React Native Newsletter

What's new in React Native? Issue 193 of the React Native Newsletter has you covered! → @expo SDK 55 and Expo Agent → State of RN survey results by @swmansion → Greenlight by @tryrevyl → ... and more! Catch up in 5 minutes 👇 mailchi.mp/infinite/react…

🖤❤️ RNR 352 ❤️🖤 This week: @Danny_H_W is on the show!! Daniel stops by to chat about the latest in Storybook 10 with @robinheinze and @mazenchami. New episode out now 🎧 infinite.red/react-native-r…

Happening next week 🚨 The one and only @wcandillon is joining React Native Live 🔥 He's talking to @mazenchami about React Native Skia: high-performance UI, rich graphics, smooth animations. 📅 Wed, May 13 • 9 AM PT 🎥 youtube.com/live/GChgKhfuz…

What happens when the factory dashboard isn't good enough? Our own @SeanBarkerDev built a custom React Native-powered cockpit with Nitro Modules, RN Skia, an iPad, and Claude. ✅ 900 updates/sec ✅ Smooth 60 FPS ✅ Zero-copy data flow Read now 👇 medium.com/p/d0f564f8d239

Price drop 🎟️ Chain React tickets are $799 for a limited time. Grab yours before they're gone. 👉 ti.to/chainreact/cha…

🎤 Announcing: Seth Webster From leading React at Meta → co-founding the React Foundation → and now at @expo… Seth has shaped the ecosystem we all build in 🔥 Catch him live at Chain React 2026. 🎟️ ti.to/chainreact/cha…

🎤 Announcing: Kacper Kapuściak You know @kacperkapusciak's work from @swmansion. They're the team behind Reanimated, Gesture Handler, and Screens (seriously). If you're in React Native, you know Kacper. See him live in Portland at Chain React! 🎟️ ti.to/chainreact/cha…

🎤 Announcing: Charlie Cheever If you're in tech, you know @ccheever. Charlie's the co-founder of @expo and one of the biggest driving forces behind React Native!! He's speaking at Chain React in Portland and we want to see you there! 🎟️ ti.to/chainreact/cha…

🖤❤️ RNR 361 ❤️🖤 We're excited to have @jamonholmgren back on the pod!! Jamon talks with @robinheinze about what it's like to build a game from scratch and the details of his popular Agentic Workflow, "Night Shift." Listen now 👇 infinite.red/react-native-r…

🎤 Announcing: Gant Laborde You know @GantLaborde as Co-founder & CIO of Infinite Red, the literal author of the book on AI, and a regular on keynote stages around the world. See him live in Portland at Chain React 2026! 🎟️ Tickets: ti.to/chainreact/cha…

🖤❤️ RNR 360 ❤️🖤 What if routing in React Native didn’t feel so complicated? 🤔 @robinheinze and @mazenchami talk with @TannerLinsley about TanStack Native Router and a much simpler way forward! New episode of RNR now available 👇 infinite.red/react-native-r…

Have an idea for the next great React Native talk? Chain React's CFP closes ON FRIDAY! Submit your talk very soon! 👇 sessionize.com/chain-react-20…

🖤❤️ RNR 359 ❤️🖤 You know his voice. You know his jokes. But what does Todd Werth really think about software and AI? @twerth joins @robinheinze to talk about the past, present, and future of it all. Listen now 👇 infinite.red/react-native-r…

🖤❤️ RNR 358 ❤️🖤 Build apps for @Meta Quest using tools you already know? In Part 2, Evan Albert joins @mazenchami and @robinheinze to show how React Native devs can start shipping for the Quest headset 🥽 Listen now 👇 infinite.red/react-native-r…

🖤❤️ RNR 357 ❤️🖤 @mazenchami and @robinheinze catch up on the biggest React Native 0.82–0.84 and @Expo SDK 55 updates, from the new architecture and Hermes V1 to faster builds, better tools, and AI upgrades. Listen now 🎧 infinite.red/react-native-r…

Everyone needs fewer flakes in their lives. Tyler wrote up how to fix flaky Jest tests in CI, check it out!

🚀 AI is about to change React Native forever. We’re going live with @ThisDotLabs in 30 minutes to talk about it! Join @GantLaborde @ladyleet @mazenchami @BrandonMathis to see what’s possible 👇 luma.com/m5etppc8?tk=tI…

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to submit your Chain React 2026 talk! Got something great for React Native devs? Send in your proposal 👇 sessionize.com/chain-react-20…

🖤❤️ RNR 356 ❤️🖤 Building Vercel’s v0 mobile app with @fernandorojo! ​ @mazenchami and @robinheinze talk with Fernando about React Native, @Expo, native-level performance, sharing code with web, and more. Link in thread 🧵

Speak at Chain React 2026 🎤 This could be you on this stage!! If you've been sitting on a React Native talk idea, this is your sign to submit it! 🔥 CFP is open for 8 more days: sessionize.com/chain-react-20…