Expo SDK 53 comes with tons of updated packages, improvements for the speed of your React Native apps and a brand new Expo UI package. I'll walk you through everything important for your apps!
 
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🔗 Links:

Changelog: https://expo.dev/changelog/sdk-53
Background Tasks: https://expo.dev/blog/goodbye-background-fetch-hello-expo-background-task
Maps: https://expo.dev/blog/introducing-expo-maps-a-modern-maps-api-for-expo-developers
Expo UI: https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v53.0.0/sdk/ui/

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00:00 Expo SDK 53 Intro
01:53 General Expo Updates
05:55 Package Updates
11:37 Expo CLI & EAS Improvements
14:34 Expo UI: Native UI Components
19:11 Expo Router: Guard, Prefetch & Redirect
24:17 Deprecations
25:42 Notably Changes
27:19 SDK 53 - What’s next?

Simon Grimm

The post highlights the release of Expo SDK 53, featuring updates like the new Expo UI package, which includes Swift UI and Jetpack Compose components, and improvements in background tasks, audio, maps packages, and more. Developers are advised to be cautious of breaking changes and new defaults, such as the edgetoedge support for Android and React 19. The post shares strategies for handling new architecture, package deprecations, and introduces web support for Expo SQLite. Enhancements in Expo CLI and EAS, including web worker support and faster startup times, are also discussed, along with new features in Expo Router like guarded groups and prefetching routes.

Finally React Native UI Components