#077 - Future of React Native Animations, Building Games, Better Performance & New Packages

Simon Grimm explores the future of React Native, focusing on animations, game development, performance improvements, and new ecosystem tools.

Key highlights:

• Reanimated 4 release: features and roadmap.
• Precompiled React Native for iOS arriving in 0.81.
• Expo Router gains native tabs support.
• Building 2D games with Matter.js + Skia.
• UX enhancements like Glass Buttons in Expo UI and extended keyboard controls.
• New Expo community examples: AWS S3 uploads, GraphQL integration.
• Krystof Woldrich joins Expo’s team.
• Major rewrite of Nitro Image for faster media loading.
• Discussion on Claude Code and its evolving AI role in development.