This week’s episode covers another wave of React Native ecosystem updates — from Expo’s new AI-native tools to faster storage, cross-framework experiments, and even a React Native + Godot integration.
⚛️ React Native Radar:
- 🤖 Expo MCP Server – build AI-native apps with the new MCP integration
- 🧩 iOS Simulator MCP v1.5 – new Open/Launch/Install tools for dev automation
- ⚡️ MMKV v4 released – faster, smaller, and now powered by Nitro Modules
- 📱 React Native Nitro Device Info – device info at Nitro speed
- 👆 Pressto updates – smoother tap interactions for React Native apps
- 🎮 React Native Godot – open-sourced integration bringing game engine power to RN
- 🧭 Onboarding component by Software Mansion – polished native onboarding UI
- 💨 Uniwind Benchmarks – performance comparisons across styling solutions
- 🤷♂️ Flutter with Expo? – launch a Flutter web app with Expo Launch
🧠 From My Projects:
- 🍔 Wolt Clone recording done, video soon
- 🧱 Planning an Advent Calendar and livestreams
🚨 Trending in Tech:
- ❓ React Native Package Confusion – how to find the right packages?
🚀 Learn React Native: https://galaxies.dev/missions/zero-to-hero
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