Vokab

React native app for looking up definitions, synonyms, common examples and translations between Russian and English. Uses the Yandex API for the dictionary info.

Getting Started

Expo

This project uses the Expo CLI for development. First install it globally:

$ npm install -g expo-cli

Expo also allows you to run the app on your mobile devices. You have to install the Expo App on your phone then scan the QR code generated by this project to run the app locally. Download the app on the playstore for android devices or on the app store for ios.

To run it on a simulator, you have to download and install the corresponding emulators as described in the expo docs.

Then clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/narendrasss/russ-vocab.git

Yandex

This app uses the Yandex API to fetch the dictionary information. You first need to get an API key from the Yandex website here. After having the key, create a config.js file at the root directory and paste the following:

export const url = `https://dictionary.yandex.net/api/v1/dicservice.json/lookup?key=${API_KEY}`;

Where API_KEY is your Yandex API key.

Running the App

Then run npm install to install all dependencies:

$ cd russ-vocab && npm install

Then run npm start to launch the dev server. This will generate an output like the following:

You can scan the QR code to run the app locally, or type android or ios to run the corresponding simulators.

Alternatively you can run npm run ios or npm run android to immediately start the simulators.

Using the App