React Native Radio

William Candillon sits down with Mazen and Robin to show how React Native Skia enables smooth, high‑end animations, shaders, and UI effects in React Native. The episode also dives into WebGPU and the future of 3D and advanced graphics on mobile.

 

Show Notes

William Candillon's YouTube Channel

React Native Skia Tutorials

ShaderToy

TypeGPU Documentation

WebGPU and Skia for Web Graphics (Shopify Engineering)

William Candillon on X

WebGL Samples

Shader's Gambit

Introducing Skia Graphite (Chromium Blog)

 

Connect With Us!

William Candillon: @wcandillon

Robin Heinze: @robinheinze

Mazen Chami: @mazenchami

React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio

 

This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red!

Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With over a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Mazen and Robin chat with Krzysztof Magiera about React Native Screens, the "most important library you'll never use directly," from its origin as a fix for memory-hogging stacked screens to the exciting V5 rewrite built exclusively for the new architecture.

 

Show Notes

RNR 309 - React Native IDE with Krzysztof Magiera

RNS Website

RNS GitHub

Blog: Introducing Fabric to react-native-screens

Connect With Us!

Krzysztof Magiera: @kzzzf

Robin Heinze: @robinheinze

Mazen Chami: @mazenchami

React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio

This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red!

Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With over a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Mazen and Robin sit down with Kræn Hansen from ElevenLabs to break down what Node API actually is and why it could be a game-changer for React Native library authors who want to write native modules once and use them everywhere, plus what still needs to happen before it's ready for prime time.
 
Show Notes
Announcing Node-API Support for React Native (Callstack)
Kræn Hansen's React Universe Talk
Kræn Hansen on Callstack's livestream
Host package: React-native-node-api
Hermes implementation discussion

Connect With Us!
Kræn Hansen: @KrænHansen
Robin Heinze: @robinheinze
Mazen Chami: @mazenchami
React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio

This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red!
Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With over a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

Mazen and Robin welcome back Cedric van Putten to discuss Expo Launch, a new tool that automates deploying React Native apps to the App Store. Learn how Expo is streamlining certificates, screenshots, and submission workflows.

Show Notes
Expo Launch
Cedric van Putten's blog post: Introducing Expo Launch
Matt Palmer's blog post: From idea to app with Replit and Expo
Expo's AI Strategy

Connect With Us!
Cedric van Putten: @cedric_dev
Robin Heinze: @robinheinze
Mazen Chami: @mazenchami
React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio

This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red!
Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With over a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.

In this episode of React Native Radio, Robin and Mazen are joined by Marc Rousavy to break down transforming packages to Nitro and why it’s a big deal for high-performance native modules. They dig into Nitro’s origins, how it stacks up against TurboModules and Expo, and what’s coming next for VisionCamera.
 
Show Notes
NitroModules
ChatGPT Nitro Module Builder
Marc's screencast: How to build a Nitro Module
Frank Calise's Awesome Nitro Modules
RNR 310 - Nitro with Marc Rousavy
Margelo's Discord
 
Connect With Us!
Marc Rousavy: @mrousavy
Robin Heinze: @robinheinze
Mazen Chami: @mazenchami
React Native Radio: @ReactNativeRdio
 
This episode is brought to you by Infinite Red!
Infinite Red is an expert React Native consultancy located in the USA. With over a decade of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter, core React Native contributors, creators of Ignite and Reactotron, and much, much more), Infinite Red is the best choice for helping you build and deploy your next React Native app.