Hey Reader,

No new video this week, but with Reanimated 4 officially released, I had to bring back my initially test of Reanimated 4 CSS Animations!

This video walks you through the new CSS Animations & Transitions feature, which seriously levels up how we animate in React Native. If you haven’t seen it yet (or need a refresher), now’s the perfect time.

And the ecosystem news? Still wild:

• ✍️ A rich text editor built on TipTap, now in React Native
• ⚡️ Precompiled React Native for iOS promises 10x faster builds
• 🧱 Native tab bars are finally coming to Expo Router
• 🔄 And of course, Reanimated 4 itself - with better New Arch support and a shiny new worklets package

As soon as I'm back from vacation I'll create a practical video on all the epic new features of Reanimated 4 🤝

Now catch it all below - and as always, keep building and keep shipping 💙

Happy Coding,
Simon ✌️​

✨ React Native Animations just got WAY EASIER

Reanimated 4 introduces CSS Animations and Transitions for your React Native app, making it easier than ever to animate React Native Apps.

👉 Watch the video​

💫 Nebula Notes

1. ​Rich text editor for React Native built on TipTap (Package)
   This cool new package brings the TipTap editor to React Native by using Expo DOM components!
2. ​Reanimated 4 — the Future of React Native Animations (Release)
   It's finally here, and comes with great improvements like CSS Animations, a new worklets package and New Arch support.
3. ​Precompiled React Native for iOS (Article)
   Cutting compile times by 10x sounds almost too good to be true, but it's coming to React Native!
4. ​Native Tabs coming to Expo Router (Tweet)
   Finally the tab bar in your project will be real native tabs, a slight difference but it will be noticeable.

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