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React Native Architecture
We track 61 React Native Architecture case studies from 22 engineering teams. Callstack, Shopify and Infinite Red write about it most. Many posts also cover Expo and Rewrite. The posts run from 2015 to 2026. The newest is from September 2026.
React Native Architecture articles 1–30 of 61
Build Once, Use Everywhere: a Scalable PDF Engine in React Native
Mahinour Hammam from Deloitte UK reveals how to build a PDF generation system once and reuse it across your entire React Native app. No more rewriting PDF logic for every new feature.
Engineering Real-Time Mobile Personalization Across iOS, Android, React Native, and Flutter
Sneha Singla from Salesforce tackled what seemed impossible: building one real-time personalization system that works flawlessly across iOS, Android, React Native, and Flutter without breaking layouts or requir...
What It Takes to Migrate Discord to RN's New Architecture
Kamil Delekta from Software Mansion reveals what nobody tells you about React Native's New Architecture: the migration flip is only 14% of the work. The other 86%? That's where things get interesting.
Building a native-first social platform with Expo
Aras Diler built a production social platform with Siri integration, on-device AI, and iOS widgets as a solo developer. His secret? Treating Expo as the architecture, not just a starting point.
Atomic Design in React Native
Yomna Yasser from Deloitte tackles a problem every React Native team faces: duplicate components, inconsistent UIs, and new devs struggling to understand the codebase structure.
Announcing React Native Brownfield v3 with Expo Config Plugin
Artur Morys-Magiera and Hur Ali from Callstack just dropped React Native Brownfield v3, and it changes everything about integrating React Native into existing native apps. One line of config, and you're ready t...
The Future of Video in React Native: Moving from Expo AV to Expo Video
Wiktor Gut from Software Mansion just migrated Expensify to expo-video, and the architectural shift is bigger than you think. Expo SDK 55 officially removes expo-av, forcing every React Native team to rethink v...
React Native vs Flutter for Enterprise Apps
The React Native vs Flutter debate just shifted from developer preference to enterprise risk management. If you're choosing a cross-platform framework in 2026, the math changed.
React Native Wrapped 2025: A Month-by-Month Recap
Michał Pierzchala and Szymon Rybczak from Callstack just dropped the ultimate React Native year in review. 2025 was the year everything changed: the New Architecture became default, 1.0 got announced, and the f...
A Practical Guide to React Native Monorepo With Yarn Workspaces
Nazar Sydiaha from Callstack tackles one of React Native's biggest scaling challenges: managing multiple apps and shared packages without losing your mind. His monorepo guide could save your team weeks of depen...
Does Airbnb Still Use React Native? The Full Story (2016–2026)
Everyone knows Airbnb ditched React Native in 2018. Fewer people know what they built instead, or why it actually worked better.
The Biggest React Native Apps in Production (2026)
Discord shares 98% of code across platforms with three iOS engineers. Shopify cut 1.8M lines of dead code. Here is every major app shipping React Native right now.
Bringing React Native Support to HarmonyOS NEXT
Przemek Sosna from Software Mansion reveals how his team brought React Native to Huawei's new operating system. HarmonyOS NEXT now powers 27 million devices with zero Android compatibility.
Building v0 iOS and Fixing React Native Along the Way
Building an AI-powered iOS app from scratch sounds exciting until you hit React Native's rough edges. The v0 iOS team found plenty of them.
React Native in 2026: Trends and Predictions
Katarzyna Smolen from Software Mansion declares 2026 the year React Native finally grows up. After years of architectural overhauls and breaking changes, the framework is hitting 4.5 million weekly downloads an...
Going Universal: From a brownfield React Native and Next.js stack to one Expo app
Gunnar Torfi shares how a single developer maintained 40+ mobile screens AND a full web app by merging them into one universal codebase. No big rewrite required.
React Strict DOM vs React Native for Web in 2025
Tyler from Infinite Red breaks down why Meta is recommending React Strict DOM over React Native for Web—and what it means for your cross-platform strategy in 2025.
Build and Run Node API Modules in React Native
Running Node.js APIs directly inside React Native apps just became possible. This changes how we think about code reuse between mobile and backend.
Moving Towards a Stable JavaScript API in React Native
React Native 0.80 is making a bold move: deprecating deep imports and introducing auto-generated TypeScript types. This is the foundation for a truly stable API.
Cross-Platform Web3 dApps With React Native
Callstack explores how React Native is becoming the unexpected bridge between traditional mobile development and the Web3 ecosystem. Building decentralized apps just got a lot more practical.
Build Modern Web3 dApps on Ethereum With React Native and Viem
Building Web3 dApps in React Native just got a major upgrade. Callstack shows how Viem is changing the game for Ethereum development on mobile.
Real-time audio processing with Expo and native code
Braulio Ríos built a production-ready guitar tuner app using React Native that processes audio in real-time with near-native performance. Here's how he combined TypeScript, C++, Swift, and Kotlin to solve a pro...
React Native vs Flutter in 2025?
A senior backend engineer asked the React Native subreddit which cross-platform framework to choose in 2025. The responses reveal a clear winner, but with surprising caveats.
React Native vs Lynx JS
Gant Laborde from Infinite Red tackles the question everyone's asking: Is Lynx JS the next evolution of cross-platform development, or just another framework that'll fade away?
Transitive Dependencies and React Native Autolinking
Tyler from Infinite Red tackles a question that trips up new React Native library authors: why can't native modules just bundle together like regular JavaScript dependencies?
Bridgeless Architecture in React Native Development
The React Native Bridge has been the performance bottleneck we've all learned to work around. Now it's finally going away.
Five Years of React Native at Shopify
Mustafa Ali from Shopify just dropped a masterclass in platform migration strategy. Five years after betting the company's mobile future on React Native, here's what actually happened.
Developing a React Native TV App
Anisha Malde (Amazon) and Karol Latusek (Callstack) reveal how React Native just became a serious contender for TV app development. With Expo SDK 50 adding native TV support, the barrier to entry just dropped s...
Brownfield Development with React Native
Callstack reveals how brownfield React Native integration lets you modernize native apps without the dreaded full rewrite. This collection of insights shows exactly how companies like Shopify and Zalando pulled...
The New Architecture is Here: React Native
After 6 years of development, React Native's complete ground-up rewrite is finally here. The New Architecture in version 0.76 fundamentally changes how JavaScript and native code communicate—and the performance...