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[NEW] React Native Mobile App with Laravel 12 API

Making First API Calls

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Summary of this lesson:
- Evaluate API client options (Fetch, Axios, Frisbee) and select Axios for its features and community support
- Set up an API service with Axios configured to connect to the Laravel backend
- Create a fetchCategories function to retrieve data from the categories endpoint
- Implement useEffect hook to call the API when the component mounts
- Handle API response data with useState to display dynamic content from the server

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Now that we have our list - we should make it dynamic. We will set up the API service to use our Laravel API application. In this lesson, we will:

  • Check the options for API calls (Axios, Fetch, etc.)
  • Pick our API package and configure it
  • Update our List to use the API

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Available Options - Axios, Fetch, Frisbee

If we look at the React Native Documentation - they list quite a few options for making API calls. The most...

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