2025 in React Native: The Good, the Overhyped, and the Lessons Learned 🔥


Hey Reader,

This week’s podcast is the last of the year, and I look back on what this year meant for React Native Developers:

🎙️ 2025 in React Native: The Good, the Overhyped, and the Lessons Learned

  • ⚛️ What kind of year 2025 really was for React Native
  • 🧠 What actually mattered in 2025
  • 📉 Overhyped vs underhyped
  • 🔮 Looking ahead to 2026

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During the holiday break I also added more features to my game Tiny Harvest like trading between players and new farm buildings - check it out on iOS or Android and enjoy some cozy farming 🌾

Have a great start into 2026 and keep building,
Simon ✌️​


✨ 2025 in React Native: The Good, the Overhyped, and the Lessons Learned

In this year-in-review, I reflect on what actually mattered in React Native in 2025:the shifts that changed how we build apps, what was overhyped, what quietly became important, and the lessons I’m taking into 2026.

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💫 Nebula Notes

  1. Security Scanner for React Native (Tool)
    This new CLI tool scans your React Native project for vulnerabilities before they hit your app in production.
  2. Expo Router Sneak Peek (Tweet)
    Evan keeps dropping teasers of the next Expo Router version, this one for a flex layout in a native bottom sheet!

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