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"My First React Native App: A Custom Admin Tool for My Website
Built My First React Native App — An Internal Admin Tool for Formant Took a big step forward today. I built my first React Native app — a custom internal admin tool for managing blog content and media on formant.ca, my personal dev and music studio site. It’s not public, but it’s functional and live on my own Android device. I can now post updates, write drafts, and manage media directly from my phone. What I Got Working Set up a fresh React Native project from scratch Built a modular interface without any templates or generators Integrated Firebase Auth and handled some runtime quirks with Hermes Deployed locally and tested the app on-device It’s the first part of a broader toolset I’m building to keep Formant fully in my hands — no third-party platforms, no content lock-in. Next Steps Add image upload and edit features Expand into scheduling tools and version tracking Eventually connect it to my game data and user analytics Tech Stack React Native Firebase Auth Plain JavaScript Device-tested on Android This isn’t a product — it’s a personal infrastructure move. But it felt good to take control of my tools and finally build something native. reactnative #firebase #webdev #indiedev #formant #buildinpublic #androiddev
Built My First React Native App — An Internal Admin Tool for Formant
Took a big step forward today.
I built my first React Native app — a custom internal admin tool for managing blog content and media on formant.ca, my personal dev and music studio site.
It’s not public, but it’s functional and live on my own Android device. I can now post updates, write drafts, and manage media directly from my phone.
What I Got Working
- Set up a fresh React Native project from scratch
- Built a modular interface without any templates or generators
- Integrated Firebase Auth and handled some runtime quirks with Hermes
- Deployed locally and tested the app on-device
It’s the first part of a broader toolset I’m building to keep Formant fully in my hands — no third-party platforms, no content lock-in.
Next Steps
- Add image upload and edit features
- Expand into scheduling tools and version tracking
- Eventually connect it to my game data and user analytics
Tech Stack
- React Native
- Firebase Auth
- Plain JavaScript
- Device-tested on Android
This isn’t a product — it’s a personal infrastructure move. But it felt good to take control of my tools and finally build something native.
