Using React Native Elements, a cross-platform UI toolkit
Blog post from LogRocket
React Native Elements is a popular UI toolkit for React Native that simplifies the development process by providing ready-to-use and customizable components. The toolkit includes various components such as Button, Card, Input, Icon, and Rating, each offering specific styling and functionality options to enhance app design and user experience. Installation is straightforward, especially with Expo, and it supports theming to ensure a consistent look across platforms. The components are designed to be flexible, with props that allow for detailed customization, including icon integration and styling quirks that developers need to be aware of. The guide also discusses how to extend the theme and manage styling order to ensure that external styles supersede default and theme-defined settings. Additionally, the article highlights the use of tools like LogRocket to monitor and improve app performance by analyzing user interactions, which helps in identifying and resolving technical and usability issues.