Hey Reader,

If you’ve ever struggled with authentication in React Native, you’re going to love this week’s video.

I walk you through Expo Router v5’s new Protected Stack feature - making it easier than ever to secure your app and handle auth like a pro. No hacks, no mess - just clean, native-style routing with real protection. 🔐

Meanwhile, the community’s (as always) on fire:

• Early Node-API support in RN could open new backend magic
• Worklets are breaking out of Reanimated (and now support 3rd-party modules!)
• The best keyboard controller just landed in Expo Go
• And yes - you can now use Apple’s LLM inside React Native with a shiny new plugin 🤯

Full links below - and as always, keep building & keep shipping.

Happy Coding,
Simon ✌️​

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✨ React Native Authentication with Expo Router v5

Learn to use the new Protected Stack feature of Expo Router to secure your React Native app and implement authentication with Expo easier.

👉 Watch the video​

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💫 Nebula Notes

1. ​Node-API Support for React Native (Article)
   While still very early, the promise of using the Node-API in React Native sounds exciting and opens up new possibilities.
2. ​React Native Worklets (Tweet)
   Ever since hearing about worklets outside of Reanimated I was looking forward to it, and you can now include 3rd party modules!
3. ​Keyboard Controller in Expo Go (Tweet)
   While I'm not the biggest fan of Expo Go anymore, having access to the best keyboard handler right now is big!
4. ​React Native Apple LLM plugin using Foundation Models (Package)
   If you want to try the Apple Intelligence Foundation Model framework look no further - this package has everything you need.

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