As The Crow Flies 🧭

A minimalist navigation app for self-guiding humans.

Built with @expo, coming soon on Android 🤖

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Hi ! Welcome to "As The Crow Flies" 's twitter page. I will try my best to keep you updated of every step of the birth 🐣 and life 🕊 (and hopefully not death 🍗) of my little application.
-Valentin

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Ok, dark mode by default is cool, but it might not be ideal in very bright weather. When this happens, switch to light mode 💡

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In the middle of a race and you hesitate between going right or left? A quick look at what's coming up on the map and off you go!

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@eveningkid @expo @reactnative @swmansion Merci 😊

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Let's take a look at the technical side!
The app is powered by @reactnative, completely built with @expo, and the animations are all made with reanimated from @swmansion.
All those tools are fantastic and they keep getting better!

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If you are a Javascript developer and want to get started with native mobile development, and if you love the French accent, I can only recommend the youtube channel of @wcandillon and his series "Can it be done with React Native" !

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And finally, go offline by setting the power saving mode to the desired level ⚡. The higher it is, the less accurate and the fewer measurements you will get.

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So what is it?
Well, it's a map 🗺️ and it's also a compass 🧭
In fact it's both at the same time.

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OK and that's it?
Not quite. On top of pointing north, you can enter a destination and let the application guide you there "as the crow flies".