: Top 7 myths about Expo in 2021

Thanks to @barthap10 at Software Mansion who wrote an amazing post busting all the myths about Expo. This post is a must-read, especially if you’ve read about Expo on some two-year-old subreddit describing what it can or cannot do, and update your knowledge about it and learn yourself how awesome it is.

Top 7 myths about Expo in 2021. Expo has evolved significantly during… | by Bartłomiej Klocek | Oct, 2021 | Software Mansion

2021 is a very exciting year for developers who use Expo to build their mobile apps. The Expo team with the assistance of the Software Mansion open-source team have been working hard on making React…

blog.swmansion.com

GitHub

GitHub repository where I keep most of my React Native and Expo related examples source code crossed 350 stars ⭐️(It’s a huge thing for me!)

Huge thanks to all the awesome people who took the time to give it a star or sent a PR 🙏

This also helps me to keep going on and focus on sharing what I know and how we can improve together. Always be learning from each other!

GitHub - amandeepmittal/react-native-examples: 📱 A repo that contains React Native examples most related to tutorials I publish

📱 A repo that contains React Native examples most related to tutorials I publish - GitHub - amandeepmittal/react-native-examples: 📱 A repo that contains React Native examples most related to tutorials I publish

github.com

That’s it for this one.

Stay safe and I’ll talk to you next time ✌️

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Aman Mittal (@amanhimself) @amanhimself

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