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MyReactNativeApp

The app is as typical a mobile app one could think of. The main feature is to show a customizable product catalog for a set of small business customers. From that catalog, they can filter out and order products for delivery. In other words, it is an online shop. The mobile app is made with React native with both IOS and Android releases. There is no native code specific to the app besides some third-party libraries which are used. The key libraries that are used in addition to react-native ones are firebase-react-native, redux and react-native-elements. Yet again, nothing special here. The first versions were developed and distributed via Expo. I found it very well suited for the first phases of development, running and debugging were straightforward. The customer did agree since trying out new versions was convenient especially for IOS users because alpha version distribution for that particular ecosystem is tedious, to say the least While developing the application I stumbled u