Claude Code for Mobile Developers - Build Your First App with Claude Code in 20 Minutes (The Right Way)

Book (From Idea to App Store with Claude Code): https://cwb.sh/book?r=yt-build-app-with-ai Most AI tutorials promise an app and ship a website, here's how to actually build a real mobile app with Claude Code, Expo, and InstantDB, running on iOS and Android with a real-time database. Resources mentioned InstantDB → https://www.instantdb.com?utm_source=beto Claude Skills → https://codewithbeto.dev/blog/my-favorite-claude-skills Free Figma designs → https://codewithbeto.dev https://youtu.be/i5wd1-QGE1A My Products • Pro Access — get access to everything: https://cwb.sh/pro?r=yt • React Native Course: https://cwb.sh/rn?r=yt • Platano — AI app template: https://cwb.sh/platano?r=yt • Book — From Idea to App Store with Claude Code: https://cwb.sh/book?r=yt • Inkigo — AI Tattoo (iOS): https://cwb.sh/inkigo?r=yt • Quick Push — test push notifications (macOS): https://apple.co/4tvT4wF Free Resources • Newsletter: https://cwb.sh/newsletter?r=yt • Discord: https://cwb.sh/discord?r=yt Support My Work • Channel Membership: https://cwb.sh/join • GitHub Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/betomoedano Socials Follow Beto on X: https://cwb.sh/x?r=yt LinkedIn: https://cwb.sh/in?r=yt GitHub: https://cwb.sh/gh?r=yt Instagram: https://cwb.sh/insta?r=yt TikTok: https://cwb.sh/tiktok?r=yt Threads: https://cwb.sh/threads?r=yt Bluesky: https://cwb.sh/bsky?r=yt Facebook: https://cwb.sh/fb?r=yt Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:36 What you need (Expo Go, InstantDB, VS Code) 01:53 Create the project folder in VS Code 02:32 Install the Claude Code extension 03:05 Run create-instant-app (Expo + Claude) 04:32 Name your app and create the InstantDB backend 05:25 Start the dev server and load on iOS + Android 06:32 Install Claude skills (build-native-ui + InstantDB) 09:01 Plan mode — never let AI code before it has a plan 12:10 Why the shape of your data matters 13:25 Claude builds the app 14:05 Test it on real devices with real-time sync 15:24 Improve the UI with a Figma screenshot 18:33 Fix bugs and iterate 19:29 Recap + what to do next #claudecode #ai #claude