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Simplifying State Management in React Native

You're reading from   Simplifying State Management in React Native Master state management from hooks and context through to Redux, MobX, XState, Jotai and React Query

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803235035
Length 202 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Aleksandra Desmurs-Linczewska Aleksandra Desmurs-Linczewska
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1 – Learn the Basics: Intro to React, States, Props, Hooks, and Context
2. Chapter 1: What are React and React Native? FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Managing State in a Simple React App 4. Part 2 – Creating a Real, Working App
5. Chapter 3: Planning and Setting Up the Funbook App 6. Chapter 4: Styling and Populating the Funbook App 7. Part 3 – Exploring Various Libraries for State Management in React Native
8. Chapter 5: Implementing Redux in Our Funbook App 9. Chapter 6: Using MobX as a State Manager in a React Native App 10. Chapter 7: Untangling Complex Flows in React Native Apps with XState 11. Chapter 8: Integrating Jotai in a React Native App 12. Chapter 9: Using React Query for Server-Side-Driven State Management 13. Part 4 – Summary
14. Chapter 10: Appendix 15. Index 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Installing and configuring Redux

As with any library that we would like to add to our project, we will start by reading the documentation. The Redux documentation has evolved a lot over the years. In 2022, the recommended install includes Redux Toolkit.

Redux Toolkit is the recommended official approach to using Redux. It contains commonly used packages and dependencies for building Redux apps. This toolkit also simplifies a lot of tasks necessary for using Redux, such as creating the store or reducers. Any user is free to install and use core Redux, but we will use the recommended approach and use Redux Toolkit.

Why not just Redux?

The Redux library has evolved a lot since its conception in 2015. Its ecosystem has also grown a lot. The recommended Redux Toolkit is the most practical addition to Redux apps written in 2022, although it is not a necessity.

Let’s start by going into the files for the full app, which is placed in the example-app-full folder. Feel free...

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