I’m building a mobile game using Expo and React Native. By combining FlatList and React Native’s new architecture with the Hermes JS engine enabled, I get ~120 frames per second performance on my old Android phone, even with long lists of components containing text, images and buttons. I didn’t even know my phone went to 120 fps.
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Fight Clock: Boxing/HIIT Timer App
I just launched Fight Clock, an app for round timing of boxing, MMA and Muay Thai – 3 of my hobbies, when lack of injuries permits. It’s built using Expo / React Native / TypeScript. So the same code base will work seamlessly on web, Android and iOS.
But the USP of Expo / React Native is actually the ability to push small fixes and updates ‘OTA’, without requiring a new mobile release. This way, fixes can be delivered to users transparently in minutes, not days.