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Just found out I was the #9 top contributor on the @reactnative core repo last year according to GitHub Insights. Even more exciting, if you exclude Meta employees, I'm #1!π
Super thankful for the amazing support from the React Native community.
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Gabriel Donadel retweeted
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Two years of wanting to do this rewrite, two months of doing it. The Objective-C layer was a ceiling on what was possible in Expo Modules. That ceiling is gone now, and this rewrite is the platform for what we're building next.
More on top of this is coming ππ
Swift now talks to JSI directly. The Objective-C middle layer is gone.
In Expo SDK 56 we rewrote the native module infrastructure on Apple platforms. Calls are faster and the stack is simpler. The seam that used to make debugging miserable is gone too.
Here's how π§΅
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All my non-tech friends these days after 5 minutes using lovable
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Expo SDK 56 is out π
β Expo UI is stable on iOS and Android
β iOS builds 16% faster, plus another 20% on EAS from precompiled community libs
β Android cold starts 40% faster
β Expo Router decoupled from React Navigation
β Inline native modules: write Swift and Kotlin right next to your TypeScript
β Hermes v1 by default
β Bytecode diffing on by default (~58% smaller OTA updates)
β iOS Widgets stable
β React Native 0.85 React 19.2
It's been two months since SDK 55, and we packed in everything we could fit. Your iOS build times are going to thank you. Full changelog β
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We just cut the SDK 56 beta π
β 50% faster iOS builds (precompiled XCFrameworks) β 40% faster cold starts on Android
β Expo UI is stable
β iOS widgets are stable
β expo-router rebuilt from scratch
β Inline native modules
β Brownfield multi-app support
The obvious themes are speed and stability. But there are a lot of other interesting changes (like Expo Router decoupling itself form React Navigation). Get all the nuance and detail in the changelog below β
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π Expo is the best it's ever been, and it's about to get a lot better.
We raised a Series B so we can go faster on the things that matter to you: faster builds, smoother native integrations, and the services to make end-to-end app development a delightful experience.
There is a lot of work to do. This round led by @Georgian_io puts us in position to go do it!
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New version coming soon! expo.dev/orbit
Apr 7
It looks like Expo Orbit may be the first React Native macOS app to use the new architecture
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Introducing Expo Agent
Build truly native iOS and Android apps from a prompt. Anything from React to SwiftUI to Jetpack Compose.
Compile and deploy for Apple, Android, and the web right from the browser!
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π No rewrite required: How to bring Expo into mature native apps
βοΈ @donadeldev @notbrent
Skip the costly rewrite. Use Expo and React Native to modernize your app incrementally, adding new screens and features in days, not months.
expo.dev/blog/how-to-bring-eβ¦
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Gabriel Donadel retweeted
9 Oct 2025
Hey @typescript π Can we have someone take a look at this long-standing issue? π
This is becoming an increasingly common problem as more and more packages are shipping with only the TS code as many environments are now capable of stripping the types. github.com/microsoft/TypeScrβ¦
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π₯½ Expo Go just made it to the metaverse:
meta.com/experiences/expo-goβ¦
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Gabriel Donadel retweeted
9 Sep 2025
HAPPENING TOMORROW π¨
Calling all @expo fans!! Tomorrow @mazenchami hosts a special React Native Mornings with @donadeldev.
π Wed, Sep 10 | 9am PT
π Live on YouTube X
π Set a reminder
youtube.com/watch?v=CNVW7x6Dβ¦
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Gabriel Donadel retweeted
30 Aug 2025
React Native macOS 0.79.0 is out! Big thanks to @donadeldev for his help with this release :)
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Gabriel Donadel retweeted
28 Aug 2025
It's over for all coding startups. Anthropic Apple will totally dominate
New in Xcode 26 Beta 7: Users can now log into their Claude account from Xcode.
Generate code and documentation, automatically fix errors, and create inline playgrounds using coding intelligence features in Xcode, powered by Claude Sonnet 4.
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Gabriel Donadel retweeted
28 Aug 2025
Whatβs New in Expo SDK 54??
Join @mazenchami and special guest @donadeldev from @expo on the next React Native Mornings!!
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Wednesday, Sep 3
β° 9am PT / 12pm ET
π Live on X YouTube
youtube.com/watch?v=CNVW7x6Dβ¦
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Building apps is easier than ever. But shipping is still brutal.
Until now.
πMeet Expo Launch: the fastest way to get your app to the app store
β Skip config
β Skip certificates
β Skip the maze
Press βLaunchβ β land in TestFlight.
More details in the blog from @cedric_dev below β
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Gabriel Donadel retweeted
11 Jul 2025
We have published a new docs website for React Native macOS! This is one of the common asks ("better docs") I've gotten for the library, and I'm excited to see what we can add.
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Gabriel Donadel retweeted
30 Jun 2025
Great to see new libraries popping up! Just a heads-up β this "standard" has already been set by expo-image for years. It offers all of this functionality and integrates smoothly with other Expo SDK libraries like expo-camera, expo-image-manipulator, expo-video and more.
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React Native 0.80 is here β and so is a new Expo Canary release to help you try it out today!
0.80 ships with React 19.1.0, JavaScript deep imports deprecation and Legacy Architecture Freezing.
Read more: reactnative.dev/blog/2025/06β¦
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