React Native: Hurdle Race

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A commercial car-management prototype of 15 screens was built in React Native, integrating many native modules (fingerprint, navigation) and using about 66 external libraries. Initial development took 10–16 days but estimates halved as platform fixes accumulated; challenges included frequent breaking changes in React Native 0.47, required native Java/Swift edits, limited styling (no inheritance or pseudo-classes), imperfect flexbox layout, animations via Animated, Expo for quick testing, and complex Xcode/Android Studio setup and signing for deployment.

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1. 0:00React Native intro
2. 3:38Release cycle challenges
3. 8:14Cross-platform library issues
4. 12:55Styling and layout
5. 17:13Native integration & navigation
6. 23:39Keyboard and scrolling
7. 27:23Animations in React Native
8. 28:25App deployment & builds
9. 31:55Summary

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