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Create a React Native search bar from scratch

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Kevin Tomas
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This tutorial demonstrates how to create a custom search bar from scratch in React Native, a JavaScript-based framework for building cross-platform mobile applications. It uses the Expo client and suggests working with tools like Visual Studio Code, requiring basic knowledge of JavaScript and React/React Native. The tutorial details setting up an Expo project, structuring the project directories, and creating a search bar component in SearchBar.js, including handling conditional styling for clicked and unclicked states. It also explains implementing text input listeners and filtering logic within a list using the FlatList component in List.js. The tutorial illustrates how to manage data and states in Home.js, where data is fetched from a fake API endpoint to simulate real-world scenarios. It concludes with tips for further development and mentions LogRocket, a tool for identifying and recreating issues in React Native apps.