react-native-boilerplate: A JavaScript repository from memanoj

This project is a React Native boilerplate that provides an architecture optimized for building solid cross-platform mobile applications through separation of concerns between the UI and business logic to help you kickstart your new app

When starting new apps I found myself repeatedly setting up my project with same packages over and over again so I decided to automate this process

This boilerplate consists of various elements and best practices I learned while going though apps written by various talented developers in the React Native Community ⚡

While this mostly consists of how I organize my projects but can be easily extended to suit any workflow 😄

If you're new to React Native feel free to checkout this repo I made where I keep all the learning resources I find: Learn React Native

If you face any issue then please checkout the Known Issues section below, but if the issue persists then feel free to open a issue so we can solve it together 😃

Feel free to leave a ⭐ as motivation if this was useful to you 😄

Content:

- React Native (0.62.2) + Hermes
- TypeScript Integration (Optional)
- Clean Directory Layout
- ESLint
- Packages:
    - Redux (Thunk)
    - React Navigation (Hooks)
    - React Native Reanimated
    - React Native Vector Icons
    - React Native Gesture Handler

Project Structure:

TypeScript Support

Recently I've been using a lot of TypeScript and I think it's fantastic 😃 Addition of TypeScript to this boilerplate was a much requested feature from a lot of reddit users of r/react-native

To add TypeScript support please run yarn typescript:add command which should excecute the scripts/add-typescript/script.sh script and installs all the TypeScript dependencies with types for React, React Native, React Navigation and also add a tsconfig.json and jest.config.js

If yarn typescript:add fails then kindly apply the changes as mentioned in the docs 😓

Note: This feature is only tested on Linux and MacOSX

Using the boilerplate:

Make sure to remove the existing git history and initialize the project with your own

rm -rf .git/
git init
git add .
git commit -m 'project init'
git remote add origin <your remote repo>
git push -u origin master

Rename the project:

Rename the project with the name and bundle identifier of your choosing Note: it is advised to do so in a new branch

git checkout -b rename
yarn rename <new_name> -b <bundle_identifier>

Removing Redux:

I personally like Redux for state management for larger apps but sometimes if the app is relatively smaller then I stick to using context api or simple useState or useReducer

Checkout this great light weight Redux like implementation using just the React Context api: No-Redux

If you like to use other great solutions such as MobX, RxJS then feel free to remove redux by using yarn redux:remove

Note: you will have to configure the project files accordingly 😅

Running the project

Assuming you have all the requirements installed, you can setup and run the project by running:

yarn install to install the dependencies
use the following steps for your platform

Android

Run the following command while the simulator is open or a device is connected via adb.

yarn android

iOS

Run the following commands to install pods and run the app on iPhone 6 simulator (device can be changed via package.json scripts)

yarn cocoapods
yarn ios

Updates

The boilerplate will follow latest React Native releases as soon as libraries and tools used here are compatible. I will personally try update this as I use this boilerplate in production 😄

Known Issues:

Cocoapods install fails

yarn cocoapods might fail for some users, if this happens then try deleting Podlock.file and re-running the yarn cocoapods command 😄

If the error persists then please check your cocoapods version using pod --version . It should be >= 1.7.5 . If not then please run sudo gem install cocoapods 😃

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