Episode 7: React Native with Felipe Lima from Airbnb

Guests

• Felipe Lima: Twitter, GitHub, website

Hosts

• Artem Zinnatullin: Twitter, GitHub, website
• Hannes Dorfmann: Twitter, GitHub, website

Notes

In this episode we have talked with Felipe Lima about React Native, a cross platform solution to build native mobile apps using JavaScript and React, and how React Native is used at Airbnb. We have covered:

• Advantages and Disadvantages of React Native
• React Native build tools, IDE and debugging
• How to write your own custom component
• Lifecycle, state restoration and process death in React Native apps
• Integration and interaction with android system services
• Sharing code with iOS
• Usage for React Native in Airbnb’s android and iOS app

Additional links:

• React Native website
• Thoughts on React Native by Felipe sample on github
• ReactiveConf 2016 (YouTube) - Bridging the Gap: How to use React Native in existing large native code bases by Airbnb engineer Leland Richardson.

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