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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

URLSearchParams wasn't used very much at the time so it was easy to swap it out. Fetch is also a more complicated API.

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

define native in a way that encapsulates all the remaining apps

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Taz Singh @tazs.ing · 03/02/2025

It's absolutely incredible how good @expo.dev is these days I set up a new Expo Router shell and built about 80% of an entire super slick app in 1 day yesterday 😮 It works flawlessly on Web, iOS, and Android 👏 Before, this would've taken so much longer, or be far less capable in the same time 💅

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Thoughts: 1. Expo web is pretty OP now that it has file-based routing, rendering patterns, and integrated hosting. 2. Expo DOM components are great for enabling a 'web-first, native-later' workflow. 3. Really excited to add more web⇄native functionality like universal links and App Clips.

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Built a quick Expo website to search through expo/vector-icons 🚀 ◆ Framework — Expo Router ◆ Hosting — eas deploy 💕 ◆ UI — shadcn ◆ Virtual list — tanstack/react-virtual Try it here icons.expo.app

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Universally hosted on the new EAS Hosting too! pillarvalley.expo.app

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Just built my first  App Clip in Expo Router! ◆ Instantly launch on iOS w/o downloading ◆ Deep link to every screen automatically ◆ Convert users in-app w/o ever going to the App Store A new era for mobile web—notifications, Live Activities, haptics, etc Try now appclip.apple.com/id?p=com.eva...

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I keep switch the storage implementation 😭 can put 60 on the board easily though

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Just moved my game pillarvalley.expo.app over to EAS Hosting 🚀 Re-deploying on iOS with the new universal links.

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hassankhan @hassankhan.me · 10/12/2024

Day 10: Expo Config Plugins In my opinion, possibly the single greatest thing in the #ReactNative ecosystem, even better than New Architecture. Config plugins fix SO much pain, and go hand-in-hand with the prebuild process, together enabling what's called Continuous Native Generation (or CNG)

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Try using React Native <Modal> in your app, not all modals need to be part of the router (e.g. context menus usually aren't). Learn more here docs.expo.dev/router/advan...

docs.expo.dev

Modals

Learn how to use modals in Expo Router.

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Run with `DEBUG=expo:* npx expo run:ios` to get extra logs

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dan @danabra.mov · 08/11/2024

the amount of pure value expo has created must be astronomical. i don’t think react native would be viable for smaller companies without it. and it’s free. wild

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

🚀 Migrated my React website evanbacon.dev to a native app with Expo DOM components, on a stream. You can try it today on iOS! testflight.apple.com/join/Mnx4HDsf And watch the stream here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLlu...

evanbacon.dev

Evan Bacon

Artist and Software Developer. Currently reimagining mobile software with Expo.

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Samuel @samuel.fm · 05/10/2024

you meet @bacon.bsky.social one time and all of a sudden all your buttons become squishy and native-feeling

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Expo 52 will make it clear how web developers can incrementally build high-powered native apps with their existing React skills

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Yeah the icons were very upsetting. Not sure what the right approach is to making them look good—maybe the built-in Material icons(?), I’m happy to work on a config plugin if there are some known dimensions or best practices for these icons.

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

check the android implementation before committing too hard 😅 it’s not as slick as the iOS version.

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

🚀 Ever wonder how many apps use Expo × React Native? Over the last year I've collected a list of over +𝟭,𝟱𝟬𝟬 top iOS apps (including Bluesky) using Expo OSS in the  App Store! 🔗 Today I'm sharing the list! evanbacon.dev/blog/expo-2024

evanbacon.dev

Who's using Expo in 2024

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

When people compare React Native with Flutter, they often say that Flutter is better for graphics-based apps. However, the #1 graphics app in the  App Store is built with React Native. Anything's possible with a truly native framework!

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Charlie Cheever @ccheever.com · 13/09/2023

Take a look at this RFC from @bacon.bsky.social if you care about API Routes in your apps. Please share feedback if you have any. blog.expo.dev/rfc-api-rout...

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RFC: API Routes

Bringing server-side development to React Native with Expo API Routes

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Charlie Cheever @ccheever.com · 01/09/2023

@pfrazee.com @danabra.mov We're working a lot on Expo web and trying to make Expo one of the best ways to make a website -- on par w Remix and Next, etc. If there's anything you think is missing or wish were diff, let us know. @bacon.bsky.social is leading this effort.

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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 15/05/2023

alright folks, the app code is now public github.com/bluesky-social/social-app

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 16/05/2023

Writing this from a branch of the Bluesky app that uses Expo Router

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 28/04/2023

With Expo, even a quick hack can get you a performant app that runs natively on 99% of mobile devices, and web—at scale…

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Addy Osmani @addyosmani.bsky.social · 24/04/2023

It'd be fun to do a case study of this Expo app sometime.

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 24/04/2023

Universal apps don't have to be slow! Expo apps are highly performant ↓

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 23/04/2023

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ → seems fixed now. It’s Expo, so the app can update instantly at anytime with fixes!

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 23/04/2023

Yes, it’s possible—native just has a lot of possibilities, making it take a bit of time to get everything polished up. Where are you seeing these text inputs?

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Evan Bacon 🥓 @bacon.bsky.social · 23/04/2023

@lydiahallie.bsky.social @ccheever.bsky.social and I are at Coachella today! Come find us and talk about universal development!

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