freeCodeCamp React Native Courses

Worth being clear about what this link is before anything else: it's a tag archive, not a course. freeCodeCamp's news section collects roughly 85 posts under the react-native tag, written by different authors at different times, with no shared curriculum and no order to work through. Nobody sequenced it.

That said, the archive is unusually good for what it is. freeCodeCamp edits its contributor posts properly, and the tag mixes short how-to articles with full multi-hour video courses published to their YouTube channel and written up here.

What's actually in there

Browsing the archive, the range runs from single-problem pieces — how to add a splash screen, how to store data locally in Expo, how to get Tailwind working in a React Native app, how to make fetch requests — through to project builds like a meditation app with Expo Router, a quiz app wired to Supabase, and a macOS app. There's a React Native Reanimated v4 animation piece and a Live Activities handbook covering iOS Live Activities and Android 16 Live Updates, which is more current than most free material on the subject.

The problem with a tag page

Posts sit next to each other with no indication of which are stale. React Native's tooling churns fast, and an older article about linking native modules or a previous Expo workflow will still rank and still look authoritative. There's no deprecation banner. You have to check the date on every single piece yourself and cross-reference against the current Expo SDK, which is exactly the work a real course is supposed to do for you.

Who it's for

Best if you already build in React Native and have a specific problem — animations, auth, local storage, publishing. The search-and-read model works well there. Skip it if you're starting from zero: there is no first lesson, no second lesson, and you will end up stitching together contradictory advice from four different authors. Take the Expo tutorial or a structured video course first, then come back here for the gaps.

Our take

Genuinely useful, badly framed as a course. Treat it as a well-edited magazine archive rather than a syllabus and it earns its place — the writing quality is above the average free tutorial and the code usually runs. Just don't expect it to teach you React Native in order, and check every publication date before you trust a command.