User authentication with Amplify in React Native and Expo app

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AWS Amplify is a fantastic framework that helps you develop your web or mobile applications quickly. By Aman Mittal.

AWS Amplify not only does it enhances your current tech stack, but it actually has many built-in features that you don’t have to worry about, especially when your app is in the development process. Some features include authentication, GraphQL and REST API support, a way to manage user pool, notifications.

Amplify can be integrated with most popular frontend frameworks like React, Vue, Angular, Ionic, React Native, or plain old vanilla JavaScript, if you’d like.

The article then reads about:

  • Requirements
  • Creating a new React Native App
  • How to create a new AWS IAM user
  • Initializing & Integrating Amplify SDK
  • Enable Amplify Auth Resource
  • withAuthenticator: Adding a High Order Component
  • Testing the default Amplify auth flow

This tutorial takes a look at one of the most important features of an application: authentication. Excellent read!

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