React Native Charts for Beginners
Beto, July 26, 2025 · 12,862 views
Charts have a reputation for being painful in React Native, and honestly, they don't deserve it. Gifted Charts plus two dependencies gets you a bar chart in minutes, and the polish comes from a few smart styling choices I walk through in the video: gradients, themes, and shadows.
What's inside
- New Expo project with gifted-charts, react-native-svg, and expo-linear-gradient
- A clean bar chart with custom colors and labels
- Gradient bars and a matching gradient background
- Color themes users can switch at runtime with useState
- React Native's new cross-platform boxShadow property
- Where to plug in real data (SQLite, AsyncStorage, Prisma) when you outgrow dummy arrays
Resources
CourseReact Native course
Charts, design, data, and shipping: 17 sections and 800+ minutes of React Native.
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