React Native Tutorials and Best Practices
August 27, 2026 · AppReactors Team
A practical architecture for offline-first React Native apps in 2026: picking a local store (MMKV, expo-sqlite, op-sqlite), persisting TanStack Query, queueing mutations, and resolving conflicts without corrupting user data.
Read moreAugust 21, 2026 · Justin Rohweller
Our 2020 image-caching tutorial used commands and APIs that no longer exist. The 2026 answer is five lines of expo-image — plus a hand-rolled version on the new File API for the cases that genuinely need one.
Read moreAugust 21, 2026 · Lori Azerad
How many child components are too many? Our answer from the Redux-and-HOCs era still holds — fewer, slightly larger components than your instincts say — but hooks, memo, and FlashList change how you get there.
Read moreAugust 21, 2026 · Stephen Phillips
Why build your own components instead of using a UI library? The three original reasons still stand — and the New Architecture cutover added a fourth. Plus where NativeWind, Tamagui, and gluestack fit in 2026.
Read moreAugust 21, 2026 · Stephen Phillips
One of the hardest things in getting started with a production level application is to figure out a structure that works for you in terms of folders, components, assets, etc. It's something that can always be changed later, but lets face it, developers don't want to go back and...
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