Archive

This week’s digest is packed with major React Native updates, from native bottom tabs in React Navigation 8 and improvements in react-native-screens, to new AI-powered tooling like Nitro MLX tool calling, better testing automation, and fresh Expo ecosystem releases.

Issue 11 kicks off 2026 with a pulse check on the React Native ecosystem. We look at where React and React Native stand today, what momentum is building early this year, and highlight the latest releases shaping performance, security, tooling, and developer experience: from Nitro and RNSEC to Facetpack, Radon, and beyond.

This is first edition of Nativeweekly in 2025. It’s been an incredible year for React Native, marking its strongest growth in the past decade. In this issue, we’ll recap the year, explore the current state of React Native and Expo, highlight library updates, and share the latest job offers.

React Native keeps moving in the right direction. This week brings one of the smoothest releases in years with React Native 0.83, a clear signal that upgrades are finally becoming predictable and less painful. At the same time, the State of React Native 2025 survey is open, giving the community a chance to shape what the next decade of React Native will look like. Let’s dive in.

Reanimated 4.2.0 introduces Shared Element Transitions, new CSS-style transforms, and opt-in performance flags that cut UI overhead. Across the ecosystem, libraries ship Fabric optimizations, smoother keyboard and sheet behavior, and RNRepo delivers faster prebuilt native artifacts. Catch all the highlights in this week’s React Native update.