Managing state in mobile apps
What about using Context in React Native mobile apps? Of course, you should if you're developing the same application for the web and for native platforms. In fact, you could copy and paste all the Context-related code to a React Native application and use it to handle state. I encourage you to download the code for this book and convert the application from this chapter to React Native as an exercise.
There really is no difference in how you use Context in a mobile app. The only difference is in the shape of the state that's used. In other words, don't think that you can use the exact same Context and reducer functions in the web and native versions of your app. Think about React Native components. There's no one-size-fits-all component for many things. You have some components that are optimized for the iOS platform, while others are optimized for the Android platform. It's the same idea with Context. The information that...
