Chapter 17. Showing Progress

This chapter is all about communicating progress to the user. React Native has different components to handle the different types of progress that you want to communicate. We'll start with a short discussion on why we need to communicate progress like this in the first place. Then, we'll jump into implementing progress indicators and progress bars. After that, you'll see specific examples that show you how to use progress indicators with navigation while data loads, and using progress bars to communicate the current position in a series of steps.

Progress and usability

Imagine that you have a microwave oven that has no window and makes no sound. The only way to interact with it, is a by pressing a button labeled cook. ...

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