Lightning Fast Mobile App Development with Galio: Build stylish cross-platform mobile apps with Galio and React Native

Petru Alin Gheorghe

ISBN 10: 1801073163 / ISBN 13: 9781801073165

Published by Packt Publishing Limited, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lightning Fast Mobile App Development with Galio: Build stylish cross-platform mobile apps with Galio and React Native
• Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1801073163
• ISBN 13: 9781801073165
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Leverage the power of Galio and React Native to create beautifully designed, practical, and exciting mobile apps

Key Features

• Understand Galio and quickly build cross-platform mobile apps
• Discover how to put Galio into practice by implementing it in real-world scenarios
• Build beautiful apps using Galio by taking advantage of its carefully crafted components

Book Description

Galio is a free open source React Native framework that enables beginner-level programmers to quickly build cross-platform mobile apps by leveraging its beautifully designed ready-made components. This book helps you to learn about React Native app development while building impressive out-of-the-box apps with Galio.

Lightning Fast Mobile App Development with Galio takes a hands-on approach to implementation and associated methodologies that will have you up and running and productive in no time. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, you will begin by exploring the basics of React Native and understanding how Galio works. As you make progress, you'll learn how to initialize and configure a React Native app and get to grips with the basics of React Native development. You'll also discover how packages work and how to install Galio as the main dependency, along with understanding how and why Galio helps you to develop apps with ease. Finally, you'll build three practical and exciting apps using React Native and Galio.

By the end of this app development book, you'll have learned how to use Galio to quickly create layouts and set up React Native projects for your personal ideas.

What you will learn

• Explore Galio and learn how to build beautiful and functional apps
• Familiarize yourself with the Galio ecosystem
• Discover how to use npm and understand why Galio is needed
• Get to grips with the basics of constructing a basic but attractive UI for an app
• Find out how you can utilize Galio's ready-made components
• Use Galio to drive the process of quickly building cross-platform mobile apps
• Build three practical and exciting apps with React Native and Galio

Who this book is for

This book is for developers who are looking to learn new skills or build personal mobile apps. Anyone trying to change their job as well as beginners and intermediate web developers will also find this book useful. A basic understanding of CSS, HTML, and JavaScript is needed to get the most out of this book.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to React Native and Galio
2. Basics of React Native
3. The Correct Mindset
4. Your First Cross-Platform App
5. Why Galio?
6. The Basics of Mobile UI Building
7. Exploring the State of Our App
8. Creating Your Own Custom Components
9. Debugging and Reaching Out for Help
10. Building an Onboarding Screen
11. Let’s Build – Stopwatch App
12. Where To Go from Here?

About the Author

Alin Gheorghe is a web developer based in Bucharest, Romania. After he created his first iOS game at the age of 15, he fell in love with the world of mobile applications. He has worked with a wide range of different technologies while also developing his love of music and photography. He truly believes coding is just another form of art which requires the developer to think outside the box.