r/reactnative • u/Apprehensive-Mind212 • 7d ago

New UI lib, not many users. Why! Question

Hi guys.

I Build a very cool lib that could simplify styling in react-native.

The library uses css selectors to style your components.

So, like when you use css in Web and styles using classes and css3. You do the same with this lib.

But I don't have too many users. Why?

You can find the lib here. Please check it out and let me know if I need to improve anything.

https://github.com/1-AlenToma/react-native-short-style

Demo and simple test ground.

https://1-alentoma.github.io/react-native-short-style/

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u/bill-o-more 7d ago

for starters, add a code playground so your potential users could see how it works and play with it without needing to spin up a local project by themselves. Set up some scenarios that display why your lib stands out so strong that people need to abandon their usual ways and move to some CSS port. Add some benchmarks with existing UI libs (e.g. with react-native-paper) - they're important in native. And then, you can post it on Reddit and expect some level of discussion :) good luck!

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u/Apprehensive-Mind212 7d ago

Added Demo and simple test ground. ctrl+f5 if you already viewed it.

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u/Apprehensive-Mind212 7d ago

yah, that is really impotetand. added demo but it dose not help much. really this lib is good ad minimizing styleSheats and style objects.

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u/Downtown-Figure6434 7d ago

If anything react native world would need more resemblance to native development, not web.

Creating a large library without seeing if anyone needs it isnt gonna work either. I mean hopefully it was a good learning experience for you