Best of React Native — December 2025

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   Vladislav Siumbeli·16w

   Migrating my Expo apps from Supabase to Firebase — what I learned

   A developer shares their experience migrating two Expo apps (TinyRecipe and TinyDebt) from Supabase to Firebase. The migration used @react-native-firebase and worked smoothly with Expo Dev Clients without requiring bare workflow. Key takeaways include Firebase's strengths in real-time updates and offline capabilities, Firestore's responsive queries, and straightforward authentication and analytics setup. The author notes that Supabase excels for SQL-based setups while Firebase shines for real-time features, and emphasizes how Expo's improved native module support made the process easier than expected.

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   React Native·18w

   React 19.2, New DevTools features, no breaking changes · React Native

   React Native 0.83 is released with React 19.2, introducing the Activity component and useEffectEvent hook. Major DevTools improvements include new Network and Performance panels, plus a standalone desktop app that no longer requires Chrome or Edge. The release adds stable Web Performance APIs and experimental Intersection Observer support. This is the first React Native release with no breaking changes, making upgrades from 0.82 seamless. Additional features include Hermes V1 performance improvements, iOS legacy architecture removal option, and precompiled binary debugging capabilities.

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   Simon Grimm·16w

   I Reviewed 3 REAL React Native Apps (Here's what I thought)

   A video review of three React Native applications (District walking game, Zyotes note-taking app, and Rail Ruckus dice game) analyzing their UI/UX design, user onboarding flows, and implementation quality. The reviewer provides specific feedback on improving native feel, visual consistency, animation patterns, paywall design, and emotional engagement in game interfaces. Key takeaways include the importance of native UI components, proper haptic feedback, smooth transitions with reanimated, and making games feel alive with animations and visual effects.

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   This Week In React·18w

   React Native 0.83, Reanimated 4.2, State of RN, Refined, Crypto, Worklets, Sheet Navigator

   React Native 0.83 is released with React 19.2 support, enabling Activity component and useEffectEvent. Reanimated 4.2 introduces Shared Element Transitions. The newsletter also covers a critical React Server Components vulnerability (React2Shell) affecting Next.js and other frameworks, requiring immediate patching. Additional updates include TanStack AI alpha release, new React data fetching library Fate, DevTools improvements, and various library releases including Worklets 0.7, Quick Crypto 1.0, and MMKV 4.1.

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