React 2024 Conf Summary Day #2

New Announcements During Day 2

React Native Updates

React Native State and Growth

• Weekly download count surpasses 2 million.

• Yearly download count for 2023 exceeded 78 million.

• Over 2,500 unique React Native screens across Meta’s products.

New Architecture

• Now officially in beta.

• Enables synchronous JavaScript and native layer communication through JSI (JavaScript Interface).

• Significant improvements in performance and developer experience.

Concurrent React APIs

• Improved handling of complex UI components like tooltips.

Production-Ready Apps

• Emphasis on using React Native Frameworks like Expo for building production-ready applications.

• Continuous Native Generation (CNG) for managing native code dynamically.

Expo as the Recommended Framework

• Expo SDK includes common authentication patterns, push notifications, sensors, and more.

• Supports file-system-based routing, enabling native navigation experiences.

• Introduced continuous native generation (CNG) for managing native code.

• ES (Expo Application Services) for building, developing, and deploying React Native apps without extensive native setup.

Expo Modules API

• Allows building additional native capabilities with Swift and Kotlin.

Expo Navigation

• Expo Router with file-system-based routing for native navigation.

• Works for iOS, Android, Web, and tvOS.

Expo CNG

• Dynamically generates native projects from configuration files.

• Simplifies upgrades and configuration management.

Expo EAS (Expo Application Services)

• Handles native builds and deployments.

• Manages credentials and build signing.

• Facilitates development builds and over-the-air updates.

New Capabilities in Latest React Native Version

React Native 0.74

• Over 1,600 commits including bug fixes, new features, and library updates.

• Collaboration with companies like Microsoft, Shopify, and Coinbase to enhance the framework.

Microsoft and React Native

• Use of React Native for core functionalities in Microsoft Word and Windows 11 Start Menu.

• Maintains React Native for Windows and macOS.

Community Contributions

• Libraries like React Native Reanimated, Vision Camera, and React Native Skia showcased for advanced animations, camera functionalities, and rendering capabilities.

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