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React Native runtime v0.1.5 is out!
✅ Data Binding Lists, Images, Artboards, and all properties
📖 Scripting support
🪆 Nested ViewModel access (viewModel, replaceViewModel)
🛠 useRiveProperty now reads the initial value correctly
Migration guide: https://rive.app/docs/runtimes/react-native/migration-guide
New users start here: https://rive.app/docs/runtimes/react-native/react-native
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This is a shameless re-submission, as I already submitted this whack-a-mole mini game for the Rive data binding challenge. But since this one is specifically about games I thought: 'what the heck, why not?'
🔨Play Many Moles here 🔨
https://rive.app/s/JVEp5tm23E2tVDmUSMUlsA/?runtime=rive-renderer&multitouch=true
No scripting in this one (yet).
Hopefully I can build something new for the next challenge :-]
Thanks for playing!
😄 character design and animation is solid, well executed
💡 𝗧𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 — 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲
𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄?
Using "useFocusEffect" from "@react-navigation/native" is often better than "useEffect" when you're dealing with screen-specific logic in React Navigation.
"useEffect runs" when the component mounts —
but "useFocusEffect" 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀, making it perfect for:
- Refreshing data when a user returns to a screen
- Re-running listeners or subscriptions
- Resetting UI state only when the screen is active
It helps keep your app reactive and avoids stale data.
#ReactNavigation #MobileDevelopment #AppDevelopment #React
Great tip 👌
Screen lifecycle nuances like this often prevent subtle state bugs & unnecessary re-renders.
Very practical insight.
My @Rive racing game breakdown! 🚗💨
I thought I'd share a short breakdown exploring the systems and ideas behind the project so far!
Very cool breakdown 👌 Always interesting seeing how different people structure interaction systems in Rive.
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