2025-11-04 · #9
React Native Weekly #9 React Native Godot, Expo 2.5M Downloads, Swift Android SDK and more
Introducing React Native Godot#
A library has been released that lets you embed the Godot game engine inside a React Native application. It goes beyond simply embedding a Godot game as a full screen — you can also integrate it as part of a React Native view, and even access the Godot API from JS, meaning you can control what’s happening inside a Godot game directly from React Native.
Today, we’re officially releasing React Native Godot to the public. For the first time, every React Native developer can create games with an amazing UI on top. This unlocks a new era of apps and games. github.com/borndotcom/react-na…
Expo Is Now Hitting 2.5 Million Weekly Downloads#
Expo’s download count had already grown to 2 million weekly downloads as of October 28, 2025.
🤯 Whoa. We passed 2M weekly downloads.
Looking at npm trends more recently, the number has climbed even further to 2.5 million — that’s 2× what it was a year ago and more than 5× compared to two years ago. It’s clear that interest in Expo and React Native has been accelerating significantly lately.
Uniwind Pro Is in the Works#
Uniwind Pro — the premium tier of Uniwind, which lets you style your app much like Tailwind — is currently in development, with a beta expected in the latter half of November. It’s reportedly 5–10% faster than the underlying React Native Unistyles that powers Uniwind, with further improvements planned down the road.
Busy Halloween weekend 🎃 just me and the laptop. A few updates: - Uniwind Pro now surpasses Unistyles in speed by 5–10% 🔥(more to come) - Finished the new licensing system, no auth headers, no weird setup, almost as simple as npm install - The pro dashboard is shaping up
Documentation covering Monorepo support with Uniwind has also been added.
Monorepos - UniwindConfigure Uniwind to work seamlessly in monorepo setupsUniwind
Docs for Adding Expo to an Existing React Native App#
Expo highlighted their documentation on how to add Expo to a plain React Native project. Expo is additive — you can adopt it incrementally and only bring in the pieces you need: setting up CI/CD with EAS, adding OTA updates, or using Expo Modules to make native module management easier.
"You're not gonna talk me into an Expo migration." That was one dev's version of "hello" when he came up to our booth at React Conf. He's a bare RN dev and he is determined to stay that way. Which is great! Because he's right. We aren't trying to talk any bare rn devs into a
Building Native Modules with the Swift Android SDK#
Mike from Callstack has managed to share a single Native Modules implementation across iOS and Android using the Swift Android SDK. The source code and templates aren’t public yet, but this kind of approach could significantly reduce the cost of implementing functionality natively.
Is this the future? 🤯 Just built a cross-platform React Native Turbo Module in Swift that runs on iOS and Android using the Swift Android SDK. Should I open source that template?
React Native Meetup #23#
React Native Meetup — the most active React Native community study group in Japan — will be held on November 26 at CyberAgent’s office in Shibuya. This time, Meta’s Alex Hunt will be joining as a guest speaker. I’ll also be giving a lightning talk at this event!
React Native Meetup #23 @サイバーエージェント (2025/11/26 19:00〜)# React Native Meetup #23 @サイバーエージェント ## イベントの概要 / Overview React Native に関する知見を共有するLT会の第23回を開催します！ 今回は 株式会社サイバーエージェント 様と合同で開催する Meetup になっています。 今回、Meta社からゲストとしてAlex Huntをお呼びしています。 発表は英語/日本語で行われます。 * * * We will be holding a meetup about sharing React Native knowledge for the 19th time! This ...connpass
React Native Advent Calendar 2025#
Starting December 1st through Christmas, we’ll be running an Advent Calendar all about React Native. If you’ve got something you’d like to write about React Native, come join in!
React Native - Qiita Advent Calendar 2025 - QiitaCalendar page for Qiita Advent Calendar 2025 regarding React Native.Qiita
One More Thing#
I’m giving a lightning talk at the next React Native Meetup! If you’re planning to attend, let’s chat!