Problems I’ve run into while trying to archive an app that would otherwise run on a physical device. Introduction The setup: NRWL monorepo project & React Native app. The problem: iOS app runs normally when running it from Xcode, but archiving it in order to distribute on AppStoreConnect leads to nasty…

Cross-platform app development: what it is and why do we need it. If we were to pick 10 random people from around the world, we would stumble upon unique mindsets, interesting personalities, and various likes and dislikes. However, the one thing that these people will have in common is that…

Build white label apps — This guide will help you to understand the terminology, why we need multiple flavors for an app, and it will also offer a step-by-step breakdown of the process involved in creating everything. Sometimes we need to be able to build 2 versions of your app: a development version and a…

A step-by-step guide that works both for a vanilla RN app, and for an app that is part of an NX Monorepo — The reason why I am writing this guide is that I was a victim of the ‘Hours of debugging save you 5 minutes of reading documentation’ approach. Don’t fall into this trap. Adding fonts to a React Native app seems easy — and it is! The first step is to…

Make command line your friend — Software developers that work in teams heavily rely on the usage of version control systems for keeping track of the changes that each team member made, in addition to sharing the work with each other. Version control systems are also our safety net — we can make mistakes and break…

Let’s navigate through a list of factors that are heavily impacting your productivity and your general satisfaction with programming. If you are a software developer you know exactly this scenario: you’re trying to code your way through today’s TODO list, then you stumble upon one little bug that drains all…

How to write a custom hook that will ensure that sticky popups don’t ruin the UX in your React app. First of all, the scenario that’s bugging us: Let’s say that in your app you have a popup that opens when you click on a user. In that popup, you…

Productivity is overrated. We do not have to grow and evolve all the time, and it’s OK to be lazy — Before starting my rant, some disclaimers: I do not encourage laziness. I do not agree with not properly doing the job you’re paid to do. You shouldn’t eat junk food for every meal, but it’s OK to do so from time to time if you want to. …

How to dynamically change the navigation pattern of your website based on the current platform of the user — MaterialUI is a powerful React UI framework — the most popular, to be fair. Getting started with it is as simple as running npm install @material-ui/core . …