Build an Offline-First React Native Mobile App with Expo and Realm

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Realm.io

To help with offline data management and syncing between different devices, running different OSes, we can use MongoDB’s Realm. To create a single code base that works well in both platforms we can use React Native. And the simplest way to create React Native Apps is using Expo.

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React Native

The React Native Project, allows you to create iOS and Android apps using React “a best-in-class JavaScript library for building user interfaces”. So if you’re an experienced Web developer who already knows React, using React Native will be the natural next step to create native Mobile Apps.

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Expo

To help with offline data management and syncing between different devices, running different OSes, we can use MongoDB’s Realm. To create a single code base that works well in both platforms we can use React Native. And the simplest way to create React Native Apps is using Expo.

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Realm React Native

To add our Realm library to the project we’ll type in the Terminal:.

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Android Studio

Android Studio, to develop for Android and at least one Android Emulator ready to test our apps.

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Visual Studio Code

Any code editor. I’ll be using Visual Studio Code as it has plugins to help with React Native Development, but you can use any other editor.

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