Create a React Native Mobile App for WordPress Website 2020

Use the WordPress REST API to create a React Native mobile app (iOS and Android) for your website through Expo workflow.

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Description

Important Note! Course content is based on an old Expo version and is not currently supported. So if you are following the course by building the app, please consider that you may find breaks and warnings. You should follow latest Expo and React Native documentation to verify the code.


React Native is an excellent tool for building both android and ios apps with the same codebase. For web developers, it can be even more suitable to build mobile apps as it is mainly based on Javascript. WordPress has also made it easier by providing the built-in REST API. 

So if you are having a WordPress website with basic Javascript knowledge and you want to create a mobile app for the website, this course would be for you.

If you have no Javascript knowledge or you don't want to dig much through coding, this course provides a readymade template that you can use along with a WordPress plugin to create your app.

In this course you will learn:

  • How to set up the Expo environment to test your app

  • How to use React Native to build the front-end of your app

  • React Native main components

  • Fetching the data from WordPress REST API to our app

  • React basics as functional components and passing props

  • React hooks as useState, useEffect, and useContext

  • How to add a React custom component

  • Use React Navigation package to adjust tabs or drawer menus or go from a screen to another

  • Enable or disable the dark mode based on user preference

  • Store app settings in the device and then get them using AsyncStorage

  • Styling the app and customizing the style based on the device dimensions or platform

  • Debugging errors

  • Publishing the app to Expo and deploying it to the stores

What You Will Learn!

  • Use React Native to create a mobile app
  • Use Expo to build the app in order to be distributed to App Store and Play Store
  • Use WordPress built-in REST API to fetch the data from the app
  • Use React Navigation to create tabs, drawer menus and navigate between pages

Who Should Attend!

  • WordPress website owners who want to create a simple app for their website
  • WordPress developers who want to add a simple app in the services or packages they provide to their clients