Resources

Guides, talks, recaps, repositories, and notes for developers building with Expo and React Native.

01 / GETTING STARTED

LEARN

Expo Learn

Guided tutorials for building and shipping apps with Expo.

DOCS

Expo Documentation

SDK references, practical guides, and deployment advice.

PLATFORM

EAS

Build, submit, and update your apps with a managed pipeline.

PLAYGROUND

Expo Snack

Browser-based playground to prototype and share without local setup.

DISCOVERY

React Native Directory

Discover libraries by platform support and maintenance status.

NAVIGATION

Expo Router

File-based routing that unifies web and native navigation.

02 / UI & STYLING

UNIVERSAL

Tamagui

Universal UI kit that compiles to optimized native and web.

TAILWIND

NativeWind

Tailwind CSS for React Native. Write className like the web.

COMPONENTS

Gluestack UI

Accessible, composable components built on NativeWind.

MATERIAL

React Native Paper

Material Design components by Callstack. Production-proven.

STYLING

Unistyles

StyleSheet replacement with themes, breakpoints, and runtime styles.

NATIVE

@expo/ui

SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose components exposed directly to JS.

COMPONENTS

React Native Elements

Cross-platform UI toolkit and starting point for beginners.

03 / ANIMATION & GRAPHICS

ANIMATION

Reanimated

Worklet-based animations running on the UI thread.

GESTURES

Gesture Handler

Native-driven gestures: swipe, pinch, pan. Pairs with Reanimated.

GRAPHICS

React Native Skia

Shopify's 2D graphics engine for custom drawing and shaders.

ANIMATION

Moti

Declarative animations with a simple API, built on Reanimated.

ANIMATION

Lottie React Native

Render After Effects animations natively in your app.

04 / CORE LIBRARIES

LISTS

FlashList

Shopify's FlatList replacement. 5-10x faster rendering.

STORAGE

React Native MMKV

Key-value storage 30x faster than AsyncStorage.

CAMERA

VisionCamera

Camera with frame processors, scanning, and ML integration.

NAVIGATION

React Native Screens

Native navigation containers powering Expo Router.

DATABASE

Expo SQLite

Local-first database with sync capabilities.

DATABASE

WatermelonDB

Reactive, lazy-loading database for offline-first apps.

DATA

TanStack Query

Server state with caching, refetching, and optimistic updates.

STATE

Zustand

Minimal state management. The community default.

STATE

Legend State

Fine-grained reactive state with persistence and sync.

05 / TESTING & QA

E2E

Maestro

The simplest mobile UI testing: YAML-based, no flaky selectors.

AI TESTING

Argent

MCP-powered simulator interaction, profiling, and debugging.

E2E

Detox

Wix's gray-box E2E testing framework. Fast and CI-friendly.

UNIT

RN Testing Library

Unit and integration testing with a user-centric API.

PERFORMANCE

Flashlight

Measure FPS, CPU, and startup time in CI.

06 / AI ON MOBILE

SDK

Vercel AI SDK

Streaming AI into React apps: chat, tools, and agents.

ON-DEVICE

ExecuTorch

Meta's runtime for ML models directly on phone hardware.

LLM

Anthropic API

Claude: tool use, agents, and structured output.

LLM

OpenAI API

GPT models, assistants, and function calling.

LOCAL

Ollama

Run large language models locally on your machine.

AGENTS

LangChain.js

Agent orchestration, RAG, and tool chains in TypeScript.

07 / DEVELOPER TOOLS

DEBUGGING

Reactotron

Desktop inspector for state, API calls, logs, and benchmarks.

BOILERPLATE

Ignite

Infinite Red's opinionated starter with battle-tested patterns.

08 / COURSES

FRONTEND MASTERS

React Native v3

Comprehensive React Native course covering modern patterns.

FRONTEND MASTERS

Intermediate React Native v2

Advanced topics: performance, navigation, and native modules.

FREE

Expo Router Course

Build a meditation app with Expo Router from scratch.

FREE

Learn React Native

Interactive browser-based course on Codecademy.

COURSE

React Native Mastery

Full React Native and Expo course with real-world projects.

COURSE

Galaxies.dev

Expo and React Native courses by Simon Grimm. Hands-on.

COURSE

React Native Animations

Master Reanimated and gesture-driven animations.

COURSE

Start React Native

Build delightful gestures and animations from the ground up.

09 / YOUTUBE

CHANNEL

notjust.dev

Project-based React Native tutorials, beginner-friendly.

CHANNEL

Simon Grimm

Expo, React Native, and mobile dev. Clear and practical.

CHANNEL

Catalin Miron

Beautiful animation breakdowns and UI recreations.

CHANNEL

Code with Beto

React Native tutorials with modern tooling and real builds.

CHANNEL

Reactiive

Concise React Native tips, animations, and deep dives.

CHANNEL

JavaScript Mastery

Full-stack and React Native crash courses and project builds.

10 / PODCASTS

PODCAST

React Native Radio

Weekly conversations on React Native development and community.

PODCAST

React Universe On Air

Interviews and deep dives from the React Native ecosystem.

PODCAST

Rocket Ship

React Native insights, tooling, and developer stories.

11 / BLOGS & ARTICLES

ARTICLES

Callstack Blog

Deep technical posts from core React Native contributors.

ARTICLES

Infinite Red Blog

Ignite framework, best practices, and community pulse.

ARTICLES

Expo Blog

Release notes, feature deep dives, and platform updates.

ARTICLES

Software Mansion Blog

Technical posts on Reanimated, Screens, and React Native internals.

12 / ECOSYSTEM

STUDIO

Software Mansion

Reanimated, Gesture Handler, Screens, Argent, and Radon IDE.

STUDIO

Callstack

Paper, Testing Library, Re.Pack, and core RN contributions.

ENGINEERING

Shopify Engineering

FlashList, Skia, Restyle, and Tophat.

STUDIO

Margelo

VisionCamera, MMKV, and Nitro Modules.

PLATFORM

Expo

The platform, Router, EAS, SDK, and the tools that power it.