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Our Mobile Development archive contains a wealth of information, tutorials, and articles on various aspects of mobile app development, including different platforms and languages.

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Best React Native Podcasts

· 4 min read
Full Stack Developer

react native podcasts

Podcasts are useful for React Native developers because they explain the context behind ecosystem changes. A changelog tells you what shipped. A good podcast helps you understand why a team chose a pattern, how a migration went, and what tradeoffs appeared in production.

This list focuses on podcasts and long-form audio sources that are useful for React Native developers, technical founders, and teams maintaining real apps.

Best Ecommerce UI Kits

· 10 min read
Full Stack Developer

ecommerce ui kits

In this article, we are presenting the best Ecommerce UI Kits, to serve as inspiration for mobile app makers, such as designers, developers, and small store owners. At Instamobile, we are offering functional Ecommerce Templates in React Native to help store owners save money and time in developing their own mobile shopping apps. Setting up online stores and e-commerce websites has been a growing trend in the recent past. There is a high possibility that every real-world store will eventually have an online store application or website in the near future. The giant e-commerce boost will encourage business groups and retailers to create their own online stores or e-commerce applications/websites. Consequently, this is where the e-commerce UI kits come in extremely handy. UI kits are great time-savers. The UI kits help with reducing the workload for busy designers, by simplifying the functionality and by increasing their productivity for quick results. Using UI kits in e-commerce development is one thing and selecting the best UI kit is another. Hence, we provide you with a list of e-commerce UI kits to choose from which will encourage you to choose the best one for your next e-commerce project.

This page is ecommerce-specific. For the main React Native UI kit comparison, read Best Free React Native UI Kits. If you need working source code for a shopping app, compare full templates in The Ultimate Guide to React Native App Templates.

Top SaaS Starter Kits for Building Business Applications

· 4 min read
Full Stack Developer

saas starter kits

The SaaS sector has seen a notable shift towards utilizing fully coded starter kits. These kits offer substantial advantages for SaaS businesses, particularly in accelerating development timelines, reducing costs, and simplifying technical complexities. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the top 10 SaaS starter kits, detailing their features, technologies, and providing links to their code repositories.

Best Free React Native App Templates

· 6 min read
Full Stack Developer

React Native is popular with teams that want native iOS and Android apps from a shared JavaScript codebase, and there are many choices when it comes to functional React Native app templates. Beautiful app designs are harder to find when you also need production-ready code, backend integration, and maintainable architecture. At Instamobile, we are creating beautiful mobile app templates, in React Native, Kotlin and Swift, to empower app developers and entrepreneurs to make their own native mobile apps quickly and at a fraction of the cost. Check out some of our work, such as this amazing Restaurant App Template in React Native.

This page focuses on free examples and starter kits. For the broader decision framework across free, premium, and production-ready source code, read The Ultimate Guide to React Native App Templates.

React Native FlatList Implementation

· 6 min read
Full Stack Developer

react native flatlist

In the world of React Native development, creating efficient and responsive lists is a common task. One of the go-to components for this purpose is the FlatList. In this comprehensive tutorial, we will take a deep dive into React Native’s FlatList component. We’ll cover everything you need to know to use FlatList effectively in your React Native applications.

KeyboardAvoidingView in React Native

· 5 min read
Full Stack Developer

KeyboardAvoidingView is the built-in React Native component for moving or resizing content when the software keyboard appears. It is useful for simple forms, authentication screens, checkout fields, profile edits, and support flows.

The tricky part is that keyboard behavior differs by platform, navigation header, safe area, scroll container, modal presentation, and Android window settings. Treat keyboard handling as a screen-level layout decision, not a wrapper you add around the whole app.

Exploring Kotlin's Multiplatform Mobile Development with Kotlin/React

· 13 min read
Engineering Team

In this tutorial, we will explore Kotlin's multiplatform mobile development using Kotlin/React. Kotlin/React is a framework that allows developers to write mobile applications using Kotlin and React, enabling them to share code between different platforms. This tutorial will guide you through the process of setting up the development environment, creating a basic Kotlin/React app, building UI components, integrating Kotlin and React Native, and testing and debugging Kotlin/React apps.

Redux vs Context API in React

· 5 min read
Full Stack Developer

redux-vs-context-api

React Context and Redux solve different parts of the state problem. Context lets a parent make a value available deep in the component tree. Redux Toolkit gives you a predictable external store with reducers, actions, middleware, selectors, DevTools integration, and a mature ecosystem.

For React Native apps, the right answer is usually a mix: local component state for local UI, Context for low-frequency app-wide values, server-state tools or backend listeners for remote data, and Redux Toolkit only when global client state is complex enough to deserve a store.

Exploring Kotlin's Multiplatform Mobile Development with Kotlin/JS

· 9 min read
Engineering Team

In this tutorial, we will explore Kotlin's multiplatform mobile development using Kotlin/JS. Kotlin/JS is a powerful tool that allows developers to write code once and use it across multiple platforms, including mobile devices. We will cover the benefits of Kotlin/JS, setting up the development environment, creating a Kotlin/JS mobile project, building the user interface, implementing business logic, testing and debugging, and finally, deployment and distribution.