AKAmrendra kumarinmy-blog3.hashnode.dev·13h ago · 9 min readWhy Every React Project Needs an AGENTS.md File for Better AI CodingQuick Summary: AGENTS.md is a markdown file at your repository root that gives AI coding agents like Cursor, Claude Code, and Copilot persistent, project-specific context: build commands, code convent00
HRHugo Rusinhugorus.hashnode.dev·6h ago · 12 min readHow to Build a Video Calling App with React Native and WebRTCWebRTC is built into every modern OS, and react-native-webrtc is production-hardened — you can ship a 1-to-1 video call in a weekend with open-source pieces only. Every call has four parts: a signali00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·7h ago · 8 min readPrompt-to-App Is a Lie — Here's What Actually HappensI want to tell you a story about a specific kind of Sunday afternoon. You've been thinking about an app idea for a few months. You finally sit down. You open one of the current wave of prompt-to-app t00
SFSophie F Ainaidesigntech.hashnode.dev·12h ago · 13 min readHow to Build a Video Calling App with React Native and WebRTCTen years ago, adding video calling to a mobile app meant licensing a proprietary SDK, paying per-minute fees, and hoping the vendor didn't disappear. Today, WebRTC is built into every modern OS, reac00
FSFarouq Serikiinfreecodecamp.org·1d ago · 70 min readThe React Native Live Activities Handbook: How to Build iOS Live Activities and Android 16 Live UpdatesA Live Activity is the card that sits on your lock screen while a delivery rider approaches, updating itself without you opening the app. Apple shipped the API in iOS 16.1. Google shipped its own vers00
MTMittal Technologiesinmittal-tech.hashnode.dev·6d ago · 6 min readHow We Optimized API Calls and Reduced Mobile App Load Time by 40%We inherited a React Native app last year with a cold start time hovering around 4.2 seconds and a home screen that made three sequential API calls before rendering anything meaningful. Users were bou00
ASAsta Silvainastasilva.hashnode.dev·6d ago · 3 min readHow to Fix: "Namespace not specified" Gradle 8 Error in React Native & ExpoFixing the "Namespace Not Specified" Error in React Native and Expo Android Builds If you recently upgraded a project to React Native 0.73+ or bumped your Expo SDK to version 50+, you may have run int00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·6d ago · 4 min readSetting Up EAS Update Channels So QA and Support Can Roll Back in One ClickSetting Up EAS Update Channels So QA and Support Can Roll Back in One Click The engineering side of EAS Update is well-documented. The QA and support side is not. This is what our QA lead and our supp00
GGeekyAntsintechblog.geekyants.com·Jul 8 · 14 min readBuilding a Production-Ready Image Cropper in React NativeOriginally published on the GeekyAnts Blog. Build a production-ready, gesture-driven image cropper from scratch — supporting circular profile crops, rectangular cover crops, draggable windows, resiza10
KSKanishka Shashiinnodej.hashnode.dev·Jul 8 · 19 min readReact Fundamentals: Components, JSX, State, and Re-renderingThe question that started it all Why did developers create React when JavaScript already existed? JavaScript could already change a web page after it loaded — you could grab an element with document.g00
