๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ just dropped โ and itโs the biggest simplification yet for building multi-platform apps with React Native Next.js.
If you havenโt used it before. ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐จ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ (๐๐
๐ฝ๐ผ) ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฒ๐
๐.๐ท๐ โ so your app and website can live in one monorepo without rewriting screens twice.
But in v5, something huge happened:
โก๏ธ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐-๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ-๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ from Solitoโs core.
That means:
โก๏ธ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป needed to get your React Native components running in Next.js.
โก๏ธ Solito components now ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐
๐.๐ท๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ โ no wrappers, no View/Text resets, no web-style constraints.
โก๏ธ You can now use ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ โ className, style, or any DOM attribute โ directly on Solito components.
โก๏ธ Full support for ๐ก๐ฒ๐
๐.๐ท๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ, and ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ.
Hereโs what changed under the hood:
โก๏ธ Solito dropped all .web.tsx files and went ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ-๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ by default.
โก๏ธ React Native variants now use .native.tsx files.
โก๏ธ This approach removes complex bundler setup โ web just works out of the box.
โก๏ธ It mirrors the ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ ๐ฎ pattern: pure web components on web, native magic on mobile.
Thatโs it. Your web app is pure Next.js, your native app still works via Solitoโs native layer.
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐? Yes โ especially around styling (style must be an object, viewProps/textProps removed). But in return, Solito 5 is faster, simpler, and finally configuration-free for web consumers.
What tool are you using for your multi-platform stack โ Solito, Tamagui, Unistyles, or something else? ๐
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