React Native
Articles on React Native performance, JavaScript bridge optimization, and cross-platform mobile development.
React Native engineering articles 121–150 of 277
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...
Introducing React Native ExecuTorch
Norbert Klockiewicz from Software Mansion just dropped a library that lets you run LLaMA 3.2 models directly on mobile devices. No API calls, no backend costs, no data leaving the device.
Shopify completes React Native migration after a Decade
Shopify just completed a massive React Native migration of a decade-old app—and the results are stunning.
Enhance App Performance and Business with Real User Monitoring (RUM)
Real User Monitoring isn't just a performance tool. It's the bridge between what you think users experience and what actually happens in production.
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...
React Native 0.76 Release: New Architecture
Six years in the making, React Native 0.76 just dropped with the New Architecture enabled by default. This is the production-ready moment the mobile dev community has been waiting for.
Integrating React Native into an Existing Flutter Application
Callstack explores one of mobile dev's wildest experiments: embedding React Native inside a Flutter app. Yes, you read that right.
Using a Framework to Build React Native Apps
React Native just made its biggest architectural recommendation in years. The core team now officially recommends using frameworks (specifically Expo) for all new apps.
On-Device AI/ML in React Native
Przemyslaw Weglik from Software Mansion shows how to run real-time AI models directly on mobile devices using React Native. No server calls, no latency, just pure on-device inference.
Bringing Native AI to Mobile Apps with ExecuTorch: Part 1 (iOS)
Jakub Chmura from Software Mansion shows how to run AI models directly on iOS devices without a single API call. No cloud dependency, no latency, just native performance.
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.
Dream11’s big bet on React Native
Dream11 migrated 200 million users from native to React Native in 18 months. Their first production experiment? A 10% revenue drop that nearly killed the project.
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.
Microsoft is Retiring App Center: What React Native Developers Should Use Instead
Jamon Holmgren from Infinite Red breaks down Microsoft's App Center shutdown and maps out the migration path React Native developers need to take before March 2025.
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.'
Consistently Improve App Performance with DMAIC and Reassure
Performance testing in React Native often feels reactive and chaotic. Callstack's engineering team shows how borrowing a Six Sigma methodology can turn it into a repeatable, data-driven process.
Improving Shopify App’s Performance
Shopify's mobile app was getting slower after migrating to React Native. So they spent a year making it blazingly fast again.
React Native Support for Apple Vision Pro Development
Callstack just brought React Native to Apple Vision Pro, opening spatial computing to JavaScript developers. This changes the game for cross-platform VR development.
Learn About the Leading Multi-Platform Frameworks
Still running separate iOS and Android teams in 2024? VGV breaks down why Flutter and React Native are replacing the old playbook for multi-platform development.
Building Lens Protocol Social Apps with React Native
Callstack shows how React Native developers can tap into decentralized social networks without learning blockchain from scratch. The Lens Protocol integration might be the easiest entry point to Web3 yet.
Part 1: Improving the Retail React Native App Performance
Coinbase cut their React Native app latency by 80% in 12 months. Here's the three-pronged strategy that made it happen.
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.
Dynamic Presentation – Keeping the Coinbase App fresh in a rapidly changing market
Coinbase needed to update their app in minutes, not weeks, to keep pace with crypto's volatility. Traditional app releases took 10+ days from code freeze to launch.
Getting Started with React Native Skia
Daniel Friyia from Shopify breaks down React Native Skia, the library pushing mobile animations beyond what most developers thought possible. If you've been intimidated by those hypnotic animation demos, this i...
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.
The Peacock app just made the switch from ReactNative to iOS & Android and had a significant change in size and startup time
Peacock just ditched React Native for fully native iOS and Android. The performance gains? Significant.
Unleashing Efficiency: The Power of Mobile App Automation at Dream11
Dream11 cut regression testing from multiple days to just one hour. Here's how they rebuilt their entire mobile automation framework from scratch.
Package Exports Support in React Native
React Native just closed a major compatibility gap with the JavaScript ecosystem. Metro now supports Package Exports, unlocking 16,600+ npm packages that were previously broken or inaccessible.
Metro Package Exports and Symlinks in React Native 0.72
React Native 0.72 just dropped with the two most requested Metro features that developers have been waiting years for. Monorepo teams and pnpm users, this one's for you.