React Native Paper v.5 - Update Overview | React Universe On Air #14

Published: 07 July 2022
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In the 14th episode of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show), our host, Łukasz Chludziński (https://www.callstack.com/team/lukasz...) and Łukasz Walczak (https://www.callstack.com/team/lukasz..., maintainer of the React Native Paper library, discuss the current state of the library and its latest update that supports Material You.

What’s inside this episode?
- A little recap reminding us of what React Native Paper is and what has changed since the last episode of the podcast about Paper.
- A list of benefits of using Paper.
- What’s the reason behind renaming Material Design to Material You by Google?
- How did the Paper team manage to update the library?
- How can developers move to the new version of the library?
And many more!

What’s new, after the “talking” part, our experts will present a demo app showcasing the app built with the new Paper and compare it with the previous version of the library’s components.
You can download this demo app here:
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/react-nati...

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

Team involved in the process of adjusting Paper to Material You:

Łukasz Walczak: https://github.com/lukewalczak
Daniel Szczepanik: https://github.com/Drakeoon
Olimpia Żurek: https://github.com/OlimpiaZurek
Aleksandra Desmurs-Linczewska: https://github.com/p-syche
Jan Jaworek: https://github.com/jaworek
Kewin Wereszczyński: https://github.com/kwereszczynski
Satyajit Sahoo: https://github.com/satya164

Paper migration guide:
https://callstack.github.io/react-nat...

The article we mention in the podcast: https://www.callstack.com/blog/react-...

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https://www.callstack.com/contact-us?...

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00:00 - 00:39 - RNEU announcement
00:40 - 02:05 - Introduction
02:08 - 03:53 - What has changed in React Native Paper within 2 years?
03:53 - 04:39 - How can Paper help developers with theming?
04:41 - 06:38 - Why use UI kit library when building apps? And why choose Paper?
06:38 - 07:15 - What does paper provide in the accessibility area?
07:16 - 08:18 - What companies use Paper in their products?
08:20 - 09:47 - What are Material Design and Material You?
09:50 - 11:28 - Can developers use previous versions of Material Design (v.2 for example) in the Paper v.5?
11:35 - 12:46 - How do you get your hands on the library without going to nmp install part with so many different platforms?
13:18 - 14:28 - Refreshing the Paper library as a way to update it fast.
14:29 - 16:27 - Design tokens - what are they?
16:29 - 18:05 - How to move to the Paper v.5 and Material You within the existing app?
18:38 - 22:36 - React Native Paper update process and team overview.
22:37 - 24:09 - Two Material Design versions in one library and benefits of this solution
24:09 - 24:40 - On which platforms developers can use Paper?
25:28 - 26:06 - Summary of the podcast part
26:07 - 36:20 - Paper v.5 showcase app
36:21 - 37:50 - Overall summary


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