This week, we found various interesting React releases and links about directives, Partial Pre-Rendering, performance, micro-frontends, i18n, among other things.
On the React Native side, we had 2 major releases and various interesting weak signals. Beware of the RN Dev Server vulnerability, and make sure to upgrade if needed.
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π¦ Navigation API - Available in all browsers soon: This exciting new web platform API will soon be available in all browsers and will redefine how we build client-side / SPA navigation. Instead of using the awkward History API (not initially created for SPAs) and having a component that intercepts clicks to call event.preventDefault() and history.pushState(), there will be a central place to handle and intercept navigation events. The React team is working on a Transition Indicator feature that leverages this API to provide native loading state feedback.
π Why startups choose React (and when you shouldn't): Although I donβt necessarily agree with the conclusion, it gives interesting stats about the React ecosystem, including its βlibrary survival rateβ.
π Quality Assurance for i18n in React: Explores how tools like i18n-check can detect missing or unused translation keys and integrate validation into CI to improve translation quality and consistency across React and React Native apps.
π¦ Immer 10.2: Mark Erikson noticed a performance loss in recent versions of the popular state update library, and heβs on a journey to fix it. He also released Redux Toolkit 2.10, which picks up the initial set of Immer performance improvements.
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Born React Native Godot bridges the Godot game engine directly into React Native apps, letting you embed full 2D/3D scenes and physics worlds as native views. Built by Born and Migeran, it runs on iOS and Android with a dedicated engine thread, pause/resume controls, and complete Godot API access from TypeScript.
Core features:
Cross-platform β Works seamlessly on Android and iOS via LibGodot.
Lifecycle control β Start, stop, or restart the Godot engine dynamically.
Pause/Resume β Halt and resume engine execution without losing state.
Thread isolation β Runs on its own thread to prevent UI jank.
View embedding β Place Godot scenes inside any React Native view.
Full Godot API β Access and control nodes, scenes, and signals from JS/TS.
Worklet bridge β Use React Native Worklets to interact with the engine thread.
This release turns React Native into a true playground for interactive and game-driven experiences merging UI and gameplay in one unified codebase.
Uniwind brings true Tailwind-style className support to React Native, offering build-time speed, seamless theming, and cross-platform styling across web, iOS, and Android. Created by the team behind Unistyles, itβs designed to unify design systems, accelerate UI builds, and replace ad-hoc styling with a consistent, high-performance approach :
A CSS Parser That Goes Beyond Tailwind β Understands Tailwind v4 syntax and regular CSS for hybrid styling workflows.
Effortless Multi-Theme Support β Register unlimited light/dark or custom themes directly in your Metro config.
Automatic React Native Bindings β Every core RN component supports className, plus extra props like colorClassName.
2.5Γ Faster Than NativeWind β Build-time caching and Nitro-module integration ensure instant style resolution.
HeroUI Native Collaboration β First UI kit built entirely on Uniwind, proving real-world compatibility and speed.
Pseudo-classes + Responsive Design β Use focus, active, disabled, and media queries just like on the web.
Ready for Scale β Backed by Unistyles tech and optimized for enterprise-grade cross-platform styling.
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π Critical RCE vulnerability found in React Native CLI: A critical remote code execution vulnerability that affects the dev server, already patched months ago. If you are on an older version, make sure to update immediately or bind Metro to localhost.
π How to Add Meta Quest Support to Your Expo App: Explains how to run Expo/React Native apps on Meta Quest using expo-horizon-core and forked modules for VR, enabling cross-platform builds across mobile + VR.
π Onboarding in React Native Doesnβt Have to Be Hard: Introduces react-native-onboarding, a cross-platform library for smooth, customizable onboarding flows with built-in animations and theming powered by Reanimated.
π Node.js v22 to v24: Last week, Node 24.11 βKryptonβ became the new LTS. The Node.js team now documents breaking changes clearly and provides codemods.
π¦ Safari 26.2 beta: A massive Safari release is coming, unlocking cool features that will become supported in all browsers, including the Navigation API, commandfor,hidden="until-found", and more!
π¦ Remix Interaction 0.1: The flexible, composable, typesafe event/interaction package recently introduced at Remix Jam conf.
π Read Online Hi everyone, Seb here! π This week has been relatively calm in the ecosystem. We have a good variety of community blog posts, releases, and weak signals. I'm not sure what to highlight, so I'll just let you enjoy reading it! As always, thanks for supporting us on your favorite platform: π¦ Bluesky βοΈ X / Twitter π LinkedIn π½ Reddit πΈ Sponsor AG Charts: The Best React Charts in the World. AG Charts is a high-performance, canvas-based charting library from AG Grid. Originally built...
π Read Online Hi everyone! Filip and Krzysztof from Software Mansion here! π This edition is special for at least four reasons: It's a very rounded anniversary edition - issue 256 - let's hope our counter can hold more than 8 bits π€ This is the first newsletter issue for Filip, who is improving React Native DX by developing Radon IDE. It was a great week, with a lot of excellent content emerging from the Next.js conf in the React world. React Native isn't far behind, as this week saw some...
π Read Online Hi everyone! This week, we have a lot of interesting content about Next.js, with a new major release dropping just before their flagship conf. But also fair criticisms showing that not everyone is satisfied with the framework. On the mobile side, React Native developers will enjoy improved support for iOS 26 and the ability to provide native iOS header items. BottomTabs is now v1, and Solito v5 dropped with a paradigm change. Letβs also welcome a new co-author of this...
