JobHive | React Native Job Board Mobile App

JobHive is a React Native (Expo SDK 54) mobile app for job boards and recruitment businesses. It is the mobile client for a Botble job-board backend: jobs, companies, applications, candidate resumes and account data all come from your existing site over its REST API. One codebase builds both iOS and Android.

It is aimed at job boards, recruitment agencies and career portals that already run a Botble job-board site and want their listings on phones. Every piece of brand identity – name, bundle id, scheme, colours, fonts – lives in a single .env file, with neutral defaults in the source, so you can rebrand it without touching code.

Please read this before buying. This is a mobile app only – it is not a standalone system.

The app has no database and no admin panel of its own. It reads everything (jobs, companies, applications, resumes, accounts) from a Laravel backend over that backend’s REST API. You must already own, or buy separately, one of these Laravel job-board scripts before this app is of any use to you:

Jobcy – Laravel Job Board Multilingual System

JobBox – Laravel Job Portal Multilingual System

Both ship the same job-board plugin and expose the same /api/v1 API this app is built against, so the app works with either. Buying this item on its own gives you an app with nothing to display. If you are not sure whether your site qualifies, ask us before you buy.

Demo & Resources

Demo video: Watch the app walkthrough on YouTube
Backend demo: https://jobcy.botble.com
Admin demo: https://jobcy.botble.com/admin (admin / 12345678)
Landing page: https://landing.botble.com/job-board-mobile-apps
Documentation: https://docs.botble.com/job-board-mobile-apps
Support: https://botble.ticksy.com

Which backend do I need?

The app talks to the job-board plugin’s REST API rather than to one specific site, so it runs against any Botble job-board backend. You need one of these Laravel scripts, sold separately:

Jobcy – Laravel Job Board Multilingual System
JobBox – Laravel Job Portal Multilingual System

Set API_BASE_URL to your site, enable the API under Settings > API in the Botble admin, and the app connects. No other backend will work – the app is built against this specific API.

Third-party services you may need

Please read this before buying. Several optional features in this app connect to services that are not ours and are not included in the purchase price. Enabling them requires you to register your own developer or merchant accounts with those providers, accept their terms, and pay any fees they charge. We do not control their pricing, approval processes or availability in your country.

The app runs without any of them. Each feature below is switched off until you supply your own credentials, and nothing else in the app depends on it.

Each provider needs its own developer account and an app registered in that provider’s console, where you generate the client IDs and secrets the app uses
Google: a Google Cloud / Firebase project and an OAuth client. Free at the volumes a normal app produces, but subject to Google’s terms
Apple: Sign in with Apple requires membership of the Apple Developer Program, which is a paid yearly subscription (currently 99 USD/year). Apple also requires Sign in with Apple on any iOS app that offers third-party social login, so plan for this cost if you ship to the App Store
Facebook: a Meta for Developers account and a Facebook app. Meta requires App Review before login works for the public, and may ask for business verification
Providers you leave unconfigured simply do not appear on the sign-in screen. Email and password sign-in always works

Payment gateways (employer credit packages)

Payments are processed by your Laravel backend, not by this app. The app opens your site’s existing hosted checkout in a WebView, so whichever gateways you have enabled on the backend are the ones employers can pay with
Every gateway (Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Paystack, Mollie and so on) requires your own merchant account with that provider, plus their onboarding and identity checks
Gateways charge their own transaction fees and, in some cases, monthly or payout fees. Those fees are set by the provider and are entirely separate from the price of this item. Availability also varies by country
Some gateways are sold as separate plugins for the Laravel backend rather than shipping with it
If you do not sell credit packages, you do not need any gateway at all

Push notifications (Firebase)

Push delivery uses Firebase Cloud Messaging, so you must create your own Firebase project and add google-services.json and GoogleService-Info.plist to the project
Firebase is a Google service with its own terms. The free tier covers normal messaging volumes, but heavy usage or other Firebase products can require a paid Google Cloud plan
Push is simply switched off until you configure it. Everything else in the app works without it

Maps

The default map engine is MapLibre with OpenStreetMap, which needs no API key, no billing account and no Google account
Apple Maps and Google Maps are optional alternatives. Choosing Google Maps requires your own Google Cloud project with billing enabled and a Maps SDK key, and Google bills map usage above their free monthly allowance

App store accounts

Publishing to the stores is done under your own developer accounts: the Apple Developer Program (paid yearly subscription) and a Google Play Developer account (one-off registration fee). Both are Envato-independent and charged by Apple and Google

Key Features

Job discovery

Browse and search job postings, with featured, recent and popular feeds on the home screen
Filter by category, job type, salary range, location and date posted
Job detail with description, employment info, skills and tags, and the posting company
Map search with MapLibre and OpenStreetMap – no Google Maps API key or billing needed; Apple and Google Maps are optional engines
Related jobs, computed server-side rather than guessed on the device
Side-by-side job comparison
Saved jobs, synced to the signed-in account

Applying for jobs

In-app application form with resume and cover-letter file upload
Guest apply – candidates can apply without creating an account
External apply – jobs carrying their own application URL hand off to the employer’s site instead
“My Applications” history, with the status of every application sent

Candidate resume builder

Build a resume in the app: work experience, education, skills and languages
Every section supports add, edit and delete
Resume file upload, reused when applying

Companies

Company directory with logo, cover, about facts and open-jobs count
Company profile listing the jobs that company has posted
Company reviews, plus a write-review form – one review per account, moderated before it appears

Employer portal

Dashboard with job counts by moderation status, remaining posting credits, reviews average and recent activity
Create, edit and delete job postings through a five-step form covering the full taxonomy set – category, job type, skills, career level, degree level, functional area, job shift and experience – plus salary range, dates and a map location picker
Applicants: review applications received, update their status, and open or download the candidate’s CV in-app
Company management – an employer account may own several companies, each with logo and cover upload
Credit packages bought through a hosted WebView checkout; free packages settle instantly
Transactions and invoices, with signed PDF invoice download
Reviews received across all the employer’s companies

Blog

In-app blog with articles and search
Content managed from the Botble admin

Accounts and security

Registration and login, with email verification supported, and sign-up as either a job seeker or an employer
Social login with Google, Apple and Facebook, through the Botble social-login plugin
Biometric unlock with Face ID, Touch ID or fingerprint
Auth token held in Expo SecureStore; Laravel Sanctum bearer authentication
Every outbound URL is validated before it reaches a WebView or the system browser
Profile editing, avatar upload, password change and account deletion

Multi-currency

Currency picker in settings, with server-side conversion
Currency list and rates managed from the Botble admin
Localized symbols and formatting, prefix or suffix per currency

Push notifications

Firebase Cloud Messaging, with the device token registered on sign-in
In-app inbox with unread badges and mark-all-read
Tapping a notification deep-links to the right screen, including from a cold start

Languages and right-to-left

English, Vietnamese, Arabic and French included
Full right-to-left layout – the whole interface mirrors for Arabic, not just the text

Dark mode and feel

Dark mode across every screen, set to light, dark or follow-system, including a dark map style
Animations, haptics and React Query caching, so lists and pins survive an app restart
Offline support – cached reads keep the app usable read-only without a connection
Deep linking and native share for jobs and companies

White-labeling

Brand identity comes from .env: app name, bundle id, scheme, slug, colours and fonts
Nothing is hardcoded in the source – the defaults are deliberately neutral
Map search and job compare can each be switched off

Installation

Setup steps

Download and extract the source code package
Open the project directory in a terminal
Run npm install --legacy-peer-deps
Copy .env.example to .env and set API_BASE_URL to your Botble backend
Set your brand: APP_NAME, APP_BUNDLE_ID, APP_SCHEME, colours and fonts
Run npm run ios or npm run android to build and launch
For store releases, build and submit with EAS (eas build --profile production)

Note: the app uses native modules (Firebase Cloud Messaging, MapLibre, Google Sign-In), so it needs a development build. The Expo Go sandbox app cannot run it.

Technical Specifications

Architecture

Framework: React Native 0.81 with Expo SDK 54 (New Architecture)
Language: TypeScript in strict mode
Navigation: Expo Router, file-based
Server state: React Query (TanStack Query) with a persisted cache
Client state: React Context, 8 contexts
Styling: React Native StyleSheet over a token-based design system, with lucide-react-native icons
Maps: MapLibre with OpenStreetMap by default; Apple and Google Maps optional
i18n: react-i18next, 4 locale files, full RTL
Storage: AsyncStorage for preferences, Expo SecureStore for the auth token

By the numbers

Screens: 51, covering both the candidate and employer flows
Components: 108, including a 13-piece shared UI kit
Contexts: 8
Hooks and services: 25 hooks over 25 API service modules
Languages: 4
Tests: 66 test suites, 428 tests, covering services, hooks and utilities

Tooling

Type checking with npm run typecheck
Jest test suite with coverage, npm test
Translation key extraction and a locale-consistency check, npm run i18n:check
Fast refresh in development
EAS build profiles for production APK and IPA

What’s Included

Full React Native (Expo SDK 54) source code
51 screens and 108 reusable components
Online documentation
Installation, configuration and customization guides
Social login setup guides for Google, Apple and Facebook
Push notification setup guide
6 months support
Free updates

Requirements

A Botble job-board Laravel script – Jobcy or JobBox – bought separately, with the API enabled. This app does not work without it
Node.js 20+ LTS
Xcode 16+ for iOS, Android Studio for Android
An Expo account for EAS builds
A Firebase project, if you want push notifications
Your own developer accounts with Google, Apple or Meta, if you want social login – see Third-party services you may need above
Your own merchant account with a payment gateway, if you want employers to buy credit packages. The gateway’s transaction fees are separate from this item
An Apple Developer Program membership and a Google Play Developer account to publish to the stores. Both are paid and charged by Apple and Google

Support & Updates

6 months support included with your purchase
Free updates
Help with installation and configuration
Bug fixes
We reply to support tickets within one business day

Use the support tab on this item’s page, or our support centre at botble.ticksy.com.

Changelog

Version 1.0.0 – Initial Release

 - React Native (Expo SDK 54) job board mobile app, built with TypeScript and React Query
 - Job browsing, search, filtering and sorting, with featured, recent and popular feeds
 - Map search with MapLibre and OpenStreetMap, no Google Maps API key required
 - Optional Apple and Google Maps engines, pin clustering and marker bubbles
 - Job detail with description, employment info, skills, tags and the posting company
 - Server-side related jobs
 - Side-by-side job comparison
 - Saved jobs synced to the account
 - In-app application form with resume and cover-letter upload
 - Guest apply, for candidates without an account
 - External apply, handing off to the employer's own application URL
 - My Applications history with per-application status tracking
 - Candidate resume builder: experience, education, skills and languages
 - Company directory, company profiles and company reviews
 - Employer portal: dashboard, five-step job create/edit form, map location picker
 - Employer applicants list with status updates and in-app CV viewer
 - Employer company management, multi-company with logo and cover upload
 - Employer credit packages through a hosted WebView checkout
 - Employer transactions, invoices with signed PDF download, and reviews received
 - Social login with Google, Apple and Facebook, plus biometric unlock
 - Firebase Cloud Messaging push notifications with an in-app inbox and deep links
 - Multi-currency with server-side conversion
 - English, Vietnamese, Arabic and French, with full RTL layout
 - Dark mode across every screen, including a dark map style
 - React Query cache persistence and offline read-only mode
 - URL safety validation on every WebView and external-browser hand-off
 - White-labeling through environment variables, no brand hardcoded in the source
 - 51 screens and 108 reusable components
 - 66 test suites, 428 tests
 - iOS and Android from a single codebase
 - Documentation and setup guides

Documentation and Support

Documentation

Covers environment setup, theme colours and fonts, the API base URL, translations, splash and loading screens, social login for all three providers, push notification setup, map configuration, and publishing to both stores.

Read Documentation

Support

We usually reply within 12 to 24 hours, and can help with setup, customization and troubleshooting.

Get Support

Backend

You will need a Botble job-board backend to run this app against. Jobcy and JobBox both ship the job-board plugin.

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About Botble

We are a Laravel and mobile development team. Botble CMS, and the themes and plugins built around it, are our main work on Envato.

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JobHive | React Native Expo Job Board Mobile App