Overview

Overview

Welcome to the 🥣 BowlerKit Expo documentation. This template is built to get your mobile app off the ground fast, with a solid, scalable foundation already in place.

We've taken care of all the repetitive setup work—authentication, state management, storage, API integration, theming, and localization. You focus on what makes your app unique. We handle the rest.

Why Use This Boilerplate?

Getting a production-ready mobile app to market means setting up a ton of foundational pieces: user authentication, state management, local storage, API communication, theming, and multi-language support. Building all that from scratch takes time. This boilerplate gives you everything you need out of the box, built with best practices and clean architecture in mind.

What's Included

🔑 Authentication

• Email-based login with verification, registration, password recovery, and reset
• Google OAuth integration

⚙️ User Settings

• Region and timezone selection
• Privacy controls synced to your server
• Appearance options: dark mode, custom themes, primary color customization, motion reduction, text sizing, and compact mode
• Notification preferences synced to your server
• Security features: password changes, session management, login history, and account deletion

🤗 User Experience

• Profile page with editing capabilities
• Notifications center with read/unread tracking and bulk actions
• Help section with FAQ and contact options
• Pre-built components and example widgets ready to use

💻 Developer Features

• Multi-language support with i18next
• React Query for server state management
• Zustand for client state management
• TypeScript for type safety
• Expo Router for file-based navigation

📠 Backend Integration

• Backend split: Laravel admin-panel for auth/uploads/webhooks, plus a shared /api/v1/app mobile contract available in Laravel compatibility mode or Go performance mode
• Rate limiting to prevent brute force and DDoS attacks
• Personal access tokens with Laravel Sanctum (shared across both services)
• Admin panel powered by Filament for rapid CRUD management
• User management system
• Push notification broadcasting

📱 App Store Ready

• Play Store checklist and setup guide
• Icon and feature graphic generators
• Multi-language store listing generator
• Release notes generator
• Privacy policy generator
• Landing page template
• Coming soon: AppGallery (Huawei) and Amazon Appstore support

Technology Stack

• Frontend: Expo / React Native (TypeScript)
• Admin Panel: Laravel (PHP) — auth issuance, admin dashboard, content management
• API Backend: Go — performance-mode implementation of the shared mobile resource contract
• State Management: Zustand, React Query
• Navigation: Expo Router

Get Started

Head over to the Quick Start guide to begin.