Godot and W4 Games support Android XR from day One

Godot and W4 Games support Android XR from day One

• Godot and W4 Games support Android XR from day One With the recent public release of Samsung Galaxy XR, the first headset using the new Android XR operating system, we are please

Game Development · November 14, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 3 min · 428 words
React Native 0.81 - Android 16 support, faster iOS builds, and more

React Native 0.81 - Android 16 support, faster iOS builds, and more

• Today we are excited to release React Native 0.81! • This ships with support for Android 16 (API level 36) and includes a variety of other stability improvements and bugfixes, as

Mobile Development · August 12, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 233 words
React Native 0.79 - Faster tooling and much more

React Native 0.79 - Faster tooling and much more

• Metro 0.82 introduces deferred hashing, speeding first yarn start by 3x for large projects. • Stable support for package.json exports/imports enhances compatibility with modern n

Mobile Development · April 8, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 190 words
React Native 0.78 - React 19 and more

React Native 0.78 - React 19 and more

• React Native 0.78 introduces React 19, bringing smaller, faster releases and new async transition features. • Key changes include removal of propTypes and other legacy APIs requi

Mobile Development · February 19, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 193 words

Adopting Jetpack Compose for Etsy's Android App

• Etsy adopts Jetpack Compose as primary Android UI toolkit after structured learning. • Gradual rollout: small modules, real app screens, culminating in full screen rewrite. • Des

Engineering Blogs · January 28, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 3 min · 587 words
React Native 0.77 - New Styling Features, Android's 16KB page support, Swift Template

React Native 0.77 - New Styling Features, Android's 16KB page support, Swift Template

• New CSS properties: display: contents, boxSizing, mixBlendMode, outline for richer layouts. • Android 16KB page support, enabling compatibility with latest Android devices. • Swi

Mobile Development · January 21, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 160 words
React Native 0.76 - New Architecture by default, React Native DevTools, and more

React Native 0.76 - New Architecture by default, React Native DevTools, and more

• React Native 0.76 launches New Architecture enabled by default, boosting performance and future‑proofing apps. • Stable React Native DevTools provide Chrome‑style debugging, brea

Mobile Development · October 23, 2024 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 203 words

Macramé: Untangling the Knot on the Etsy Android Listing Screen

• Etsy’s Android listing screen is the most complex, central buying experience component. • Over 200 experiments in three years caused rapid code growth and instability. • Legacy a

Engineering Blogs · March 18, 2024 (updated February 24, 2026) · 3 min · 571 words
React Native 0.73 - Debugging Improvements, Stable Symlink Support, and more

React Native 0.73 - Debugging Improvements, Stable Symlink Support, and more

• Hermes now captures all console.log() calls before debugger connects, matching web browser debugging. • Stable symlink support in Metro improves module resolution and developer w

Mobile Development · December 6, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 186 words
React Native 0.71-RC0 Android outage postmortem

React Native 0.71-RC0 Android outage postmortem

• 0.71‑RC0 released Nov 4 2022, introduced Maven Central artifact publishing to speed builds. • Dynamic Gradle dependency (implementation(‘com.facebook.react:react-native:+’)) caus

Mobile Development · January 27, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 195 words