iOS React Native builds are about to get a whole lot faster.
With ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ.๐ด๐ญ, Expo and Meta are introducing ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ for iOS โ something Android has been enjoying for years. Instead of compiling RN from scratch every time, Xcode now just links ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ (binary packages created by Xcode that contain the frameworks and libraries needed to build for multiple platforms), slashing initial build times by ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฌร.
โก๏ธ Two precompiled bundles ship: one for ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ-๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ (Folly, GLog, etc.) and one for ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
โก๏ธ Built once by Expo/Metaโs CI, covering ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ถ๐บ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ข๐ฆ, ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ข๐ฆ.
โก๏ธ Fetched from a ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ during install โ no manual downloads.
โก๏ธ Biggest wins for ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐, but even native-heavy builds feel the speed boost.
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