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Cross Platform Mobile Development with React Native

Build iOS and Android apps from one JavaScript codebase - components and JSX, styling and navigation, hooks, Context API and live API data - and understand how React Native works under the hood.

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14 assignments and hands-on React Native demos

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01 About the course

One codebase, two app stores.

Three modules: React Native foundations and setup, the core concepts of building UIs, and working with data.

3
Modules
Setup to live data
34
Video lessons
Concepts and coding demos
14
Assignments
Practice and graded quizzes
15h
Total learning time
Self-paced, flexible deadlines

Cross Platform Mobile Development with React Native teaches you to ship mobile apps for iOS and Android from a single JavaScript codebase. You start with how React Native is built and how to set up a working environment, then move into the components, styling and navigation every app needs.

By the end, you can build responsive, interactive screens with components and StyleSheets, move between them with stack, tab and drawer navigation, manage state with hooks and the Context API, and load live data from APIs - across 34 video lessons, 11 readings and 14 assignments.

It's course 1 of Board Infinity's Holistic Mobile App Design & Development specialization on Coursera, for beginners, developers coming from native frameworks, software engineers and students.

Inside the course
01Introduction to React Native and mobile development≈ 5h 02Core concepts of React Native≈ 6h 03Working with data in React Native≈ 4h
02 Who it's for

Built for people who want to ship mobile apps.

If you want one skill set that reaches both iOS and Android, the course was written with you in mind.

Beginners

New mobile developers

Start with how cross-platform apps work and build up to a data-driven app.

Native devs

Native developers

Move from Swift, Kotlin or Java to one codebase for both platforms.

Web devs

Software engineers

Turn JavaScript and React experience into mobile apps.

Students

Computer science students

Get a structured path from architecture to state, APIs and media.

03 What you'll learn

Four outcomes. Real mobile apps.

Each module takes you a step closer to an app people can actually use.

Module 1

Understand cross-platform

Native versus cross-platform, React Native's architecture, the JavaScript engine and the bridge, and native components.

Module 1

Set up and scaffold an app

Install Node.js and the React Native CLI, set up Android Studio and Xcode, then create, structure and debug your first app.

Module 2

Build interactive screens

Components, JSX, props and state, Flexbox and StyleSheets, responsive layouts, forms and stack, tab and drawer navigation.

Module 3

Work with real data

Hooks and the Context API, Fetch and Axios requests, lists with pull-to-refresh and pagination, and images, video and files.

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Feedback on your components, navigation and state structure.

Plan your portfolio

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Aim it at a role

Which mobile roles this opens, and what to learn next.

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04 Syllabus

Three modules, from first build to live data.

About 15 hours end to end - Coursera estimates 2 weeks at 10 hours a week, fully self-paced. Every module lists its learning objectives, its content, and what you'll walk out with.

34 videos 11 readings 14 assignments ≈ 15 hours Download full syllabus
Learning objectives - by the end of this module you can:
  • Compare native and cross-platform development and explain where React Native fits
  • Describe how React Native works, including the JavaScript engine, the bridge and native components
  • Set up Node.js, the React Native CLI, Android Studio and Xcode
  • Create, structure, run and debug a basic React Native app
What's inside
12 videos71 min
4 readings120 min
5 assignments + course check-in125 min
Topics covered
Cross-platform development Native vs. cross-platform React Native architecture JavaScript engine & the bridge Native components Node.js & React Native CLI Android Studio & Xcode Project structure Logging & debugging
You'll leave with: a working React Native environment, a first app running on it, and a clear picture of how the framework works.
Learning objectives - by the end of this module you can:
  • Build functional and class components with JSX, props and state
  • Style screens with inline and external StyleSheets and responsive layouts
  • Handle user interaction with buttons, inputs, touchables and forms
  • Move between screens with stack, tab and drawer navigation
What's inside
13 videos96 min
4 readings120 min
5 assignments120 min
Topics covered
Functional vs. class components JSX Props & state StyleSheets Responsive UI Buttons, inputs & touchables Forms with TextInput React Navigation Stack, tab & drawer navigators
You'll leave with: the building blocks of every React Native app - responsive screens users can tap, type into and move between.
Learning objectives - by the end of this module you can:
  • Manage state with useState and useEffect, lifted state and the Context API
  • Fetch data from APIs with Fetch and Axios
  • Display data in FlatList and SectionList with pull-to-refresh and pagination
  • Handle images, video, audio, and file uploads and downloads
What's inside
9 videos66 min
3 readings90 min
4 assignments105 min
Topics covered
useState & useEffect Lifting state up Context API Fetch & Axios FlatList & SectionList Pull-to-refresh & pagination Images Video & audio File uploads & downloads
You'll leave with: an app that manages its own state, loads live data from an API, and handles media and files.
05 Tools & skills

Master the tools that power cross-platform apps.

The four toolkits you work through, and the skills you leave with.

Modules 1-3

React Native

The framework used throughout, from architecture and setup to data.

Module 1

Android Studio & Xcode

With Node.js and the React Native CLI, the environment for building and running apps.

Module 2

React Navigation

Stack, tab and drawer navigators for moving between screens.

Module 3

Hooks, Context & Axios

State management and API requests that bring live data into your app.

Skills you leave with

Twelve concrete capabilities, grouped the way the work actually splits - foundations, user interface, and data.

Foundations

How React Native works, and getting it running.

  • Cross-platform principles
  • React Native architecture
  • Environment setup
  • Scaffolding & debugging

User interface

Screens people can see, tap and move between.

  • Components, JSX & props
  • Styling & responsive layouts
  • Forms & user input
  • Stack, tab & drawer navigation

Data

State, APIs and media inside the app.

  • Hooks & Context API
  • API requests with Fetch & Axios
  • Lists, refresh & pagination
  • Media & file handling
Certificate

Proof you can link to.

Finish the graded work and Board Infinity issues a certificate through Coursera - with a public verification link and a one-click path onto your LinkedIn profile.

Issued on completion of the graded quizzes. Counts toward the Holistic Mobile App Design & Development specialization when you've finished all three courses.

On your profile in one click

Add it to your LinkedIn profile, resume or CV, where recruiters actually look.

Anyone can verify it

Its own verification link, so a hiring manager confirms it in seconds.

Earned, not attended

Awarded on graded quizzes in all three modules - it certifies what you know.

Two names on it

Board Infinity as the provider, Coursera as the platform.

06 Career impact

Most products need an app on both platforms. Teams need people who can build it once.

These are the roles that build on exactly this skill set.

Where these skills are in demand

React Native Developer

Building and shipping cross-platform apps - the role this course maps to most directly.

Mobile App Developer

Delivering features across iOS and Android from one codebase.

Front-End Developer

Taking React and JavaScript skills from the browser onto mobile.

Full-Stack Developer

Adding a mobile client to the web apps and APIs you already build.

iOS / Android Developer

Extending native experience with a shared, cross-platform codebase.

Freelance App Developer

Delivering client apps for both stores without doubling the work.

UI Engineer

Building responsive, interactive mobile interfaces with components.

Software Engineer

Applying component, state and data patterns across the systems you build.

The honest comparison

What you're actually paying for

Every topic in this course exists free somewhere on the internet. Nobody is pretending otherwise. What a course adds is the order you learn it in, the practice that makes it stick, and something to show at the end.

What you get
This course
DIY with free content
A sequenced learning pathSetup → UI → data
3 modules that build on each other
Scattered tutorials, no sequence
Practice with feedbackLearning that sticks
14 practice and graded quizzes
Copy, paste, forget
Setup that actually worksAndroid Studio, Xcode, CLI
Step-by-step environment setup and demos
Outdated guides and build errors
Expert-built contentIndustry knowledge and practice
Board Infinity's industry experts
Comment-section guesswork
Proof for recruitersVerifiable, on LinkedIn
Certificate with verification link
Nothing to show
07 The bigger path

More from the Holistic Mobile App Design & Development specialization.

This course stands on its own - but it's also the first step of a three-course path. Enrolling automatically enrolls you in the specialization.

You're here Course 1

Cross Platform Mobile Development with React Native

React Native architecture and setup, components, styling and navigation, and working with data.

≈ 15 hours · 3 modules
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Course 2

Advanced Concepts in React Native Development

Animations and layouts, native device features and libraries, debugging and profiling, and app security.

≈ 10 hours
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Course 3

Microservices and Deployment by using ASP.NET

ASP.NET Core microservices and REST APIs, Docker and Docker Compose, and CI/CD with Azure DevOps.

≈ 11 hours
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08 FAQ

Common questions

Everything learners ask before enrolling, answered plainly.

About the course

You'll learn to build cross-platform mobile apps with React Native. Module one covers native versus cross-platform development, React Native's architecture, and setting up Node.js, the React Native CLI, Android Studio and Xcode to create and debug your first app. Module two covers components, JSX, props and state, styling and responsive layouts, user input and forms, and stack, tab and drawer navigation. Module three covers hooks and the Context API, fetching data with Fetch and Axios, lists with pagination, and handling images, video, audio and files.

Coursera lists this as an intermediate-level course. It starts from how cross-platform development works and walks through setup step by step, but you'll move faster if you're comfortable with JavaScript. Developers coming from native iOS or Android frameworks are part of the intended audience.

The current enrollment options and price for your region are shown on the Coursera course page. The course is included with a Coursera Plus subscription, and Coursera's financial aid is available for eligible learners. Enrollment also includes the whole Holistic Mobile App Design & Development specialization track.

About 15 hours of total learning across 3 modules of 5, 6 and 4 hours, with 34 video lessons, 11 readings and 14 assignments. Coursera estimates 2 weeks at 10 hours a week. It's fully self-paced - deadlines flex around your schedule.

Each lesson has a practice quiz and each module ends with a one-hour graded quiz - 14 assignments in all. A reading after each lesson goes further into topics like React Native's architecture, styling, navigation and managing state.

Yes - this page is Board Infinity's own overview of our course. Enrollment, payment, video lessons, grading and the certificate all happen on Coursera, where the course is hosted. Think of this page as the detailed tour before you head there.

Career & certificate

Yes. Completing the graded quizzes earns you a shareable certificate from Board Infinity, issued through Coursera with its own verification link. You can add it to your LinkedIn profile, resume or CV, and the same completed work counts toward the full specialization certificate.

That's the point of React Native: one JavaScript codebase for both platforms. The course covers setting up both Android Studio and Xcode. Note that building and running iOS apps with Xcode requires a Mac.

It supports React Native and mobile app developer roles, and helps front-end, full-stack and native iOS or Android developers add cross-platform mobile to their skill set.

Two ways. The certificate goes in your LinkedIn Licenses & Certifications section via Coursera's one-click add. Just as valuable is naming what you know: a line like “Built cross-platform React Native apps - components, StyleSheets, React Navigation, hooks, Context API and API data with Axios” gives interviewers something concrete to ask about.

This is the first course of the specialization. Next comes Advanced Concepts in React Native Development (~10 hours), covering animations, native device features, debugging and security, then Microservices and Deployment by using ASP.NET (~11 hours). Completing all three earns the specialization certificate.

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Write it once, ship it to both stores.

Three modules. Fifteen hours. Setup, screens, navigation and live data - and a certificate to show for it.

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