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React and React Native - Fifth Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805127307
Pages 508 pages
Edition 5th Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Mikhail Sakhniuk Mikhail Sakhniuk
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Adam Boduch Adam Boduch
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Table of Contents (33) Chapters

Preface 1. Part I: React
2. Why React? 3. Rendering with JSX 4. Understanding React Components and Hooks 5. Event Handling in the React Way 6. Crafting Reusable Components 7. Type-Checking and Validation with TypeScript 8. Handling Navigation with Routes 9. Code Splitting Using Lazy Components and Suspense 10. User Interface Framework Components 11. High-Performance State Updates 12. Fetching Data from a Server 13. State Management in React 14. Server-Side Rendering 15. Unit Testing in React 16. Part II: React Native
17. Why React Native? 18. React Native under the Hood 19. Kick-Starting React Native Projects 20. Building Responsive Layouts with Flexbox 21. Navigating Between Screens 22. Rendering Item Lists 23. Geolocation and Maps 24. Collecting User Input 25. Responding to User Gestures 26. Showing Progress 27. Displaying Modal Screens 28. Using Animations 29. Controlling Image Display 30. Going Offline 31. Other Books You May Enjoy
32. Index

Toggling between on and off

Another common element you’ll see in web forms is checkboxes. For example, think of toggling Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on your device. React Native has a Switch component that works on both iOS and Android. Thankfully, this component is a little easier to style than the Picker component. Let’s look at a simple abstraction you can implement to provide labels for your switches:

type CustomSwitchProps = SwitchProps & {
  label: string;
};
export default function CustomSwitch(props: CustomSwitchProps) {
  return (
    <View style={styles.customSwitch}>
      <Text>{props.label}</Text>
      <Switch {...props} />
    </View>
  );
}

Now, let’s learn how we can use a couple of switches to control application state:

export default function TogglingOnAndOff() {
  const [first, setFirst] = useState(false);
  const [second, setSecond] = useState(false);
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>...
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