Section 1
Overview
Expo is a react-native framework for building mobile applications without native Android Studio. Its built-in react-native core modules help developers start directly with mobile app development.
Expo is slowly gaining popularity in the mobile app development framework. On November 12, 2024, the Expo team released a new SDK, SDK 52.
Let's begin the story, one can watch the YouTube video regarding the same.
Section 2
Changes
React team in October 2024, announced the new architecture in react-native by rewriting the react-native source code to support in-built native app core modules.
- New event loop in react-native that brings react-native closes to actual react DOM
- React native bridge is not removed and replaced by Native Renderer
- The new Native Module System is a major rewrite of how JavaScript and the native platform communicate. It’s written entirely in C++
Read highlights about the changes
Important Changes in Expo
New architechture support in Expo for react-native
DOM components support directly in react-native, read this blog as well to understand the Expo DOM components well
New Expo router for routing in react-native apps
Expo video's new stable version has been released
Expo splashscreen supports light/dark mode and more changes
Better Expo Camera module have new expo live image support in react-native
React Compiler is still new but Expo team will certainly have a roadmap to bring it in Expo as well
Server components are now in react-native
Expo new support file system as well to interact with files locally in the react-native app
Section 3
Conclusion
Expo is gaining lot of popularity because of fast development cycle, debugging is better, sharing app within internal team and good community provide a good support for developers making it the first choice to develop mobile apps in 2025 as well.
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Summary
Expo, a React Native framework, simplifies mobile app development. Expo's coremodules eliminate Android Studio setup. React Native powers cross-platform development. SDK52, released November 12, 2024, improves Expo. The YouTube video details new features. Expo streamlines mobileapp creation.Expo, a React Native framework, simplifies mobile app development. Expo's coremodules eliminate Android Studio setup. React Native powers cross-platform development. SDK52, released November 12, 2024, improves Expo. The YouTube video details new features. Expo streamlines mobileapp creation.