10 React Native Libraries You Should Try on Fire TV

Last time I told you about how Gio and I built an AI harness to test React Native libraries on Fire TV.

Now that hundreds of libraries are confirmed compatible with Fire OS and Vega, is there anything cool that might be useful for your app?

I'm glad you asked! Here are 10 you might want to check out:

React Navigation

React Navigation is a uniquely useful set of libraries for Fire TV because navigation is the fundamental element behind every TV app (even more than streaming media). It's not only cross-compatible with Fire OS and Vega, but also Apple TV, Android TV, and web platforms like Samsung Tizen and LG webOS, so you can use it in every version of your app.

I've prepared a sample app, which shows you how to implement all of these React Navigation libraries in both your Fire OS and Vega apps (plus a few bonus libraries to help you get set up):

• @react-navigation/native (container)
• @react-navigation/drawer (outer drawer)
• @react-navigation/material-top-tabs (inner tabs)
• @react-navigation/devtools, plus transitive core / routers / elements
• react-native-screens, react-native-safe-area-context, react-native-gesture-handler, react-native-reanimated

Icon Sets

Once you've got the navigation implemented, you'll need icons to populate your menus and screens. Here are three icon sets you can try to make your app look good, now all confirmed compatible with Fire TV:

• lucide-react-native
• phosphor-react-native
• react-native-heroicons

SVG Charts

Of course TV apps aren't just for streaming media. If you find yourself needing to build an app for your work, to share reports or data sets, check out these SVG charts for great ways to do that:

• react-native-chart-kit
• react-native-gifted-charts
• react-native-svg-charts

What other libraries would you like to see come to Fire TV? Let us know!