Gabriel Donadel

Doing stuff at @expo

[Gabriel Donadel @donadeldev]

Just found out I was the #9 top contributor on the @reactnative core repo last year according to GitHub Insights. Even more exciting, if you exclude Meta employees, I'm #1!🎉

Super thankful for the amazing support from the React Native community.

[Gabriel Donadel @donadeldev]

@Baconbrix @cedric_dev We will miss you so much man, it was an amazing experience working with you. Your energy, your ideas and your hard work are things that will keep inspiring us every day. Thanks so much for these years 🫡

[Gabriel Donadel @donadeldev]

All my non-tech friends these days after 5 minutes using lovable

[Expo @expo]

Expo SDK 56 is out 🙌

◆ Expo UI is stable on iOS and Android
◆ iOS builds 16% faster, plus another 20% on EAS from precompiled community libs
◆ Android cold starts 40% faster
◆ Expo Router decoupled from React Navigation
◆ Inline native modules: write Swift and Kotlin right next to your TypeScript
◆ Hermes v1 by default
◆ Bytecode diffing on by default (~58% smaller OTA updates)
◆ iOS Widgets stable
◆ React Native 0.85 + React 19.2

It's been two months since SDK 55, and we packed in everything we could fit. Your iOS build times are going to thank you. Full changelog ↓

[Gabriel Donadel @donadeldev]

@frontinfloripa Show! Já estou pensando nas propostas….

[Expo @expo]

We just cut the SDK 56 beta 😅

◆ 50%+ faster iOS builds (precompiled XCFrameworks) ◆ 40% faster cold starts on Android
◆ Expo UI is stable
◆ iOS widgets are stable
◆ expo-router rebuilt from scratch
◆ Inline native modules
◆ Brownfield multi-app support

The obvious themes are speed and stability. But there are a lot of other interesting changes (like Expo Router decoupling itself form React Navigation). Get all the nuance and detail in the changelog below ↓

[Expo @expo]

🙌 Expo is the best it's ever been, and it's about to get a lot better.

We raised a Series B so we can go faster on the things that matter to you: faster builds, smoother native integrations, and the services to make end-to-end app development a delightful experience.

There is a lot of work to do. This round led by @Georgian_io puts us in position to go do it!

[Gabriel Donadel @donadeldev]

New version coming soon! https://t.co/zyk9bmBlSy

[Saad Najmi @SaadNajmi]

It looks like Expo Orbit may be the first React Native macOS app to use the new architecture

[Gabriel Donadel @donadeldev]

👏👏👏

[Evan Bacon 🥓 @Baconbrix]

Introducing Expo Agent

Build truly native iOS and Android apps from a prompt. Anything from React to SwiftUI to Jetpack Compose.

Compile and deploy for Apple, Android, and the web right from the browser!

[Tzvetan Mikov @tmikov]

https://t.co/rcL39rMp33

[Gabriel Donadel @donadeldev]

@gerzonzc @betomoedano yeah, you should use @canary

[Expo @expo]

📚 No rewrite required: How to bring Expo into mature native apps
✍️ @donadeldev @notbrent

Skip the costly rewrite. Use Expo and React Native to modernize your app incrementally, adding new screens and features in days, not months.

https://t.co/0fLcOPoTmc

[Tomasz Sapeta 𝝠 @tsapeta]

Hey @typescript 👋 Can we have someone take a look at this long-standing issue? 🙏
This is becoming an increasingly common problem as more and more packages are shipping with only the TS code as many environments are now capable of stripping the types. https://t.co/EA5WHxS5rH

[React @reactjs]

Introducing the React Foundation

[Gabriel Donadel @donadeldev]

@birch_js @jmeistrich @jamonholmgren @SaadNajmi Also, feel free to suggest changes to the macOS guide as well! Here is the link to update it https://t.co/S3qlFYMJcy

[Gabriel Donadel @donadeldev]

@birch_js @jmeistrich @jamonholmgren @SaadNajmi You need to update getModulesRunBeforeMainModule and resolveRequest. Here is an example of how to properly configure metro to use Expo CLI https://t.co/DyodsD8Wf8

[Gabriel Donadel @donadeldev]

@birch_js @jmeistrich @jamonholmgren @SaadNajmi Are you following https://t.co/37HC1sYeIw?

[Expo @expo]

🥽 Expo Go just made it to the metaverse:

https://t.co/MOlEs1Tgto

[Infinite Red @infinite_red]

HAPPENING TOMORROW 🚨

Calling all @expo fans!! Tomorrow @mazenchami hosts a special React Native Mornings with @donadeldev.

📆 Wed, Sep 10 | 9am PT
📍 Live on YouTube + X
🔔 Set a reminder

https://t.co/zQYRY8DE1q

[Saad Najmi @SaadNajmi]

React Native macOS 0.79.0 is out! Big thanks to @donadeldev for his help with this release :)