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🚀 Galactic News: WhatsApp Clone, TV Apps & Share Extension

Published over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader,

it's time for another massive clone, and this time I built a WhatsApp UI clone with React Native and tons of great features!

For this tutorial, I teamed up with Clerk, probably one of the best ways to add complete user management to your apps.

Beyond that I've started planning something I call React Native Mentorship Program 👀

I would love to hear your thoughts on it if you are interested, and you could help me by going through this survey!

Happy Coding 🚀
Simon


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✨ Build a WhatsApp Clone with React Native

Join me as I build an epic WhatsApp Clone with React Native, Clerk, Expo Router, Reanimated, Gestures and so much more - 4 hours of React Native fun!

👉 Watch the new video​

💫 Nebula Notes

  1. ​Ignite React Native Projects with Frank Calise (Podcast)
    Frank and I talked about Ignite, Infinite Red's battle-tested boilerplate React Native appliction
  2. ​Expo Share Extenison (Library)
    Finally a great solution for integrating React Native apps in the iOS share dialog!
  3. ​How to build TV apps with Expo and React Native (Tutorial)
    Did you know you can build your React Native app for your TV? Check this out.
  4. ​Budget App with React Native Expo SQLi​te (Tutorial)
    My friend Beto created another great tutorial about using SQLite in your React Native app.

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