React Native Newsletter

This issue: A list of 16k+ Expo/React Native apps and results of the 2023 State of React Native survey

Welcome to the February issue of the React Native Newsletter!

Now that Winter Break is over, we're back with a large collection of Top React Native Picks and Open Source Highlights from January and February.

Check out Evan Bacon's list of Expo and React Native iOS apps; it's mind-blowing and very inspirational, especially if you ever wonder if you are in good company with choosing to go with React Native and Expo for your mobile app.

Another highly recommended article reveals the results of the 2023 State of React Native survey. Be sure to listen to the React Native Radio podcast in which the hosts break down the results.

I've got some late breaking news for you! Tickets for Chain React 2024 are now on sale. Chain React is the premiere US React Native Conference happening July 17-19 in Portland, Oregon. We can't wait to see you there!

The latest React Native release is:

Latest 0.73.4 - Updates include:

Fixed:
- Fix: cannot find module react-native-*/Libraries/Core/InitializeCore
Android:
- Ignore the one-time NullPointerException and print error log
iOS:
- Fix warning when loading RCTUIManager and A11yManager

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.

	Who's using Expo OSS in 2024
	Evan Bacon put together a massive list of Expo and React Native iOS apps — just over 1600 of them!

	Introducing react-native-live-markdown
	<𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚃𝚎𝚡𝚝𝙸𝚗𝚙𝚞𝚝> component Cross-platform (Android, iOS, web) Built by @swmansion for their @expensify app

	Broadening the scope of dev tools plugins
	Expo is broadening the scope of dev tools plugins UIs to be more accommodating and compatible with the wider web environment.

	Fingerprint your native runtime with @expo/fingerprint
	This is a blog post on the non-biometric expo/fingerprint - a tool for devs to represent the entire native state of their project with a single hash value.

	React Native is the Future of Mobile at Shopify
	This is a history of how React Native was initially evaluated, rejected, then later adopted, and now invested in by Shopify. Although this blog post dates back to January 2020, there's a thread on X with recent updates.

	Apple Vision Pro is out and React Native is ready!
	Callstack has just released the React Native VisionOS Library. This blog post dives into the library and provides all you need to get started.

	Adding a new target to your file with Expo config plugin
	This article explores how to write a plugin that is capable of adding a target to any file in your Xcode project. The source code is available here.

	The results of the State of React Native 2023 are in!
	Check the results from this 2023 survey about everything React Native.

	Migrating your web app from Next to Expo Router
	This X post shows how to migrate web apps from Next.js to Universal apps w/ @expo Router: A quick guide

	Build and Deploy React Native Apps with Expo EAS
	Kadi Kraman released a new course on egghead, which will show you how to create the common types of builds for iOS and Android on EAS.

	Expo Router v3 released with lots of goodies
	Expo Router v3 is here—Full-stack React for iOS, Android, and web! The thread for this X post is lively and definitely worth checking out.

Open source highlights from the React Native community

Open source React Native projects, libraries, node modules, or components submitted by the community.

	Expo Updates API demo
	Uses the new Updates JS API for SDK 50 The new expo-updates asset selection feature for SDK 50 Built using the Ignite React Native boilerplate CLI

	nativecn-ui
	Beautiful and customizable React Native components, inspired by shadcn-ui. Built-in dark mode, CSS variables, and NativeWind support. You can find more details in the documentation.

	React Native App Zero
	This is a lightweight expense and privacy app with graphs and lists.

	RNR 288 - Survey Says... React Native got more popular?
	Jamon, Robin, and Mazen react to the 2023 State of React Native Results by Software Mansion! Follow along as they break down all of the results and (spoiler alert) RNR is still your favorite podcast. Listen to all episodes. Listen & subscribe! ⇢

	RNR 287 -- Special Guest: Charlie Cheever
	A special interview with Charlie Cheever!! Jamon and Robin talk with Expo co-founder Charlie Cheever about his early programming days, his time working at Facebook (now Meta), and the beginnings Expo. It even has a wild story about Charlie's run-in with (wait for it!) Mark Zuckerberg. Yes... That Mark Zuckerberg. Listen to all episodes. Listen & subscribe! ⇢

	RNR 286 - What's New in React Native 0.73
	Join Robin and Mazen as they navigate React Native 0.73's key updates! Topics cover enhanced debugging capabilities, Android and Kotlin template updates, and significant architectural updates for a more efficient development environment. Listen to all episodes. Listen & subscribe! ⇢

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Editor-in-chief: Derek Greenberg, Infinite Red

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