Handling API Calls in React Native using Axios & Axios-Retry

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📌 Handling API Calls in React Native using Axios & Axios-Retry

🎯 Goal

Learn how to make API requests in React Native and handle retries efficiently.

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✅ Why is this important?

Focus Bear relies on external APIs for user data. Handling requests efficiently, including retries, is key to providing a smooth user experience.

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✅ Tasks

• Research how API calls work in React Native (fetch vs Axios)
• Implement API calls using Axios
• Use Axios-Retry to handle network failures
• Understand error handling and response caching strategies

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✅ Reflection (rn-api-calls.md)

• Why is Axios preferred over fetch in some cases?
• How does Axios-Retry improve network reliability?
• How would you handle API failures gracefully in a React Native app?