Company
Date Published
Author
Ian Kirkpatrick
Word count
520
Language
English
Hacker News points
1

Summary

The Replit Mobile App has been updated to allow users to code in both landscape and portrait modes, providing a more flexible experience on smaller tablets and larger phones. The app uses Expo for React Native and the react-native-safe-area-context library to ensure that its interface is displayed correctly in safe areas of the screen, accounting for camera cut-outs and system navigation UI. To maximize screen space, the app has been modified to allow for more screen real estate depending on the device's notch position. The latest update also includes a React context responsible for handling orientation-related functionality, adjusting the UI accordingly when the device is rotated. Future improvements aim to enhance deployment management, hardware keyboard support, and UI changes tailored to tablets' extra screen space.