A modern mobile app built with React Native and Expo that lets users search and browse the latest news using a live News API. It provides real-time updates, clean UI, and responsive design optimized for both Android and iOS.

• 🔎 Search for news by keyword or topic
• 📰 View latest headlines from trusted sources
• 🖼️ Clean and minimalist UI with images, titles, and snippets
• ⚡ Real-time news fetched from external API
• 🌐 Uses REST API integration for live content
• 📱 Built with React Native + Expo for smooth cross-platform experience

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/react-native-news-app.git
cd react-native-news-app

npm install
# or
yarn install

npx expo start

Use Expo Go on your mobile to scan the QR code and run the app.

This app uses the NewsAPI (or similar). You need an API key to fetch the news.

1. Sign up at newsapi.org and get your API key.

2. Create a .env file in your project root:

NEWS_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

3. Load the API key in your app using expo-constants or react-native-dotenv

.
├── assets/                  # App assets (icons, images)
├── components/              # Reusable components (NewsItem, SearchBar)
├── screens/                 # Screens like Home, Search
├── api/                     # API call functions
├── App.js                   # Main entry point
└── README.md

• ⚛️ React Native
• 📦 Expo
• 🌐 Fetch / Axios (for API calls)
• 🧩 React Navigation
• 💅 Styled Components / Tailwind / CSS-in-JS

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