GraphQL Mobile

Overview

This skill provides GraphQL client integration capabilities for mobile applications. It enables configuration of Apollo Client, code generation, caching strategies, and real-time subscriptions.

Allowed Tools

• bash - Execute codegen and build tools
• read - Analyze GraphQL schemas and queries
• write - Generate typed operations and configurations
• edit - Update GraphQL implementations
• glob - Search for GraphQL files
• grep - Search for patterns

Capabilities

Apollo Client (React Native)

1. Client Configuration

   • Configure Apollo Client
   • Set up HTTP and WebSocket links
   • Configure authentication
   • Handle error policies

2. Caching

   • Configure InMemoryCache
   • Implement type policies
   • Handle cache normalization
   • Configure persistence

Code Generation

3. GraphQL Codegen
   • Generate TypeScript types
   • Generate React hooks
   • Generate fragments
   • Handle custom scalars

Flutter GraphQL

4. graphql_flutter
   • Configure GraphQL client
   • Implement queries and mutations
   • Handle subscriptions
   • Configure caching

Native Clients

5. Apollo iOS

   • Configure Apollo iOS client
   • Generate Swift types
   • Handle caching
   • Implement subscriptions

6. Apollo Android

   • Configure Apollo Kotlin client
   • Generate Kotlin types
   • Handle normalized cache

Real-time

7. Subscriptions
   • Configure WebSocket links
   • Handle reconnection
   • Implement subscription hooks
   • Manage active subscriptions

Target Processes

• graphql-apollo-integration.js - GraphQL implementation
• offline-first-architecture.js - Offline caching
• mobile-performance-optimization.js - Query optimization

Dependencies

• Apollo Client
• GraphQL Codegen
• Platform-specific GraphQL libraries

Usage Examples

Apollo Client Setup (React Native)

// apollo/client.ts
import { ApolloClient, InMemoryCache, createHttpLink, split } from '@apollo/client';
import { GraphQLWsLink } from '@apollo/client/link/subscriptions';
import { getMainDefinition } from '@apollo/client/utilities';
import { setContext } from '@apollo/client/link/context';
import { createClient } from 'graphql-ws';
import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';
import { AsyncStorageWrapper, CachePersistor } from 'apollo3-cache-persist';

const httpLink = createHttpLink({
  uri: 'https://api.example.com/graphql',
});

const wsLink = new GraphQLWsLink(
  createClient({
    url: 'wss://api.example.com/graphql',
    connectionParams: async () => {
      const token = await AsyncStorage.getItem('authToken');
      return { authorization: token ? `Bearer ${token}` : '' };
    },
  })
);

const authLink = setContext(async (_, { headers }) => {
  const token = await AsyncStorage.getItem('authToken');
  return {
    headers: {
      ...headers,
      authorization: token ? `Bearer ${token}` : '',
    },
  };
});

const splitLink = split(
  ({ query }) => {
    const definition = getMainDefinition(query);
    return definition.kind === 'OperationDefinition' && definition.operation === 'subscription';
  },
  wsLink,
  authLink.concat(httpLink)
);

const cache = new InMemoryCache({
  typePolicies: {
    Query: {
      fields: {
        posts: {
          keyArgs: false,
          merge(existing = [], incoming) {
            return [...existing, ...incoming];
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
});

export const persistor = new CachePersistor({
  cache,
  storage: new AsyncStorageWrapper(AsyncStorage),
});

export const client = new ApolloClient({
  link: splitLink,
  cache,
  defaultOptions: {
    watchQuery: {
      fetchPolicy: 'cache-and-network',
    },
  },
});

GraphQL Codegen Configuration

# codegen.yml
schema: https://api.example.com/graphql
documents: 'src/**/*.graphql'
generates:
  src/generated/graphql.ts:
    plugins:
      - typescript
      - typescript-operations
      - typescript-react-apollo
    config:
      withHooks: true
      withComponent: false
      withHOC: false
      skipTypename: false
      dedupeFragments: true

Query Hook Usage

// features/posts/hooks/usePosts.ts
import { usePostsQuery, useCreatePostMutation } from '../../../generated/graphql';

export function usePosts() {
  const { data, loading, error, refetch, fetchMore } = usePostsQuery({
    variables: { first: 10 },
    notifyOnNetworkStatusChange: true,
  });

  const [createPost] = useCreatePostMutation({
    update(cache, { data }) {
      cache.modify({
        fields: {
          posts(existingPosts = []) {
            const newPostRef = cache.writeFragment({
              data: data?.createPost,
              fragment: PostFragmentDoc,
            });
            return [newPostRef, ...existingPosts];
          },
        },
      });
    },
    optimisticResponse: (variables) => ({
      __typename: 'Mutation',
      createPost: {
        __typename: 'Post',
        id: 'temp-id',
        title: variables.title,
        body: variables.body,
        createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
      },
    }),
  });

  const loadMore = () => {
    if (data?.posts.pageInfo.hasNextPage) {
      fetchMore({
        variables: {
          after: data.posts.pageInfo.endCursor,
        },
      });
    }
  };

  return {
    posts: data?.posts.edges.map((e) => e.node) ?? [],
    loading,
    error,
    refetch,
    loadMore,
    createPost,
  };
}

Apollo iOS Setup

// Apollo/Network.swift
import Apollo
import ApolloWebSocket

class Network {
    static let shared = Network()

    private(set) lazy var apollo: ApolloClient = {
        let store = ApolloStore(cache: InMemoryNormalizedCache())

        let provider = DefaultInterceptorProvider(store: store)
        let url = URL(string: "https://api.example.com/graphql")!

        let transport = RequestChainNetworkTransport(
            interceptorProvider: provider,
            endpointURL: url
        )

        return ApolloClient(networkTransport: transport, store: store)
    }()
}

Quality Gates

• Type safety via codegen
• Query complexity limits
• Cache consistency verified
• Subscription reconnection tested

Related Skills

• rest-api-integration - REST integration
• offline-storage - Offline caching
• firebase-mobile - Firebase alternative

Version History

• 1.0.0 - Initial release