Create a React Native TextInput

Good lesson, but please get the VScode autohits disabled as its quite large and seems to always be in the way of seeing the code.

Thanks

The keyboard is not appearing for mine, what troubleshooting steps could I take?

Running in the iOS Simulator you must enable the keyboard to show up. The key command is CMD + K to toggle it on and off.

Also with the simulator focused you can go to Hardware > Keyboard > Toggle Software Keyboard

Ditto. And please slow down a bit. I have the video playing at 0.8 and I'm having to stop frequently to try to catch up. And I know I'm not slow. You just know this stuff too well.

Apologies for that. I will do my best in future videos to slow down. I'm actually recording in small chunks and editing out pauses in between each one. Mostly was focusing on continual flow of the video + code access would be enough.

I will make adjustments in future videos.

Sorry about that, I actually don't typically use them. I'll find a way to disable them as they are more obnoxious than valuable.

It feels like you're just reading a code example from another screen and typing it, "Now we're creating this, then we're creating that, then we're importing platform" Do you wanna explain what "platform" is and what is good for ? This is not instructing or teaching.

Hey, thank you for the course! I like React Native so far. But, I have a question:

header: {
    paddingHorizontal: 16,
    flexDirection: "row",
    justifyContent: "space-around",
    alignItems: "center"
}

Here you said that alignItems will center items horizontally, did you mean vertically? I'm new to React Native, and this might be a different kind of flexbox, but in web, align-items usually operates with secondary axis, which is vertical when flex-direction: row

Agree with Ming above. You're literally just reading your code out loud. Please help us understand WHY you make certain choices, what is actually happening, what data structures you're using...more teaching would be more helpful.

Man, this is nice but if you slowed down a bit it would be nice. As far as the explanation goes, there is literally no explanation on why you are typing what you are typing. As beginners, we get stuck in small details a lot, by the time we figure out what that specific line of code means, you have already created 5 pages and implemented the local state management.