React Native Pokedex Tutorial for Beginners

Every developer should build a Pokedex at least once. It's the perfect excuse to practice API calls, Redux, and dynamic UI in one small app that's actually fun to demo. I build it from scratch in the video, all the way to type-colored backgrounds.

What's inside

• Fetching Pokemon by ID with the free pokemons API
• Loading data on mount with useEffect and useState
• Redux as the global counter that drives which Pokemon you see
• Clamping IDs between 1 and 898 so requests never fail
• Displaying stats, moves, weight, and height dynamically
• Backgrounds that change color based on the Pokemon's type

Resources

CourseReact Native course

Go from tutorial apps to shipped apps: 17 sections and 800+ minutes, fundamentals to the stores.