Expo in React Native: Everything You Need to Know (2025 Edition) Everything You Need to Know About Expo in 2025 ๐ Expo is a framework and platform for universal React applications. It simplifies the development and deployment process of React Native apps with powerful tools and services. As of 2025, Expo has matured into an all-in-one toolkit that supports everything from development to distribution. ๐ฆ What is Expo? Expo is a set of tools built around React Native to help you build native iOS, Android, and web apps using JavaScript and React. It removes native dependencies, making it easier for JavaScript developers to build and deploy native apps quickly. ๐งฐ Key Services Provided by Expo Expo Go: Preview your app without needing to build a native binary. Expo Dev Client: Customizable development client for testing native modules. EAS Build: Build your app in the cloud for iOS and Android. EAS Submit: Submit builds to...
React Native Native Modules with Example: Traditional vs TurboModules (2025) React Native provides powerful capabilities to communicate with platform-specific code using Native Modules . With the new TurboModules architecture, this process becomes more efficient, performant, and memory-friendly. In this blog, we’ll explore both the traditional and TurboModules approaches, compare them, and provide code examples. ๐ What is a Native Module in React Native? Native Modules allow you to write platform-specific functionality in Java (Android) or Objective-C/Swift (iOS) and expose it to your React Native JavaScript code. ⚙️ Traditional Native Modules (Old Architecture) In the traditional model, native modules are registered using ReactPackage and invoked via the bridge (async communication). ๐งช Android Example (Java) // MyModule.java public class MyModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule { public MyModule(ReactApplicationContext context) { sup...