React Native 0.85 is now available!
This release includes the New Animation Backend, selection data in TextInput onChange events, Metro TLS support, and moves the Jest preset to a dedicated package.
Six months ago the community told us Hot Reloading was a major pain point. A better Fast Refresh mode is on it's way into React Native. It's resilient to errors (no need for full reloads after a typo) and supports function components with Hooks. Check it out:
Today Facebook is open sourcing Hermes, a small and lightweight JavaScript engine optimized for running React Native on Android. We are currently publishing a new patch release for React Native which will contain Hermes as opt-in.
The React Native team at Facebook is building a new sub-team to support React Native Windows and macOS in close collaboration with Microsoft. If you have experience building native Windows and macOS applications or frameworks, we are hiring! DM @Eli_White
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We are excited to have Amazon added to the React Native showcase. Amazon has been using React Native for years for many apps, including the main Amazon Shopping app!
Using a React Native framework, such as Expo, is now the recommended way to create new React Native apps
You can read more about our official guidance in our latest blogpost:
React Native 0.79 is now available!
This release includes several performance improvements. Metro is now >3x faster to cold start! Android apps will also be faster thanks to changes to JS bundle compression.
Check out `react-native doctor` built by @lbentosilva and many others. It's a new command to troubleshoot and fix errors in your environment so you can spend more time building your apps!
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