What happened at the AppJS 2025? What’s new for React Native developers, and what are the trends in the community? Let me recap some of the most important talks for you from the biggest React Native conference!

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00:00 Positivity in the Community
01:58 Keyboard Management
03:21 List Performance
04:49 Animations
06:20 Brownfield React Native
07:34 Big Comapnies use React Native
08:51 AI Coding
11:03 Freezing the Legacy Architecture
13:46 Native Functionality
15:46 Nothing is impossible

Simon Grimm

React Native has reached a tipping point where it can build high-quality mobile applications comparable to native apps. Key improvements include better keyboard management with React Native Keyboard Controller, enhanced list performance with Legend List, advanced animation capabilities, and improved brownfield application support. The legacy architecture is now frozen, pushing developers toward the new architecture. Major companies like NFL and Starlink successfully use React Native, and AI integration is becoming increasingly important for development workflows.

Is React Native the Future of Mobile Apps?

I’ve written a blog on this, diving deep on how old architecture slowed the React Native &amp; how New Arch ✨ solves it.
Read Full Blog : <a href="https://medium.com/@curioussachin/legacy-react-native-architecture-is-frozen-heres-how-the-new-one-solves-its-biggest-flaws-526413d54e9d" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Legacy React Native Architecture Is Frozen — Here’s How the New One Solves Its Biggest Flaws</a>

Many videos with this topic! Is this the next is that dying… :)