How to upload images from React Native to a Laravel API

Developers today often work on both frontend and backend projects, and React Native is a widely used framework for building cross-platform mobile apps, while Laravel is popular for creating REST APIs due to its elegant PHP structure. This text provides a guide on integrating these two technologies by detailing the process of uploading images from a React Native app to a Laravel API. It begins with setting up a Laravel project and creating an API endpoint for image uploads, followed by configuring a React Native app using Expo. The guide includes creating UI components for previewing and uploading images, utilizing libraries like Axios for HTTP requests, and implementing file size checks using the expo-file-system library. It explains how to handle image uploads by managing file validation, constructing a FormData object, and making API requests to upload images, ensuring files are less than 2MB. The content underscores the simplicity of the process, encouraging developers to follow the outlined steps for successful implementation, and highlights tools like LogRocket for enhancing application performance and user experience.