Build a Shopify App with React Router – Full Step-by-Step Guide
Build your first Shopify App with React Router in this full, step-by-step tutorial!
In this video, I walk you through the entire process—from setting up your project, creating routes, fetching real product data using Shopify Admin API, building product grids, adding image galleries, sliders, dynamic product pages, and implementing modern UI using Shopify Polaris Web Components.
Whether you're a beginner exploring Shopify app development or an experienced developer looking to upgrade your workflow, this guide gives you the complete real-world setup you need to build powerful embedded Shopify apps.
00:00 Intro – What We’re Building
00:10 Quick Preview of the Shopify App
00:32 Product Grid Overview
01:00 Product Detail Page Overview
01:28 Full App Tour
01:45 Starting the Project Setup
02:15 Understanding the Folder Structure
02:45 Creating the Products Route
03:15 Loader Function Explained
03:44 Fetching Products with Shopify GraphQL API
04:10 Returning Data from the Loader
04:25 Rendering the Product Grid UI
05:01 Adding Swiper for Image Thumbnails
05:30 Styling the Product Cards
06:00 Creating the Dynamic Product Route
06:30 Fetching Product Details by ID
07:08 Structuring the Product Page Layout
07:48 Building the Image Gallery Component
08:30 Adding Vertical Thumbnail Slider
09:00 Adding Main Image Slider with Arrows & Dots
09:36 Implementing Product Information Section
10:04 Displaying Colors, Sizes & Price Range
10:30 Adding Additional Product Data (Inventory, Shipping, etc.)
11:00 Rendering Product Description & Full Image Stack
11:45 Navigation Back to Product Listing
12:10 Final App Walkthrough
12:30 Outro & Next Steps
What You’ll Learn:
How to set up a Shopify app with React Router
Working with loaders, actions, routes, and dynamic URLs
Fetching real data using Shopify’s Admin GraphQL API
Creating product grids with images, status, and quick actions
Building product detail pages with sliders, thumbnails & gallery
Integrating Polaris Web Components for clean Shopify-native UI
Structuring your app for scalability & fast performance
Who This Is For:
Developers who want to build modern, fast, embedded Shopify apps using React Router, GraphQL, and Shopify’s API ecosystem.
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