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Mazen and Robin welcome back Cedric van Putten to discuss Expo Launch, a new tool that automates deploying React Native apps to the App Store. Learn how Expo is streamlining certificates, screenshots, and submission workflows. Show Notes Expo LaunchCedric van Putten's blog post: Introducing Expo LaunchMatt Palmer's blog post: From idea to app with Replit and ExpoExpo's AI Strategy Connect With Us! Cedric van Putten: @cedric_devRobin Heinze: @robinheinzeMazen Chami: @mazenchamiReact Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With over a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

In this episode of React Native Radio, Robin and Mazen are joined by Marc Rousavy to break down transforming packages to Nitro and why it’s a big deal for high-performance native modules. They dig into Nitro’s origins, how it stacks up against TurboModules and Expo, and what’s coming next for VisionCamera.   Show Notes NitroModulesChatGPT Nitro Module BuilderMarc's screencast: How to build a Nitro ModuleFrank Calise's Awesome Nitro ModulesRNR 310 - Nitro with Marc RousavyMargelo's Discord  Connect With Us! Marc Rousavy: @mrousavyRobin Heinze: @robinheinzeMazen Chami: @mazenchamiReact Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio  This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With over a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

In our popular year-end recap, our hosts are all back tother and joined by guest Josh Yoes to review the biggest React Native developments of 2025! They cover major releases, the shift to the new architecture, React 19 support, and how tooling and performance evolved across the ecosystem.   Show Notes Blog Post | React Native Wrapped 2025 by Joshua Yoes  Connect With Us! Josh Yoes: @JoshuaYoesJamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgrenRobin Heinze: @robinheinzeMazen Chami: @mazenchamiReact Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio  This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With over a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Mazen and Robin are joined by fan-favorite Taylor Desseyn to discuss how the React Native job market has shifted in 2025 and why community matters more than ever. They break down what skills companies want now and how developers can stand out in a tighter market.   Show Notes RNR 302 - Landing a Job with Taylor DesseynThelma & James (The band Taylor worked with that went viral on TikTok)TorcTorc's Community (Discord)Infinite Red Community (Slack)Taylor’s Keynote   Connect With Us! Taylor Desseyn: @tdesseynMazen Chami: @mazenchamiRobin Heinze: @robinheinzeReact Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With over a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Mazen and Jamon chat with Simon Grimm about his move from Ionic pioneer to React Native creator. Simon highlights key cross-platform trends, why React Native’s future looks exciting, and how he supports developers through Galaxies.dev.   Show Notes Simon Grimm's podcast, Rocket Ship: https://podcast.galaxies.devZero to Hero, Launch Your First Real Mobile App in 30 Days: https://galaxies.dev/missions/zero-to-hero   Connect With Us! Simon Grimm: @schlimmsonMazen Chami: @mazenchamiJamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgrenReact Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With over a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Mazen talks with Alex Lanclos from Skylight about how they power their wildly popular smart displays with React Native! Mazen and Alex dig into architecture upgrades, performance wins, and why Skylight is so excited about the framework’s future.   Show Notes SkylightRNR 328 - Flashlight with Alexandre MoureauxRNR 325 - Legend List with Jay Meistrich  Connect With Us! Mazen Chami: @mazenchamiReact Native Radio: @reactnativerdio  This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

In this episode, Mazen Chami sits down with Mustafa Ali (Director of Engineering and Head of Mobile at Shopify) and Thiago Magalhães (Staff Software Developer at Shopify) to dive deep into Shopify’s transition to the new React Native architecture.   Show Notes Shopify Blog: Migrating to React Native's New Architecture by Thiago MagalhaesRNR 319: Shopify goes full throttle throttle on React Native with Mustafa Ali  Connect With Us! Mazen Chami: @mazenchamiMustafa Ali: @mustafa01aliThiago Magalhães: LinkedInReact Native Radio: @reactnativerdio  This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Expo SDK 54 and React Native 0.81 are a perfect match—and our hosts Mazen Chami, Frank Calise, and Tyler Williams are here to break it all down. In this episode, they dive deep into everything new in Expo SDK 54, from faster precompiled iOS builds to the sleek Liquid Glass feature and Android 16 support. If you want the complete rundown of what’s fresh, powerful, and ready to use in Expo SDK 54, this episode has you covered.   Show Notes Expo SDK 54 beta is now availablePrecompiling the Expo SDK for iOSExpo AutolinkingInfinite Red's articlePhil Pluckthun's article  Connect With Us! Mazen Chami: @mazenchamiFrank Calise: @frankcaliseTyler Williams: @coolsoftwaredevReact Native Radio: @reactnativerdio  This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

This week, Mazen is joined by Infinite Red teammates Frank Calise and Tyler Williams to unpack everything included in the huge React Native 0.81 release. They cover Android 16 support, precompiled iOS builds, and many other updates!  Show Notes React Native 0.81 Blog ArticleExpo SDK 54 Beta Blog Article  Connect With Us! Mazen Chami: @mazenchamiFrank Calise: @frankcaliseTyler Williams: @coolsoftwaredevReact Native Radio: @reactnativerdio  This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Chas Jhin, Director of Engineering for Discord, joins our hosts to unpack Discord’s adoption of React Native. Chas opens up about Discord's experience adopting React Native, performance challenges, and the New Architecture.   Show Notes Discord's Switch Android to React Native (2022)Supercharging Discord Mobile (2025)Achieving Native iOS performance with React Native (2019) React Native Mornings  Connect With Us! Chas Jhin: @chasjhinJamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgrenRobin Heinze: @robinheinzeMazen Chami: @mazenchamiReact Native Radio: @reactnativerdio  This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Infinite Red's own Mark Rickert joins to discuss the new Ignite 11 "Bison" release and the thoughtful changes that went into it! This latest update removes MobX State Tree as the default state management to give developers more flexibility, streamlines everything to new architecture-only, and includes improved light/dark theming right out of the box.  He also shared with our hosts why the name of this release is codenamed "BISON" Show Notes Ignite 11: Bison 🦬Mark's Blog Post Announcing Ignite 11Ignite's Official DocsTheming Ignite AppsIgnite CookbookRNR 335 - State Management RevisitedIgnite Diff PurgeOptimizing Flatlist ConfigurationConnect With Us! React Native Radio: @reactnativerdioJamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgrenRobin Heinze: @robinheinzeMazen Chami: @mazenchamiThis episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Maestro CEO Leland Takamine joins Jamon and Robin to discuss Maestro’s growth, new tools like Studio Desktop and cloud testing, and why reliability matters for automated testing.   Show Notes Maestro's websiteRNR 262 - Maestro: The App-solute Solution for Mobile UI TestingFlashlight Maestro Docs Connect With Us! Leland Takamine: @lelandtakamineJamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgrenRobin Heinze: @robinheinzeReact Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Evan Bacon and James Ide from Expo join us as guests for the second part of React Native Web vs. React Strict DOM! Connect With Us! Evan Bacon: @BaconbrixJames Ide: @JIJamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgrenRobin Heinze: @robinheinzeMazen Chami: @mazenchamiReact Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Nicolas Gallagher from Meta joins Jamon, Robin, and Tyler to kick off a two‑part series on React Native Web vs React Strict DOM. They discuss the origins of each, how Meta is using them, and what they mean for the future of cross‑platform React development.   Show Notes React Strict DOM (GitHub)React Native for Web  Connect With Us! Nicolas Gallagher: LinkedInJamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgrenRobin Heinze: @robinheinzeTyler Williams: @coolsoftwaredevReact Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Michał Pierzchała from Callstack joins Jamon and Robin to talk about the React Native Enterprise Framework, why it’s built for large teams, and how it helps enterprises ship React Native apps at scale.   Show Notes RNEF Website: https://www.rnef.dev/RNEF Github: https://github.com/callstack/rnefMike Grabowski’s tweet about the RN CLI in 2016: https://x.com/grabbou/status/754780350451224576  Connect With Us! Michał Pierzchała: @thymikeeJamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgrenRobin Heinze: @robinheinzeMazen Chami: @mazenchamiReact Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With nearly a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.