Rocket Ship #077 - Future of React Native Animations, Building Games, Better Performance & New Packages
Jul 31, 2025
23:02
This week’s episode dives into what’s next for animations, games, and performance in React Native—plus a wave of new tools and examples from the community.
🧰 React Native & Dev Tools:
- Reanimated 4 is here: what’s new and what’s next
- Precompiled React Native for iOS is coming in 0.81
- Expo Router gets native tabs support
- Build 2D games using Matter.js + Skia in React Native
- Glass Buttons in Expo UI
- Keyboard Controller with extension support
⚡ Community & Ecosystem:
- Expo examples for AWS S3 Upload and GraphQL
- Krystof Woldrich joins Expo—bringing more power to the team
- Nitro Image gets a major rewrite for better media handling
🔥 Trending in Tech:
- How good is Claude Code?
🚀 Learn React Native: https://galaxies.dev/missions/zero-to-hero
🔥 Weekly Videos -> https://www.youtube.com/@galaxies_dev
❤️ Socials
👨💻 Apps
- Matrix Manager: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/matrix-manager-task-manager/id6739463021
- Quick Track: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quick-track-calorie-counter/id1669892980
- Text to Voice AI: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/text-to-voice-ai-reader/id6739965632
- Healthy Food Swap: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/healthy-food-swap/id6743627410
🔗 Links
- Reanimated 4: https://blog.swmansion.com/reanimated-4-stable-release-the-future-of-react-native-animations-ba68210c3713
- Precompiled React Native: https://expo.dev/blog/precompiled-react-native-for-ios
- Keyboard Controller Update: https://kirillzyusko.github.io/react-native-keyboard-controller/blog/keyboard-extensions
- 2D Games with React Native: https://expo.dev/blog/build-2d-game-style-physics-with-matter-js-and-react-native-skia
- AWS S3 Example: https://x.com/kadikraman/status/1948002556824752288
- GraphQL Example: https://x.com/kadikraman/status/1948382698906521658
- Expo iOS Mesh Gradient: https://github.com/rit3zh/expo-ios-mesh-gradient
- Claude Code: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code