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React Native Developer Tools
We track 28 React Native Developer Tools case studies from 12 engineering teams. Callstack, AWS and Expo write about it most. Many posts also cover Build Time and Expo. The posts run from 2016 to 2026. The newest is from September 2026.
React Native Developer Tools articles 1–28 of 28
You don't need a Mac to develop iOS apps anymore
Rami Maalouf from Expo just eliminated the biggest barrier to iOS development: the Mac requirement. Windows and Linux developers can now build, test, and iterate on iOS apps with full Fast Refresh support.
Expo without EAS: Scaling the React Native Developer Experience of an App with 90M Users
Benjamin Budet from Doctolib reveals how they migrated a 10-year-old React Native app serving 90M users to Expo—without using EAS. The result? 105 engineers can now ship mobile code, up from just 9.
Claude Code for React & React Native: Workflows That Actually Move the Needle
Ankit Bhalla from Cars24 Engineering reveals how Claude Code transformed his React Native workflow after 10+ years of mobile development. This isn't another AI tool tutorial—it's a principal engineer's battle-t...
Integrating React Native Storybook 10 with Your App
Storybook 10 for React Native just landed, but integrating it without breaking your main app flow is trickier than it looks. Callstack's team breaks down the cleanest approach.
How to add native code to your app with Expo Modules
Jacob Clausen from Expo shows how to break free from SDK limitations. Building custom native modules doesn't mean abandoning Expo's developer experience.
DevMate: Accelerating React Native Development at Atlassian
Asif Mujteba from Atlassian just revealed how they slashed React Native build times by 97%. If you've ever rage-quit while waiting for a rebuild after switching branches, this one's for you.
Debugging Android Connectivity Issues with Metro Bundler
Ever spent hours debugging why your React Native Android app won't connect to Metro during development? You're not alone.
Node API Support for React Native Development
Callstack just dropped Node-API support for React Native, and it's a bigger deal than you might think. This could fundamentally change how native modules work across the ecosystem.
Best React Native Debugging Tools in 2025
Kacper Kapuściak from Software Mansion reveals why console.log() is still the most popular React Native debugging method in 2024. Spoiler: there's a much better way.
UniFFI for React Native: Rust-Powered Turbo Modules
Mark Mayo from Mozilla and Tony Haile from Filament just open-sourced a tool that lets React Native developers write their native modules once in Rust instead of twice in platform-specific code. This could chan...
Why you don't need Flipper in your React Native app
Jamon Holmgren from Infinite Red just dropped a comprehensive guide that's going to change how you debug React Native apps. Flipper's out—but you're not losing any functionality.
Fullstack TypeScript: Reintroducing AWS Amplify
AWS just rebuilt Amplify from the ground up, and this time everything runs on TypeScript. If you've bounced off Amplify before, this Gen 2 release might change your mind.
incident.io harnesses the power of native modules and CNG
Dan Kelly explores how incident.io shipped a production mobile app in months without hiring a single mobile engineer. Their secret? Leaning hard into Expo's 'golden path.'
React Native 0.73 Debugging Improvements and Stable Symlinks
React Native 0.73 just dropped with a game-changing shift: the team is finally killing off Flipper and the legacy bridge. This is the biggest architectural pivot since the New Architecture announcement.
Introducing the Next Generation of AWS Amplify's Fullstack Development Experience
AWS Amplify just killed the CLI-first workflow. After 6 years and feedback from hundreds of thousands of developers, they're betting everything on TypeScript.
Developer Experience Best Practices for React Native Web3 DApps
Thiago Brezinski explores why building Web3 apps in React Native hits a wall with Wagmi's browser-first architecture. His solution? WalletConnect's Web3Modal bridges the gap.
React Native 0.71 RC1 Android Outage Postmortem
A single character in a Gradle config file took down Android builds for every React Native version simultaneously. Here's how the React Native team handled a 4-day global outage.
React Native Adopts TypeScript-First Approach
React Native just made TypeScript the default. No more @types/react-native dependency, no more version lag, and a completely TypeScript-first developer experience starting with version 0.71.
Using External JavaScript Libraries in React Native
Callstack explores a critical question for React Native teams: when can you safely use JavaScript libraries built for the web, and when do you need native alternatives?
React Native at Traveloka: Native UI Components
Adrian Hartanto from Traveloka cracked a problem that plagues every multiplatform team: keeping identical components in sync across iOS, Android, and React Native without tripling the maintenance work.
Grow Your Business With React Native SDK Wrapper
React Native powers nearly 10% of mobile apps globally, yet most SDK providers are leaving this massive market on the table. Here's why building an official wrapper might be your smartest growth move.
Reproxy: Mock Server for Mobile App Development
Ahmad Fadli from Traveloka's Experience team built a mock server that freed his mobile team from backend API dependencies. What started as a simple workaround evolved into a tool now used across product teams.
React Native Doctor Diagnostic Tool
How much time does your team waste debugging React Native environment setup? The React Native Community just shipped a solution that auto-fixes your dev environment issues.
Getting Started with ReasonML and React Native
ReasonML brings OCaml's type safety to React Native, but getting started requires navigating a new syntax and toolchain. Callstack breaks down the setup.
Using TypeScript With React Native
Getting TypeScript working with React Native used to be a multi-step headache. Now it's one command, but the setup details still matter for production apps.
Adding an Example App to Your React Native Library
Satyajit Sahoo tackles one of React Native library development's most frustrating challenges: setting up an example app that actually works. Sounds simple, but Metro Bundler has other plans.
Develop React Native Apps Like a Pro
Mike Chudziak tackles a problem every React Native team faces: codebases that work but don't scale. His 2017 guide remains surprisingly relevant for teams struggling with code quality as projects grow.
Introducing Hot Reloading
React Native just solved one of mobile development's most frustrating problems: losing your app state every time you make a code change. Their new Hot Reloading feature keeps your app running while injecting up...