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This issue: Exciting React Native Announcements

Welcome to the December issue of the React Native Newsletter!

For those who are experiencing the usual end-of-year flood of messages in your inbox, all competing for your attention, I've pared down this issue of the newsletter to some critical - and timely - announcements of library and dependency updates that React Native developers need to know about right away.

In addition to the important announcement of the release of React Native 0.73, Infinite Red's open source React Native boilerplate Ignite has been updated to version 9. Our CTO Jamon Holmgren has created a YouTube video about it that you will definitely want to check out!

I'm also excited to announce the release of Reactotron 3, which is a wildly popular open source, free desktop app that you can use to debug issues for your React Native application. This update adds a ton of new features and enhancements that are covered in this blog post .

From me and the Infinite Red team, we send you our best wishes for a healthy and happy end of 2023.

The latest React Native release is:

Latest 0.73.0 - Updates include:

Highlights:
- Debugging Improvements
- Stable Symlink Support in Metro
- Kotlin Template on Android
- Android 14 Support
- New Architecture Updates
- Deprecated Debugging Features
Breaking Changes:
- Babel Package Renames
- Other Breaking Changes
- React Native CLI Changes

There's a lot more to discover in today's issue. Enjoy!

Our top React Native picks this month

React Native articles, tweets, and docs submitted by the community and Infinite Red’s team of engineers.

	React Native 0.73 Release
	Read all about the latest stable release: React Native 0.73. This will be the last version to support Android 5.0 (API 21); version 0.74 will bump the min SDK to Android 6.0 (API 23)

	Ignite 9 is all-in on...EXPO?
	In this video, Infinite Red's CTO Jamon Holmgren goes through ALL the latest and greatest changes to Ignite, the React Native boilerplate project, in the new version 9: "Exp[ress]o".

	Announcing Reactotron 3.0!
	Reactotron 3.0 is here! This blog details some of the many improvements and new features added to the latest evolution of Infinite Red's popular open-source desktop app used for inspecting and debugging React Native applications.

State of React Native

Software Mansion has put together the State of React Native 2023 survey in order to gather info on how the community uses React Native. You can participate in this survey; let your voice be heard! Results from this survey, which runs until the 5th of January 2024 (first Friday in January), will be used to help roadmap fixes and features.

The results of the 2022 React Native survey have been published here.

	Speeding up builds by an average of one minute with warm cocoapods
	Learn how the team at Expo is speeding up builds by an average of one minute with warm cocoapods...

	Stylex on X
	Meta’s new styling library, StyleX, just landed. Its React Native support is still a work in progress.

	RNR 282 - A Day in the Life of a React Native Developer: 2023 Edition
	In today's episode, Jamon, Robin, and Mazen revisit a day in the life of a React Native developer. RNR 192 was our first day in the life episode, and today, we're revisiting the topic. From tech updates to new lessons learned, today's episode is full of good stuff. Listen to all episodes. Listen & subscribe! ⇢

	RNR 281 - Real Life React Native : Benedikt Müller of Share My Stack
	In this episode of Real Life React Native, we chat with Benedikt Müller about his latest project, Share My Stack. He discusses his experiences with React Native and offers valuable insights gained from his journey. Listen to all episodes. Listen & subscribe! ⇢

	RNR 280 - Bun Intended: JS's Newest Runtime Meets React Native
	We explore Bun, the latest JS runtime, as it relates to React Native developers. We discuss its features, performance, and how it compares to Node.js. Join us on this bunbelievable journey into the future of JavaScript runtimes. Listen to all episodes. Listen & subscribe! ⇢

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Editor-in-chief: Derek Greenberg, Infinite Red

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This issue: Exciting React Native Announcements

Our top React Native picks this month

React Native articles, tweets, and docs submitted by the community and Infinite Red’s team of engineers.

React Native 0.73 Release

Ignite 9 is all-in on...EXPO?

Announcing Reactotron 3.0!

State of React Native

Speeding up builds by an average of one minute with warm cocoapods

Stylex on X

RNR 282 - A Day in the Life of a React Native Developer: 2023 Edition

RNR 281 - Real Life React Native : Benedikt Müller of Share My Stack

RNR 280 - Bun Intended: JS's Newest Runtime Meets React Native

That’s a wrap!

Have a submission for an article or open source project? Send those links here! View all past issues, or invite a friend to join the newsletter!

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