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<li><a href="/react-native-testing-library/13.x/docs/api/render" class="rp-link"><code>render</code> function</a> - render your UI components for testing purposes</li>
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<li><a href="/react-native-testing-library/13.x/docs/api/queries" class="rp-link">Queries</a> - find relevant components by various predicates: role, text, test ids, etc</li>
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<li><a href="/react-native-testing-library/13.x/docs/api/jest-matchers" class="rp-link">Jest matchers</a> - validate assumptions about your UI</li>
<li><a href="/react-native-testing-library/13.x/docs/api/events/user-event" class="rp-link">User Event</a> - simulate common user interactions like <a href="/react-native-testing-library/13.x/docs/api/events/user-event#press" class="rp-link"><code>press</code></a> or <a href="/react-native-testing-library/13.x/docs/api/events/user-event#type" class="rp-link"><code>type</code></a> in a realistic way</li>
<li><a href="/react-native-testing-library/13.x/docs/api/events/fire-event" class="rp-link">Fire Event</a> - simulate any component event in a simplified way purposes</li>
<li>Misc APIs:
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<li><a href="/react-native-testing-library/13.x/docs/api/misc/render-hook" class="rp-link"><code>renderHook</code> function</a> - render hooks for testing</li>
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<li><a href="/react-native-testing-library/13.x/docs/api/misc/config" class="rp-link">Configuration</a>: <code>configure</code>, <code>resetToDefaults</code></li>
<li><a href="/react-native-testing-library/13.x/docs/api/misc/accessibility" class="rp-link">Accessibility</a>: <code>isHiddenFromAccessibility</code></li>
<li><a href="/react-native-testing-library/13.x/docs/api/misc/other" class="rp-link">Other</a>: <code>within</code>, <code>act</code>, <code>cleanup</code></li>
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