souravbanerjeedata/movie-app-rn

MovieApp RN is a mobile app for discovering movies and TV series, built to give users a Netflix-like browsing experience. It pulls live data from TMDB (The Movie Database), a popular public API that provides information about films and shows, so the content stays current without the developer having to maintain their own database. The app includes user authentication with login and sign-up screens, a home feed showing trending, popular, and top-rated content, and dedicated tabs for browsing movies and TV series separately with filtering options. Users can search for specific titles, tap into a detail view that shows a backdrop image, overview, genres, and similar recommendations, and pick up where they left off with a "Continue Watching" section. The design uses a dark theme with smooth animations. On the technical side, the app is built with React Native and Expo, a popular toolkit that makes it easier to build and run mobile apps, using TypeScript as the programming language. Expo Router handles navigation using a file-based system, similar to how web frameworks organize pages. Data fetching is handled through Axios (an HTTP request library) combined with a custom hook called useFetch for managing loading states. Styling uses React Native's built-in StyleSheet system along with Expo Linear Gradient for visual effects. To run the project yourself you need Node.js version 18 or later, the Expo CLI tool, and a free TMDB account to obtain an API key.