React Native
Articles on React Native performance, JavaScript bridge optimization, and cross-platform mobile development.
React Native engineering articles 271–277 of 277
React Native: A Year in Review
Martin Konicek reveals how a 2013 hackathon project became a framework that changed mobile development forever. One year after open-sourcing, React Native hit 30,000 GitHub stars and attracted 650+ contributors...
Dive Into React Native Performance
The React Native team made their app startup twice as fast. Here's how they tackled one of mobile's most critical performance challenges.
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...
A Cure for Relative Requires in React Native
Tired of wrestling with ../../../ in your React Native imports? Callstack published a quick fix back in 2016 that's still relevant today.
Making React Native Apps Accessible
Facebook's Ads Manager app demonstrates how React Native's Accessibility API makes mobile apps usable for everyone, including people with vision loss. Here's how they built it.
React Native for Android
Facebook just dropped React Native for Android, completing the cross-platform puzzle that started with iOS earlier in 2015. Their first test? Building a production app used by millions of advertisers.
React Native: Bringing Modern Web Techniques to Mobile
Facebook reveals why React Native emerged from a simple realization: the principles that made React successful on web could transform mobile development. This 2015 post captures the pivotal moment when declarat...