Mastering React Native：Modern Cross-Platform Mobile Guide

With the development of mobile internet, cross-platform application development has become a crucial skill for front-end and mobile developers. Since its release in 2015, React Native has rapidly become the mainstream choice for building iOS and Android applications due to its code once, run on multiple platforms advantage. Through React Native, developers can quickly build high-performance mobile applications using the familiar React component-based pattern, and seamlessly integrate with native functionalities.

However, many developers often encounter the following challenges in React Native projects:

• Cross-platform component compatibility and layout adaptation
• Complex asynchronous data processing and state management
• Insufficient performance optimization, animation, scrolling, and rendering strategies
• Lack of proficiency in native module integration and third-party library usage
• Insufficient experience in application architecture design, testing, and deployment practices

Mastering React Native：Modern Cross-Platform Mobile Guide is designed to address these issues. It is a systematic, from basic to advanced mobile application development guide, helping developers fully master the core capabilities of React Native and full-stack mobile development practices.

Key Features of This Book

1. Systematic Learning Path: From React Native basic syntax to advanced performance optimization and architecture design
2. Cross-Platform Development Practices: iOS and Android dual-platform development techniques and best practices
3. Componentization and State Management: Hooks, Context, Redux, MobX, and other state management and complex component composition
4. Performance Optimization and Animation: Virtualized lists, scrolling optimization, Reanimated, Gesture Handler, and other technologies
5. Native Modules and Full-Stack Integration: Camera access, location services, push notifications, databases, local storage, and cloud services
6. Engineering and Deployment: CI/CD, testing, release processes, hot updates, and application performance monitoring

This book not only teaches React Native usage skills, but also emphasizes cross-platform mobile application architecture design and engineering capabilities, making it suitable for beginners, advanced developers, and mobile application architects.

Overall Learning Path of This Book

This book follows a systematic learning path: from basic concepts → component development → state management → asynchronous data and APIs → animation and performance → native modules → advanced architecture and engineering practices, making it suitable for systematic learning and long-term reference.

The overall content is divided into seven phases:

1. React Native Core Concepts and Basic Syntax
2. Component-based Development and Layout Adaptation
3. State Management, Hooks, and Data Flow Design
4. Asynchronous Data Processing and Network Requests
5. Animation, Gesture Handling, and Performance Optimization
6. Native Module Calls and Full-Stack Integration
7. Advanced Architecture, Testing, Deployment, and CI/CD

Phase 1: React Native Core Concepts and Quick Start

Helps readers quickly establish a understanding of React Native development:

• The relationship between React Native and React
• Environment setup, CLI, and Expo quick start
• JSX syntax, basic components, and layout
• Styles and Flexbox layout practices
• Hot reloading and debugging techniques

Quickly master the fundamentals of mobile application development.

Phase Two: Component-Based Development and Layout Adaptation

Componentization is a core capability of React Native:

• Difference between functional components and class components
• Reusable component design and nested layouts
• Responsive layout and screen adaptation strategies
• Scrollable views, list components, FlatList, and SectionList
• Lifecycle management and resource release

Enabling you to build a highly maintainable, cross-platform compatible mobile component system.

Phase Three: State Management, Hooks, and Data Flow Design

Complex applications cannot function without state management:

• useState, useReducer, useContext, and custom Hooks
• Global state management solutions such as Redux, MobX, and Recoil
• Asynchronous state and data caching strategies
• Data transfer and event handling between components
• State modularization and logical abstraction

Helping you master data management and architecture for large-scale mobile applications.

Phase Four: Asynchronous Data Processing and Network Requests

The data layer is a core capability for mobile applications:

• Network request practices such as Fetch, Axios, and GraphQL
• Promise, Async/Await, and exception handling
• Data caching and persistence strategies
• Offline data and synchronization mechanisms
• API encapsulation and request optimization

Enabling you to process application data efficiently and securely.

Phase Five: Animation, Gesture Handling, and Performance Optimization

Smooth animations are essential for a good user experience:

• Animated API and Reanimated animation practices
• Gesture Handler and gesture interaction
• Virtualized lists and scrolling optimization
• Memory management and performance monitoring
• Animation and rendering performance optimization strategies

Helping you build smooth, high-performance mobile applications.

Phase Six: Native Module Invocation and Full-Stack Integration

One of React Native's advantages is its seamless integration with native technologies:

• Invoking camera, GPS, sensors, and push notifications
• Integration with local storage (AsyncStorage) and databases
• Native Modules and Native UI Components
• Integration with backend APIs and cloud services (Firebase / AWS / GraphQL)
• WebSocket, real-time messaging, and push systems

This will equip you with cross-platform full-stack development capabilities.

Phase Seven: Advanced Architecture, Testing, Deployment, and CI/CD

From single applications to enterprise-level systems:

• Project directory structure and modular design
• Unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing
• Packaging optimization, release processes, and hot updates
• CI/CD automated deployment and DevOps integration
• Performance monitoring, logging, and exception management

This will equip you with full-process capabilities from development to deployment.

Who is this book suitable for?

This book is suitable for:

• Front-end developers (junior/intermediate/advanced)
• Mobile app developers and full-stack engineers
• Teams building enterprise-grade cross-platform applications or SaaS products
• Engineers who want to gain a deeper understanding of React Native architecture, state management, and full-stack development

If you want to not only develop mobile applications but also master cross-platform architecture, performance optimization, and full-stack engineering practices, this book will be your long-term reference guide.

Table of contents:

• Lesson 01-React Native Core Fundamental Concepts
• Lesson 02-React Native Fundamentals
• Lesson 03-React Native Navigation and Routing
• Lesson 04-React Native Components and APls
• Lesson 05-React Native State Management
• Lesson 06-React Native Styling and Layout
• Lesson 07-React Native Animations
• Lesson 08-React Native Gesture Recognition
• Lesson 09-React Native Media and File Handling
• Lesson 10-React Native Push Notifications
• Lesson 11-React Native Native Module Development
• Lesson 12-React Native Advanced Features
• Lesson 13-React Native Project Architecture and Engineering
• Lesson 14-React Native Internationalization
• Lesson 15-React Native Advanced Application Development
• Lesson 16-React Native Source Code Architecture
• Lesson 17-React Native Core Functionality Source Code Analysis
• Lesson 18-React Native Core Architecture Design