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This week, we’re diving deep into some of the most exciting updates in the React Native ecosystem—and I’m sharing a few personal shifts too.

🧠 Topics we cover:

The future of graphics in React Native: Skia, WebGPU, and what’s coming in 2025
Wild performance with Fast Confetti by Alireza
Support for background-repeat in styling
Evan Bacon’s latest project: an AI-powered app that builds apps
The IAP deprecation and what it means for devs
Nitro Image and Video v7 alpha – big leaps in media performance
William Candillon shows off Skottie animations inside Skia

🔥 Hot takes & personal updates:

Why I’ve decided to stop building native apps and go all-in on Galaxies.dev
My honest thoughts on Expo Router and why I’m loving it
The current hype around MCP – is it just another Web3 moment?

🚀 Learn React Native: https://galaxies.dev/missions/zero-to-hero

🔥 Weekly Videos -> https://www.youtube.com/@galaxies_dev

❤️ Socials

👨‍💻 Apps

Matrix Manager: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/matrix-manager-task-manager/id6739463021
Quick Track: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quick-track-calorie-counter/id1669892980
Text to Voice AI: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/text-to-voice-ai-reader/id6739965632
Healthy Food Swap: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/healthy-food-swap/id6743627410

🔗 Links

The Future of React Native Graphics: WebGPU, Skia, and Beyond: https://shopify.engineering/webgpu-skia-web-graphics
Background-repeat and styles: https://x.com/nishanbende/status/1938130663586337176
Evan Expo Router AI App Generator: https://github.com/EvanBacon/app-that-builds-apps
Deprecating React Native IAP: https://x.com/hyodotdev/status/1939420943665049961
React Native Nitro Image: https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-nitro-image
React Native Fast Confetti: https://github.com/AlirezaHadjar/react-native-fast-confetti
Expo Router Tweet: https://x.com/schlimmson/status/1939716357723218073
Are MCPs like web3: https://x.com/theo/status/1939434082867569140

075 - Epic React Native Packages, Background Images, Skia and WebGPU Updates, Expo Router & The MCP Hype

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#077 - Future of React Native Animations, Building Games, Better Performance & New Packages

#076 - Unistyles 3.0, SwiftUI Filters, Nitro Hype & the Expo Debate

075 - Epic React Native Packages, Background Images, Skia and WebGPU Updates, Expo Router & The MCP Hype

#074 - Expo AI App Template, Icon Creator, Background Tasks, RSC & Triathlon Success

#073 - React Native 0.80, EAS Alternative, AI Voice Agents & Apple vs React Native

#072 - The Frozen Arch, Killing my App & React Native World Domination

#071 - Reanimated 4 Beta, LiveStore, DevTools & Expo Router Course

#070 - React Native Version Hell, React Server Components with Expo & Invoice App Updates

#069 - Expo Router v5, Skia WebGPU, App Updates & Galaxies Lifetime

#068 - Expo SDK 53 Highlights, React Native AI, Worklets & No Apple App Store Commissions

#067 - Quitting React Native, React Compiler, Legend List & React Native Performance

#066 - Expo 53 BETA, FlashList v2, React Native Popularity, App Sales & OTA Alternative

#065 - Expo SDK 53 Preview, RevenueCat Paywalls, AI Images & Gemini

#064 - Time for Change (App Updates, Vercel AI SDK & TikTok)

#063 - From Idea to App using Replit with Matt Palmer

#062 - Navigation, Styling & The State of React Native with Beto

#061 - Shipping Successful AI Apps with Your Average Tech Bro

#060 - Module Federation, RSCs & Universal Apps with Jack Herrington

#059 - Expo Router, RSC & DOM Components with Evan Bacon

#058 - React Native Games & Animations with Ben Awad

#057 - The Time for React Native is Now

#056 - Bluesky's React Native App & AT Protocol with Samuel Newman

#055 - Why Companies use React Native, Job Interviews & Open Source Trends with Jamon Holmgren

#054 - React Native Music Game with Kim Chouard (Skia, NativeWind, Expo AV)

#053 - Why Accessibility in React Native matters with Britta Evans-Fenton

#052 - Styling, RSC, Expo, Universal Apps, EAS, Debugging, Strict DOM, React Native Q&A

#051 - React Native Brownfield Integration with Mariusz Stanisz

#050 - New Arch, JSI, Native Modules & Rust with Oscar Franco

#049 - Migrating to Expo from RNC CLI & Testing Libraries with Steve Galili

#048 - MLKit & The React Native Paradox with Gant Laborde

#047 - Challenges of Building an On-call App with Rory Bain

#046 - Developing React Native TV Apps with Giovanni Laquidara

#045 - React Native Apps for Seafarers with Gabriel Dierks

#044 - Yoga, Layouting and New Architecture with Delphine Bugner

#043 - React Native Best Practices Template with Youssouf El Azizi

#042 - React Native is alive! App.js Recap with Áron Berezkin

#041 - The Evolution of JavaScript Frameworks with Maximilian Schwarzmüller

#040 - From Next.js to React Native with Kitze

#039 - Award Winning Credit Card App Yonder with Henry Moulton

#038 - Expo EAS and 100 Snakes with Jon Samp

#037 - Bringing Swift to React Native with Gary Tokman

#036 - React Native Apps using Web3 & AI with Nader Dabit

#035 - React Native Skia with William Candillon

#034 - React Architecture Tips with Charlotte Isambert

#033 - NativeWind & React Native Styling with Mark Lawlor

#032 - From broke Teacher to Software Engineer with Zach Taylor

#031 - React Native Gestures & Microinteractions with Kacper Kapuściak

#030 - Ignite React Native Projects with Frank Calise

#029 - State of React Native with Áron Berezkin

#028 - Expo Router & Universal React Native Apps with Evan Bacon

#027 - React Native’s Superpower with Theo Browne

#026 - React Server Components for React Native with Szymon Rybczak

#025 - EAS, Expo Prebuild & SDK 50 with Kadi Kraman

#024 - Supabase Powered Apps with Thor Schaeff

#023 - Why you should use React Native in 2024

#022 - Galactic Year for React Native Devs

#021 - The React Native IDE with Krzysztof Magiera

#020 - Building Tools for Expo with Dan Stepanov

#019 - Unistyles, C++ and new React Native Architecture with Jacek Pudysz

#018 - From PT to Software Engineer with Brandon Austin

#017 - React Native + Next.js with Fernando Rojo

#016 - Universal React Native Apps with Rodrigo Figueroa

#015 - Performance Tips for React Native with Alexandre Moureaux

#014 - Building a Mobile Game with Jan Van Echelpoel

#013 - React Native Vision Camera & MMKV with Marc Rousavy

#012 - Offline Apps, Indie Hacking & AI with Benedikt Müller

#011 - Tamagui & Universal Apps with Nate Wienert

#010 - Learn to use Storybook with Daniel Williams

#009 - Why you need React Native Animations with Catalin Miron

#008 - Build your own Startup with Vadim Savin

#007 - Expo, Router & Debugging with Cedric van Putten

#006 - Amplify & React Native Courses with Alberto Moedano

#005 - Building the World's Best Apps with Áron Berezkin

#004 - Flutter vs React Native and Reanimated with Enzo Mangano

#003 - Building a Fitness App using Firebase & Expo with Paweł Karniej

#002 - Shipping React Native Apps with David Leuliette

#001 - From NextJS to React Native with Hosna Qasmei