--- title: Watch Me Vibe Code a Real Mobile App in 5 Hours | daily.dev description: A YouTube-style tutorial walks through building and publishing a mobile app (a dentist appointment app called Dentify, alongside mention of the creator's own... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/watch-me-vibe-code-a-real-mobile-app-in-5-hours-8yk28y9eo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Watch Me Vibe Code a Real Mobile App in 5 Hours | daily.dev og:description: A YouTube-style tutorial walks through building and publishing a mobile app (a dentist appointment app called Dentify, alongside mention of the creator's own... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/watch-me-vibe-code-a-real-mobile-app-in-5-hours-8yk28y9eo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8yk28Y9eo.png og:image:alt: Watch Me Vibe Code a Real Mobile App in 5 Hours og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Watch Me Vibe Code a Real Mobile App in 5 Hours **[As a Programmer](https://daily.dev/sources/asaprogrammer)** · 288 min read · 11 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A YouTube-style tutorial walks through building and publishing a mobile app (a dentist appointment app called Dentify, alongside mention of the creator's own calorie-tracker app) entirely using AI coding agents like Claude Code. The workflow covers planning with AI-driven interviews, generating UI designs via Pinterest references and ChatGPT prompts, setting up Expo/React Native projects, and integrating third-party services including Neon Postgres, Clerk auth, Stream for chat/video, Sentry for error tracking, ImageKit for image handling, and CodeRabbit for AI code review. The creator repeatedly promotes referral links for these tools and a paid 'school community' course documenting the full 14-day app-building and app-store submission process. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What's the difference between Expo Go and a development build for React Native apps? Expo Go runs a mobile app in an isolated testing environment that lacks support for many native features, such as video calling, making it suitable only for learning or simple experiments. A development build packages the app as its own separate build outside of the Expo Go container, which is required for real production apps needing full native functionality. _Developers weighing Expo Go against a dev build can compare real build workflows on daily.dev._ ### Why does Apple reject app store submissions that only offer Google sign-in? Apple rejects app store submissions if an app includes Google sign-in without also offering Apple sign-in as an authentication option; including any third-party auth option obligates including Sign in with Apple as well. Apps must also include an account deletion feature and privacy policy plus terms of service pages, or they risk rejection. _Anyone prepping an app store submission can track these compliance gotchas on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#react-native](https://daily.dev/tags/react-native), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/watch-me-vibe-code-a-real-mobile-app-in-5-hours-8yk28y9eo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Watch Me Vibe Code a Real Mobile App in 5 Hours","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/watch-me-vibe-code-a-real-mobile-app-in-5-hours-8yk28y9eo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/watch-me-vibe-code-a-real-mobile-app-in-5-hours-8yk28y9eo"},"datePublished":"2026-09-02T14:55:33.576Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T14:55:56.036Z","description":"A YouTube-style tutorial walks through building and publishing a mobile app (a dentist appointment app called Dentify, alongside mention of the creator's own...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pnTDHiCMobU/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pnTDHiCMobU/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"As a Programmer","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"As a Programmer","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Yj15Yt3x--/f_auto/v1736752915/logos/asaprogrammer","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/asaprogrammer"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/watch-me-vibe-code-a-real-mobile-app-in-5-hours-8yk28y9eo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":11},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"mobile,react-native,claude-code,vibe-coding","timeRequired":"PT288M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch Me Vibe Code a Real Mobile App in 5 Hours","description":"A YouTube-style tutorial walks through building and publishing a mobile app (a dentist appointment app called Dentify, alongside mention of the creator's own...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pnTDHiCMobU/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-02T14:55:33.576Z","duration":"PT288M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/8yk28Y9eo","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/pnTDHiCMobU"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"As a Programmer","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/asaprogrammer"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Watch Me Vibe Code a Real Mobile App in 5 Hours"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/watch-me-vibe-code-a-real-mobile-app-in-5-hours-8yk28y9eo#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What's the difference between Expo Go and a development build for React Native apps?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Expo Go runs a mobile app in an isolated testing environment that lacks support for many native features, such as video calling, making it suitable only for learning or simple experiments. 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