Pinal Goda

· 04 Jan 2023

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Learn How Your App Is Created and Set Up On React Native in 7 Simple Steps

The standard process of building an app includes creating a design, a program that powers the design and managing a database that exchanges data as per the user request. What’s different with an app made on React Native is that it allows developers to have a common code base to power the same app on both Android as well as iOS.

The sole concept of React Native is to code the interactions between UI elements in JavaScript and then to use React’s Document Object Model to exchange data between the servers. React is very unique compared to other JavaScript libraries. It allows developers to program UI elements in a declarative manner. There are some easy steps by which React Native ensures the seamless process of mobile app development.

7 Simple Steps to Build a Mobile App on React Native

Any standard procedure to build a mobile app includes designing the frontend, programming the backend and incorporating the third party extensions like SDKs and APIs. Working on React Native is very similar to the staple process. Here is the whole process explained in a few simple steps.

Create App

To start building a new application, you must install the Create React app. This process is very much similar to creating a new document or initiating a new peer. Next step is to run the app with the command create-react-app-my-app in which my-app is the name of your new app. This will immediately ask you to set up a GitHub account in case you don’t have one.  

Program

To start the new app, you will be required to choose a code editor to write the programs in. While the Create React app was to generate a new application, the editor is the one that lets you write the codes and programs. Make sure the editor you use is of the latest version. Editors help you write the code efficiently with features like code auto-complete, syntax error detection, color coding and live refresh.

Libraries

Once you set the editor to do the programming, you will then be required to set all the necessary libraries. Libraries are a set of pre-written codes that perform the common or popular functionalities. For instance, there are a number of libraries to call the database management system. To avoid cluttering, it is recommended to create a new folder to save all the client-side JavaScript libraries.

Metadata

Metadata essentially means information. In this reference, the metadata of your app is the technical documentation and writing about what a few components do when called upon or how they do what they do. Creating metadata includes defining routes, creating components or even creating reusable components using the same libraries. This is usually done in a separate folder popularly named index.js indicating the elaborated index of all the content inside.

App Data

Videos and images or graphics are very important parts of an app. There are various tools to create or edit images and videos. This step involves importing all the necessary images and videos that will be displayed throughout the app. Apart from images, data of your app also includes fonts, icons and other graphics that relate to the UI of your app.

APIs & Components

APIs are like libraries but with the UI. If your app wants to integrate or borrow a functionality along with its UI into your own app then you need to borrow that API. These APIs can be both on the frontend for the user to engage and on the backend for the developers to perform certain functions. There are standard APIs with standard UI for data integration, dependency management and data tracking or machine learning. Integrate all the necessary components of those APIs to ensure smooth operations of those APIs.  

Publish

Publishing is the final act of the whole process. After numerous performance tests, the app gets a nod for publishing and relevant documentation is done. This requires writing a technical narratives about the app and the developers, writing user-centric information about the app and offering relevant multimedia informatics like screenshots or videos of the app. The documentation also requires declaring all of the app's permissions and integrations of all third parties.

Conclusion

Building an app on React Native is very simple. What’s difficult is to note down common features and functionalities between the Android and iOS versions. As things stand, there are evident differences between the hardware and software features of both mobile giants. The whole point of offering react native development services is to enable businesses to serve their potential consumers across the platforms with a uniform UI and standard feature list. A lot of contingency is required to not only shortlist the features but also to come up with uniform UI elements and user experience. What does the trick for React Native is its placement on JavaScript. Most mobile app development frameworks use JavaScript hence the migration becomes smooth. Another thing it does is that it allows developers to not only bootstrap an app on React Native but also to update or add functionalities on existing apps that are built on other frameworks.