HRHugo Rusinhugorus.hashnode.dev·3d ago · 3 min readThe UX Dividends of File-Based Routing in React Native (That Engineers Rarely Talk About)Most posts about expo-router are engineering-centric. I want to talk about what file-based routing actually does for the users of a React Native app — because in our user-testing sessions, this is whe00
ASAsta Silvainastasilva.hashnode.dev·3d ago · 5 min readHow to fix `global._getAnimationTimestamp is not a function` After Upgrading to Expo SDK 55I recently spent far more time than I'd like to admit chasing down a hard crash after upgrading a project from Expo SDK 54 to 55. The app launched fine. Navigation worked. Everything looked normal. Th00
FSFarouq Serikiinfreecodecamp.org·5d ago · 70 min readThe React Native Live Activities Handbook: How to Build iOS Live Activities and Android 16 Live UpdatesA Live Activity is the card that sits on your lock screen while a delivery rider approaches, updating itself without you opening the app. Apple shipped the API in iOS 16.1. Google shipped its own vers00
ASAsta Silvainastasilva.hashnode.dev·Jul 9 · 3 min readHow to Fix: "Namespace not specified" Gradle 8 Error in React Native & ExpoFixing the "Namespace Not Specified" Error in React Native and Expo Android Builds If you recently upgraded a project to React Native 0.73+ or bumped your Expo SDK to version 50+, you may have run int00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·Jul 9 · 4 min readSetting Up EAS Update Channels So QA and Support Can Roll Back in One ClickSetting Up EAS Update Channels So QA and Support Can Roll Back in One Click The engineering side of EAS Update is well-documented. The QA and support side is not. This is what our QA lead and our supp00
PPPranav Pandeyinpranavdev.hashnode.dev·Jul 6 · 8 min readThe Monorepo Glue: pnpm, Metro, and NestJS in One WorkspaceThe previous post covered why Expo earned its place in a white-label mobile stack — how app.config.js replaces per-tenant Xcode projects, how OTA updates create a middle release tier, how a shared com00
MZM'mah Zomboinmmahzombo.hashnode.dev·Jul 2 · 5 min readHow to Create a Standalone Android & IOS Apps Using EAS BuildIf you're building an app with Expo and want to generate real installable binaries (APK for Android and IPA for iOS) maybe for testing, EAS Build is the modern and recommended way. In this guide, you’00
RDRussel Dsouzainapplighter-blogs.hashnode.dev·Jul 1 · 9 min readAI Coding Agents Need a Foundation, Not a CanvasSame prompt against a blank Expo repo vs a wired foundation: 47min / \(5.20 / un-mergeable vs 11min / \)0.85 / mergeable. The model didn't get smarter — the repo got more legible. AGENTS.md helps ~4% 00
JSJules Sarahinjulessarah.hashnode.dev·Jun 30 · 12 min readMobile App Analytics: What to Track (and Why) in 2026Most app teams track ~40 metrics and review 4. The other 36 fill dashboards and never inform a decision. This guide is the working set: 12 metrics across 5 layers (acquisition, activation, engagement,00
HRHugo Rusinhugorus.hashnode.dev·Jun 30 · 9 min readHow We Got an LLM to Reliably Generate Theme-Aware React Native AppIf you've ever asked an LLM to "generate a React Native screen with dark mode support," you know the result. Sometimes you get useColorScheme. Sometimes you get a dark: prefix. Sometimes you get a har00
